Wellenbrecher
Antispam Bee alternative: what the classic covers, and what it doesn't
Antispam Bee keeps comment spam out for free and without a cloud. By its own FAQ it skips forms and sign-ups. When it is enough, and when to switch.
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Heckgalerie
Lazy Loading in WordPress: What the Browser Already Does, and Where a Plugin Hurts
Browsers lazy-load images themselves, WordPress has set the attribute since 5.5. Why a lazy-load plugin often slows you down and how to check your LCP image.
Fleet
123,970 slugs, 70,909 of them listed: we counted the entire WordPress plugin directory
How many WordPress plugins exist: 70,909 listed, 123,970 slugs ever issued. Here is how we counted every one, and how to check the plugins on your own site.
Fleet
8,131 plugins still list PHP 5, and WordPress never notices
What the Requires PHP line tells you about a plugin, and what it does not. Census data from 28 Aug 2026, plus ways to check the plugins you run.
Fleet
Labelling AI Content: What Article 50 Requires Now
Article 50 of the EU AI Act has applied since 2 August 2026. Which paragraph binds you as a deployer, when AI text needs a label, and when it does not.
Wimpel
Bilingual WordPress in One Day: 13 Page Pairs, All Findings Public
Our multilingual plugin on a real site for the first time: 13 page pairs, 88,963 characters copied byte for byte, and three gaps in our own code.
Adjet
Tracking Before Consent: The Four Most Common Causes
Four technical reasons why WordPress sites send data before anyone clicked. With a self-test that takes two minutes and needs no tooling at all.
Adjet
What Google Analytics Does Not Show You
Anyone who declines your cookie banner is missing from Google Analytics. So is every AI crawler reading your pages. Three blind spots, and how to see into them.
Fleet
Videos Without a Camera: How We Film What a Plugin Does
Screen recordings from an automated WordPress, a cloned voice, editing by script. Our complete video production setup, including the parts that do not work.
Fleet
Am I a manufacturer? The CRA question nobody answers.
Article 3(13) CRA makes you a manufacturer even when you give software away. Commission guidance says otherwise. The contradiction, laid out in full.
Fleet
The CRA reporting obligations start today: what a plugin vendor does now
Article 14 of the Cyber Resilience Act applies from 11 September 2026. Two reporting tracks, different deadlines, and a platform that only opened on the day.
Kurato
Why Your Emails Go to Spam, and What Actually Helps
Subject lines are the smallest lever you have. Delivery is decided by SPF, DKIM and DMARC, by domain alignment, by sender reputation and by list quality.
Leadlotse
Eventbrite Alternative: Run Event Registration and QR Tickets Yourself
Looking for an Eventbrite alternative? Free events carry no fees, paid tickets cost 5.5 to 14 percent depending on your country. Five routes compared.
Adjet
Show Your Own Offer in Every WordPress Post
Show a course, e-book or newsletter after the second paragraph of every post: pick a template, fill in four fields, read the stats. With video and demo.
Fleet
Showing WordPress Instead of Describing It: Our YouTube Channel
We now show our plugins on video: real clicks in the real backend, the version on screen, an honest limit and a demo link to try it out yourself.
Hafen
Hafen 1.0: One Theme, 38 Looks, Zero Font Files
Hafen 1.0 is here: 38 style variations across four design axes, each checked against WCAG, none loads a font file. What is inside and why.
Leadlotse
How Many Fields Should a Contact Form Have?
Every form field has a price and a payoff, and the GDPR sets a ceiling. Here is how to find the right number of fields for your own contact form.
Hafen
Switching WordPress Themes: A Case Study with Real Measurements
A real production site switches from Neve to the Hafen block theme: 65 per cent faster first paint on mobile, all figures published, limits included.
MemberJet
Teachable Alternative: Selling Courses Without a Revenue Share
Teachable Starter charges 7.5% of revenue plus payment processing. We run three revenue levels through the numbers and show where the math flips.
Kurato
Double opt-in and GDPR: what the law requires and what tools make of it
The GDPR never mentions double opt-in. It requires consent you can prove. What the ePrivacy Directive adds, and why consent records fail on a switch.
Linkjet
Bitly Alternative: Short Links That Still Work in Five Years
Looking for a Bitly alternative? Five routes compared, the mechanics behind short links, and why a printed address belongs on a domain you own.
Kurato
BookingPress Review: The Most Complete WordPress Booking Plugin
An in-depth BookingPress review: booking wizard, 20+ payment gateways, two-way Google sync, staff and resources. Where the plugin shines and where its one limit is.
