This plugin is one that is very specific for Germany. I just had to look up the English term to describe what “VG Wort” is: a performance rights organization. This organization pays authors (books, magazines, online text content), when people … Read more →
The Roles and Capabilities in WordPress are a powerful tool to allow different users to do things in WordPress, or to prevent them from doing things. But they are also hard to understand, especially as a developer trying to customize … Read more →
On one page I maintain, there is a small calendar with courses and workshops. To manage those, I had to choose a plugin that offers all the features I needed. As I had more complex requirements for an event management … Read more →
Since I run a blog with mostly technical topics, that also contain code snippets, I want to make those more readable by using syntax highlighting. Many years ago, I chose a plugin that is also available on wordpress.com by default. … Read more →
Even in December 2025, it is still not possible to upload SVG files to a WordPress website. As an SVG file can contain JavaScript code and is therefore considered a “potential security risk”, WordPress core does not allow the upload … Read more →
One of the questions I get a lot is: what plugin do you always use. My answer is usually: none … except for when I still develop a site. Then it is Query Monitor and here is why. What does … Read more →
I have a podcast website (but unfortunately, there have not been any new episodes in years). When I first started my journey into podcasting, I was wondering how to best set a site up. If you want to keep it … Read more →
As mentioned in the last blog post, I have around 18 plugins active on this blog. For some, this sounds like a lot, but it really isn’t. I always say it’s not the number of plugins, but their quality and … Read more →
The plugin I write about today is one of the most important ones for my blog. I could live without many of the around 18 plugins I have on this blog. But as this blog is presented to you in … Read more →
As mentioned in the blog post from yesterday, I am using two different statistics plugins on this blog. The “simple one” is Koko Analytics, the advanced one is Matomo. Using Matomo with a WordPress site comes in two variants. You … Read more →