This is the last blog post in this year’s advent calendar covering plugins I use. And just like yesterday, it is a plugin that I wrote, because there was no satisfying solution from the platform. The website offers a newsletter … Read more →
After the alphabetical list of plugins I use, I want to present two plugins I wrote for a specific website, and then also shared. Today, we cover the first one, the Embeds for ProvenExpert plugin. On the ProvenExpert, you can … Read more →
The alphabetic list of plugins comes to an end today, and which other plugin could be here than Yoast SEO? It is like a “low-hanging fruit” of plugin choices, at least for me. What does Yoast SEO do? I don’t … Read more →
The Yoast Duplicate Post plugin was initially developed by Enrico Battocchi back in 2007, and when he joined the Yoast team, he brought the plugin with him. Even after rebranding, it still offers the same robust functionality. What does Yoast … Read more →
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 →