Adjet
WordPress103 Reviews Hafenstudios Ads: 4.5 Stars
The YouTube channel WordPress103 reviewed Hafenstudios Ads: 4.5 stars, split tests as the highlight. We turned his three points into version 2.4.0.
Wellenbrecher
Why a CAPTCHA is an accessibility problem
WCAG does not ban CAPTCHAs, and no fine over an inaccessible one is on record. What criterion 1.1.1 asks for, and what replaces a CAPTCHA on a form.
Hafen
13 Kilobytes: What a WordPress Theme Really Has to Weigh
What a WordPress theme really weighs, measured in bytes on Hafen 1.1.0. Why two requests are enough and where a lean theme does not help at all.
Fleet
Updating WordPress Plugins: What Happens If You Do Not
A security update makes the flaw public, and 58.4% of WordPress plugins had no release in over a year. What that means for your site and how to update safely.
Wellenbrecher
Akismet Alternative: Spam Protection That Never Leaves Your Site
Five Akismet alternatives side by side: Antispam Bee, CleanTalk, Turnstile, reCAPTCHA and Wellenbrecher. Where they check, what they cover, what they cost.
Leadlotse
Typeform Alternative: Forms That Don't Charge Per Response
Looking for a Typeform alternative? Typeform bills per response and throttles good campaigns. Five alternatives compared, down to forms in WordPress.
Kurato
Calendly Alternative: Book Appointments Without an External Service
Looking for a Calendly alternative? Six ways to book appointments compared, from Cal.com to WordPress plugins to booking in your own database.
Adjet
AdSense Not Showing: Narrow It Down Before You Change Anything
AdSense ads not showing on your WordPress site? Four tests cut the list of causes in half, then work through the ten that actually cause blank ad slots.
Adjet
Split Testing Ads in WordPress: A/B Tests with Adjet
Split testing WordPress ads with rotation groups in Adjet: create variants, weight them, compare CTR, plus rules of thumb for reliable results.
Kurato
Mailchimp Alternative in Europe: 5 Newsletter Tools Compared for GDPR
Mailchimp counts unsubscribed contacts and sends EU data to the US. Five alternatives checked on 7 October 2026, with where each one keeps your list.
Adjet
Adjet Is Now in the Official WordPress Directory: Eight Weeks of Review, a New Name
Adjet is now in the official WordPress plugin directory as Hafenstudios Ads. What eight weeks of review changed and what existing users need to know.
Wimpel
Our Blog Now Speaks Seven Languages: What We Learned About Multilingual Publishing
Our multilingual blog now publishes in seven languages. What the rollout taught us about translated slugs, hreflang clusters, and translation work.
Heckgalerie
Heckgalerie: Galleries for WordPress That Don't Bring 2 MB of JavaScript
Heckgalerie: logo bars, galleries, sliders and albums from your WordPress media library, under 15 KB of frontend (gzip). In the WordPress.org directory.
Leadlotse
Ready for Launch: Leadlotse Gets Ready for WordPress.org
Leadlotse is set to become the second Hafenstudios plugin in the official WordPress directory. The free version is built, tested, and passes Plugin Check.
Fleet
Workshop Report, July 2026: What's on the Bench Right Now
Workshop report from the Hafenstudios shipyard: Adjet is in the WordPress directory, Leadlotse is about to be submitted, Wimpel and Heckgalerie are live.
Heckgalerie
NextGEN Gallery Alternative: 5 Gallery Plugins Compared
NextGEN Gallery is powerful but heavy. Five lighter alternatives compared by frontend weight, albums and price, from the core gallery block to Heckgalerie.
Hafen
Emoji in Your Password: More Secure or Just More Original?
An emoji password raises entropy dramatically and still often fails in practice. Where emoji passwords help, where they annoy, and how our generator works.
Fleet
8 Free WordPress Tools, No Sign-Up Required: Our Toolbox
Eight free WordPress tools, no sign-up and no tracking, right in your browser: ads.txt, .htaccess, schema markup, emoji passwords and the CRA self-declaration.
Wimpel
WPML Alternative 2026: Free Plugins, Pricing and Multisite Compared
No free WPML? Here is what Polylang, TranslatePress, Multisite and Wimpel do for free and where paying starts, backed by directory data and our own tests.
Leadlotse
Best Contact Form 7 Alternatives: 5 Form Plugins Compared
Contact Form 7 stores no submissions and filters no spam out of the box. The 5 best alternatives compared, with census data, prices and a privacy check.
Hafen
Create a Secure Password: Strong Enough to Hold, Simple Enough to Remember
Why length beats complexity, the five most common password mistakes and the story method that gives you passwords you actually remember.
