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Honest WordPress plugin reviews. See the best (and worst) plugins for shopping, memberships, forums, forms…and also back-end management like caching, backup, image compression, spam-blocking, tracking, user management, etc.

See my best WordPress plugins and worst WordPress plugins, also my WPJ WordPress plugins.

Mar 6, 2024 6

CWICLY’s demise – a lesson in specialization

May 1, 2023 7

BEST PLUGINS for WordPress developers & reviewers

Apr 29, 2023 6

MainWP vs ManageWP – best WordPress management plugin

Apr 27, 2023 19

BEST Gutenberg Pagebuilders for WordPress – UPDATED 2024

Mar 30, 2023 37

Awesome Motive isn’t awesome

Mar 3, 2023 4

Greenshift – Gutenberg pagebuilder blocks (with animation)

Dec 17, 2021

WPCloudDeploy custom hacks and fixes

Dec 4, 2021 242 Popular Recommended

Swift Performance WordPress Cache Plugin – UNOFFICIAL GUIDE

My unofficial guide to speeding up WordPress with SWIFT Performance cache plugin! (Updated Dec 4, 2021) The
Read More about Swift Performance WordPress Cache Plugin – UNOFFICIAL GUIDE

Dec 3, 2021 25

BEST WordPress Cache Plugins 2022

Dec 2, 2021 3

WordPress documentation plugins – fast review

Nov 29, 2021 16

FlyingPress cache plugin – UNOFFICIAL GUIDE – UPDATED 2022

Nov 26, 2021 192 Popular Recommended

LiteSpeed Cache WordPress Plugin – UNOFFICIAL GUIDE

I don't know why it's taken me this long to release a guide for one of my favorite cache plugins. Much of the
Read More about LiteSpeed Cache WordPress Plugin – UNOFFICIAL GUIDE

Nov 25, 2021 6

NitroPack cloud-caching service review – UPDATED 2022

Nov 1, 2021 5

Builderius – initial thoughts and respect

Oct 12, 2021 2

Are plugin acquisitions bad for WordPress users?

Sep 1, 2021 1

DISRUPTING a WordPress plugin market

Aug 31, 2021

FINDING SUPPORT for any theme or plugin

Aug 6, 2021

WPCloudDeploy unofficial setup guide

Jul 3, 2021

Removing WordPress user registration spam

Jun 1, 2021 2

Appreciation post for WP Migrate DB

Feb 26, 2021 1

Protect your EBOOKS with a PDF Stamper plugin (WaterWoo)

Feb 3, 2021 17

BEST WordPress SEO plugins 2021

Jan 29, 2021 3

Why I don’t recommend FREE membership plugins

Jan 22, 2021 11

Not a fan of Pinegrow for creating WordPress themes

Jan 21, 2021 6

The origin of WordPress plugin bloat

Jan 17, 2021 21

Local-load Google webfonts in DIVI (in just 5 minutes)

Jan 13, 2021

Telltale signs of a GOOD DEVELOPER

Jan 3, 2021 14

Minify strategies for HTML, CSS, JS

Dec 29, 2020 17

BEST WordPress Cache Plugins 2021

Dec 26, 2020 11

The ETHICS of WordPress GPL

Dec 19, 2020 16

Getting rid of WordPress form spam

Dec 14, 2020

GiveWP fundraising plugin review

Dec 3, 2020 13

WP Performance – cache plugin review

Nov 18, 2020 10

Disable WordPress default LAZY LOAD

Oct 18, 2020

Stylus browser extension – custom style other websites

Oct 14, 2020 17

Why is Gutenberg being pushed now (when it’s not perfect)

Oct 1, 2020 10

Noob Guide to Gutenberg

Sep 28, 2020 7

Pagebuilders are always a LONGTERM mistake

Sep 23, 2020 13

LiveCanvas HTML/CSS pagebuilder for WordPress – REVIEW

Sep 21, 2020

External Tracker for AffiliateWP (WPJ plugin)

Sep 17, 2020

Comments Sticky Moderate (WPJ plugin)

Sep 12, 2020 4

HappyFiles media management plugin review

Aug 31, 2020 6

TIP – prevent clients from editing Gutenberg blocks

Aug 14, 2020 9

Best WordPress Cache Plugins 2020

Aug 12, 2020

Content Control plugin – for user content restriction

Aug 7, 2020 43

Totally biased review of FlyingPress cache plugin

Jul 25, 2020 1

Affiliate Royale to AffiliateWP (migration script)

Jul 20, 2020 21

WP Fluent Forms – WordPress plugin review

Jul 16, 2020

Dashboard Search for MemberPress (WPJ plugin)

Jul 15, 2020 1

MailOptin Email Lead – WordPress plugin review

Jul 8, 2020

Github cheatsheet

Jul 6, 2020 3

AffiliateWP plugin review

Jun 25, 2020 17

WP Featherlight Disabled (WPJ plugin)

Jun 24, 2020 36

AVOID – Astra theme and Brainstorm Force plugins (are bloated)

Jun 20, 2020 82 Recommended

Best WordPress Plugins – UPDATED 2025

My favorite WordPress plugins (and also HIGHLY RECOMMENDED by experienced WordPress developers). All these
Read More about Best WordPress Plugins – UPDATED 2025

Jun 18, 2020 24

Comment Reply Email (WPJ Plugin)

Jun 10, 2020 1

WP Interview – Daan van den Bergh (of WoOSH.DEV)

