When we can't find a lightweight tool that solves a specific problem for our hosting clients, we build it ourselves. The result is the Plugin Lab: a collection of free, professional utilities that do one thing and do it well.
No trackers, no upsells, and no nonsense. Just open-source code hosted on GitHub, for the community to use and improve.
A client with a large WordPress of thousands of articles has been running SlimSEO. They need to switch back to Yoast without losing their existing meta data, so I built a simple plugin to do this one-shot task.
SEO - 6 Aug 2026
WooCommerce only auto-completes orders when every item is virtual and downloadable. But I needed something lightweight that could auto-complete all Woo orders with only virtual products.
Essentials, WooCommerce - 30 Jun 2026
A small plugin that makes it east to build WooCommerce single product pages in the block editor, however you like. Includes product schema markup.
WooCommerce - 10 Jun 2026
I decided to build a plugin that uses a non-default DKIM selector, so we can add a website-specific DKIM signature to all emails leaving any WordPress website.
Email, Essentials - 22 May 2026
This little plugin removes /category/ from category archive URLs, and issues 301 redirects from the old URLs to the new ones.
Essentials - 27 Apr 2026
Quick 2FA uses email for verification. There's no app to install, no QR code to scan. You log in, WordPress sends a code to your email address, you type it in. That's it.
Security - 10 Apr 2026
A WooCommerce plugin for sending scheduled, branded emails to customers based on how long an order has been at a given status.
WooCommerce - 20 Mar 2026
Lightweight bot registration protection for WordPress and WooCommerce. Three layered defences with zero configuration required.
Essentials, Security - 9 Mar 2026
Lightweight plugin that uses WordPress transients to throttle REST API requests. When a rate-limited client makes requests too frequently, the plugin returns an HTTP 429 (Too Many Requests) response.
Page Speed - 6 Mar 2026
A neat little plugin that scans a page for images and groups them into light-boxes. Fully configurable element sectors and developer-friendly.
User Experience - 5 Mar 2026
Assign alternative languages to individual posts, pages, and custom post types without requiring a full multilingual setup. Automatically adjusts hreflang tags and language attributes for better SEO.
SEO, User Experience - 12 Feb 2026
A handy little plugin that imports product reviews from a CSV file into WooCommerce products, with duplicate detection.
SEO, WooCommerce - 30 Jan 2026