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  • December 5, 2025
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Complianz – a good option for a free cookie consent banner

I don’t like cookie banners, but who really does, right? On this blog, I’ve removed everything that would need any “consent management tool” and switched to either cookieless solutions or two-click options. More on that in the following blog posts. … Read more →

  • Posted in: Advent calendar
  • December 4, 2025
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Classic Editor and Classic Widgets – two “legacy plugins” for older WordPress installations

Those two plugins might come as a surprise for some of you. I’m using the Block Editor, since it was still in a beta state and only available through the Gutenberg plugin. So I am not the usual user of … Read more →

  • Posted in: Advent calendar
  • December 3, 2025
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Block Editor: Reverse Columns on Mobile – a small block options plugin

The plugin I share today has two extremes. It is the plugin with one of the longest name, “Block Editor: Reverse Columns on Mobile“, but the least amount of code. The PHP code only loads some JavaScript and CSS. All … Read more →

  • Posted in: Advent calendar
  • December 2, 2025
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BackWPup – my go-to plugin for backups

I can’t remember when I discovered BackWPup and for how long I’ve been using it. Back then, it was soley developed by Daniel Hüsken. When he realized that he does not have the time to work on the plugin just … Read more →

  • Posted in: Advent calendar
  • December 1, 2025
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Antispam Bee – The essential spam blocking plugin for every blog

This is the first blog post of my “plugin advent calendar“. In the next 24 days, I want to cover plugins I use on my personal websites and websites I help maintain. I hope that I’ll be able to publish … Read more →

  • Posted in: Advent calendar
  • November 26, 2025
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A little status update on my blog

If you are an active reader of my blog, or look at the timestamp of my latest blog post, you’ll recognize that I have not published a blog post in more than 14 weeks. This has different reasons, the biggest … Read more →

  • Posted in: Misc
  • August 16, 2025
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Fixing slow WooCommerce logins: 15 million order notes and two comments

In the same project I blogged about last week, I was tasked to optimize the performance of the website. One of the major issues was the login performance. Any time I would log in, I had to wait around one … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordPress
  • August 5, 2025
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Show only WooCommerce products in the default WordPress search

In a project, the design agency had created a theme without a search template (though manual searches were still possible). Now, the shop owners wanted to have a search in the header of the page, but it should only search … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordPress
  • July 27, 2025
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Allow editors to edit the privacy policy page

Some weeks ago, I was asked how a user with the “Editor” role can change the content of the privacy page. If you use the “Settings > Privacy > Select a Privacy Policy page” settings and pick a page here, … Read more →

  • Posted in: WordPress
  • July 16, 2025
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How to permanently delete a contact in Mailchimp

Today, I have a different blog post for you. Not only is the topic a bit different, this blog post will also be the first one that comes in two formats. I’ve been blogging text-only for more than 16 years … Read more →

  • Posted in: Misc
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Portrait Bernhard Kau

 

My name is Bernhard Kau. I am a PHP developer, living in Berlin and a passionate WordPress user. I code plugins as a hobby and organize WordPress events, like the Meetup in Berlin.

Recent Posts

  • A year in review and some changes ahead for 2026
  • Campaign Archive Block for Mailchimp – show an archive of your newsletter on your website
  • Embeds for ProvenExpert – show rating and testimonials on your website
  • Yoast SEO – the SEO plugin I use
  • Yoast Duplicate Post – clone any post type with all data

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  • Bernhard on Connect Matomo – get advanced statistics for your blog
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