May 28, 2020 1

The WordPress Open-Source Conundrum

May 25, 2020 5

Block WordPress comment spam (easily) via blacklist

May 20, 2020 12

How to customize WordPress admin CSS

May 13, 2020 109

10 BEST Gutenberg block libraries for WordPress

May 11, 2020 42

WPMU DEV sucks – don’t use their plugins

Apr 30, 2020 19

Why LiteSpeed Cache is the #1 cache plugin for me

Apr 15, 2020

EASY Gutenberg Development Resources

Apr 9, 2020 2

Affinity design software review

Apr 6, 2020 61

Oxygen Builder ISN’T a pagebuilder (and that’s why it’s great)

Apr 4, 2020 4

Restrict Content Pro – WordPress membership plugin review 2020

Apr 1, 2020 49

Predicting the death of ALL pagebuilders (except ONE)

Mar 31, 2020 1

WishList Member – membership plugin review 2020

Mar 30, 2020 29

Why I don’t use SEO plugins (ever)

Mar 29, 2020 5

How to COPY-PASTE Gutenberg blocks

Mar 27, 2020 10

IGNORE Query Strings when Caching

Mar 26, 2020 14

WordPress Membership Plugins Review 2022

Mar 20, 2020

What are ACTIONS, HOOKS, and FILTERS in WordPress?

Mar 19, 2020 30

Replace BLOATED PAGEBUILDERS with Gutenberg blocks

Mar 18, 2020 2

Custom Post Types (CPT) vs custom Gutenberg blocks

Mar 17, 2020 2

The magic of custom Gutenberg blocks

Mar 14, 2020 10

GADWP Plugin is now GAinWP (SCREW ExactMetrics)

Mar 3, 2020 1

Redefining WordPress content with Gutenberg

Mar 2, 2020 5

What are Custom Post Types (and why do they matter?)

Feb 20, 2020 4

Email Pop-up Plugin Review

Feb 5, 2020 9

Gutenberg FIX – image gallery item on last row too big

Jan 6, 2020 9

The MONSTER GUIDE to WordPress Image Optimization

Dec 14, 2019 32

Best WordPress Image Compression Plugins – UPDATED 2021

Dec 8, 2019 10

Fastest Social Sharing plugins for WordPress

Dec 2, 2019

Easiest image gallery plugin for WordPress

Nov 6, 2019 6

WPJ Reports for MemberPress (WPJ plugin)

Nov 4, 2019 3

Fix “Better Search Replace” plugin “Max Page Size Error

Oct 25, 2019 9

Code Click-to-Copy (WPJ Plugin)

Oct 3, 2019 13

Don’t use WordPress Redirection plugin – use htaccess instead!

Aug 20, 2019 30

10 Best WordPress SECURITY plugins review

May 31, 2019

How to pick a good MEMBERSHIP platform

May 23, 2019 10

WP Rocket WordPress Cache Plugin – UNOFFICIAL GUIDE

Apr 26, 2019

Should you pick MEMBERSHIP plugin or LMS plugin?

Apr 17, 2019 37

WordPress security plugins SUCK!

Mar 21, 2019 9

How to Backup Your WordPress Site (using BackWPup plugin and Amazon AWS S3)

Mar 5, 2019 7

Google AMP Sucks for WordPress

Mar 5, 2019 7

Favorite WordPress Cache Plugins

Mar 4, 2019 10

Digital Access Pass (DAP) WordPress Membership Plugin Review – UPDATED 2019

Feb 14, 2019

Cache plugins suck!

Nov 4, 2018 27

WordPress Backup Plugins Review (UPDATED 2022)

Oct 19, 2018 4

BEST WordPress SEO Plugins 2018

Aug 20, 2018

How to Optimize/Compress Your Website Images

Jul 31, 2018

Optimizing Javascript Load from WordPress Plugins

Jul 21, 2018 12

Get Rid of Jetpack Plugin – Why and How

Jun 29, 2018 1

WordPress Migration Plugins Review (UPDATED 2018)

Jun 26, 2018 11

Worst WordPress Plugins Ever – AVOID THEM

Jun 19, 2018 8

ShortPixel is the BEST Image Compression Plugin for WordPress

Jun 17, 2018 27

MemberPress WordPress Membership Plugin Review – UPDATED 2021

Jun 12, 2018 18

Plugin Script/Asset Organizer Review

Jun 4, 2018 57

Why You SHOULDN’T Combine CSS & JS (performance reasons)

May 25, 2018

Best WordPress Recipe Plugins Review

May 7, 2018 11

WP Compress vs ShortPixel – WordPress Image Compression Comparison

Apr 18, 2018 18

Swift Performance vs WP Rocket – WordPress Cache Plugin Comparison

Apr 17, 2018 8

WooCommerce (WordPress) vs Shopify – Ecommerce Store Comparison (2020)

Apr 11, 2018 149 Popular

Best WordPress Cache Plugins Review – GIANT ROUNDUP

Mar 21, 2018 26

Swift Performance Lite – WordPress Cache Speed Plugin REVIEW

Dec 7, 2017 2

WordPress Backup Plugin Review – BackupWordPress vs Updraft

Dec 3, 2017 12

MemberPress vs MemberMouse vs DAP – WordPress Membership Plugins Review (2018)

Aug 8, 2017 40

WPML Speed Optimization Tips

May 31, 2017

Open-Source vs Proprietary (closed-source)

May 30, 2017

Caldera Forms – WordPress plugin review

Mar 31, 2017 2

WordPress Redirection Tips – HTaccess vs Plugins

Jan 12, 2017 4

DigitalAccessPass hacked – and changed address (PayPal IPN hack)

Jun 2, 2016 3

WordPress Multilingual Guide 2016 – Plugin Review, Language Translation Strategy, and WPML Tips

Jan 29, 2012 2

Digital Access Pass (DAP) vs DLGuard Review

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