Meet “Off Switch”: A Simple Way to Kill WordPress Bloat Off Switch is a free WordPress plugin that gives you a straightforward way to toggle off hidden bloat, improve performance, and harden security without touching code. It exposes a long list of small, often‑forgotten features that quietly consume resources or expand your site’s attack surface,…
A bloated WordPress database can slow down your site and make maintenance harder. Database Cleaner by Meow Apps is a free plugin that helps you safely clean, optimize, and better understand your database using a clear interface. This article walks through installing the plugin and using its main panels to clean and optimize your site….
Oxygen 6 is a modern rewrite of the classic Oxygen builder that targets power users and developers who want lean, performant output and strong dynamic data support. It is built on the Breakdance editor, inherits its responsiveness, adds its own workflow, and offers a lifetime license which is included for existing Oxygen customers. Video Version…
In this article I’m taking a first look at a new free CSS framework for Oxygen 6 from the Oxymade team. Oxymade was one of the add-on developers who created a CSS framework and pre-designed template kits for the original Classic Oxygen. And now that Oxygen 6 is nearing a 1.0 release, people are starting…
WordPress site owners are continuously fighting to keep hackers out of the site admin. Brute force attacks on the wp-login page, remote code execution due to a zero-day plugin vulnerabilities, or hacker toolkits that try to access plugin files by cycling through lists of known vulnerabilities – these types of attempts must be blocked. I’ve…
GreenLight Builder is a lightweight, HTML‑centric block collection for Gutenberg that pairs with the GreenLight theme and Light Framework to provide a streamlined, variable‑driven workflow for building performant WordPress sites. In thevideo I provide a walk-through of the features. This post summarizes the main points. Video Version Discussion The GreenLight Builder is a lightweight, HTML‑centric…
I wanted to look back and to see what people actually purchased now that the hype and churn from Black Friday has passed. In the WPLTDS Facebook Group, a group of more than 6,200 people looking for WordPress lifetime deals, we had a survey asking what people purchased. We shared more than 150 sales and…
There are a ton of Black Friday sales going on right now, but I’m going to show you five that I recommend and use. Note, that the video version shows the UI of these tools, which this article has a summary of their main features and advantages. Video Version Crocoblock JetEngine and the full Crocoblock…