Hafen
Lorem Ipsum Alternative: Placeholder Text That Actually Tests Your Layout
A lorem ipsum alternative that is length-honest: Harbour Ipsum generates placeholder text with word worlds, structure blocks, and WordPress export.
Hafen
WordPress Password Security: Why Your Password Is the Biggest Risk
Why weak passwords are the number one way into WordPress, which password myths you can forget and what actually protects your login.
Adjet
How Much Revenue Do Publishers Lose to Adblock? (2026 Numbers)
Measure what adblock costs your site: usage rates by device, worked AdSense examples and a free calculator. Plus what recovers revenue and what backfires.
MemberJet
Course Platform Fees Compared: What You Actually Keep (2026)
Course platform fees compared: Gumroad, Teachable, Udemy, and Digistore24 rates, worked examples, and 3-year totals, plus the self-hosted alternative.
Adjet
How Much Does AdSense Pay? Realistic Numbers for 2026
How much AdSense pays: estimated RPM from $1 to $30 by niche and country, worked examples for 10,000 to 1 million pageviews, and a free calculator.
Hafen
Schema Markup for WordPress: How to Get Rich Results (2026)
Schema markup for WordPress, explained honestly: which types matter, how to add JSON-LD without breaking anything, and why AI search engines lean on structured data.
Linkjet
WordPress .htaccess: The 10 Most Useful Snippets (With Generator)
The 10 most useful WordPress .htaccess snippets: force HTTPS, redirects, caching, GZIP, security headers and more, explained plainly, with a free generator.
Linkjet
How to Add an Affiliate Disclosure in WordPress (FTC & EU Rules)
Affiliate disclosure WordPress guide: what FTC and EU rules require, where to place the notice, and how it differs from rel=sponsored tags.
MemberJet
Digistore24 IPN in WordPress: Setup, SHA Check, Testing
Where the IPN URL goes in Digistore24, why the SHA passphrase check is not optional, how to handle refunds and chargebacks, and how to test it first.
MemberJet
elopage Alternatives 2026: 6 Options Compared by Fees
elopage is now ablefy. Six alternatives compared by fees, hosting and data ownership: Digistore24, Coachy, memberspot, Kajabi, Teachable and WordPress.
Adjet
How to Set Up ads.txt in WordPress (AdSense Guide)
Set up ads.txt in WordPress: file structure, an AdSense example line, setup via FTP, plugin, or host, and the mistakes that quietly cost you ad revenue.
Hafen
Elementor Alternatives in 2026: Why Block Themes Are the Better Choice
Elementor alternatives compared: block themes, Bricks, Breakdance and Kadence, plus a real theme switch that cut first paint from about 4 s to 1.3 s.
Adjet
How to Add Google AdSense to WordPress and Where to Paste the Code
Where the AdSense code goes in WordPress: the three verification methods Google offers, the right spot in the head, and which route survives a theme switch.
Linkjet
7 Best Free WordPress Redirect Plugins Compared (2026)
Redirection, Rank Math, Linkjet and four more free redirect plugins side by side: 301 and regex rules, 404 monitoring, click stats. See which one fits.
Linkjet
Broken Link Checker for WordPress: The Best Free Tools
A free WordPress broken link checker: plugin, Ahrefs, Search Console, or Screaming Frog? We compare the tools fairly and show the best workflow.
MemberJet
The Best Kajabi Alternative for WordPress: Sell Courses Without Monthly Fees
Looking for a Kajabi alternative for WordPress? Compare real costs, ownership, and GDPR control, then see how MemberJet lets you sell courses for free.
Hafen
WordPress Slow? 10 Steps That Make Your Site Fast Again
Is your WordPress site slow? Ten steps that work: hosting, PHP version, caching, images, database cleanup and the plugins that quietly slow you down.
Linkjet
Starting Affiliate Marketing with WordPress: A Guide That Stays Honest
How to start affiliate marketing with WordPress: commission models, picking a niche, content that converts and link management that survives a URL change.
MemberJet
WordPress Backup Plugins Compared, and How to Set One Up Properly
An honest comparison of UpdraftPlus, Duplicator, BackWPup, All-in-One WP Migration and host backups, plus a step by step setup guide.
Adjet
Cookie Consent Plugins for WordPress: Five Tools Compared
Which cookie consent plugin for WordPress really holds up? Borlabs, Real Cookie Banner, Complianz, Cookiebot and CookieYes compared, plus Consent Mode v2.
Hafen
WordPress Security Plugins Compared: Which One Actually Fits Your Site
Wordfence, Solid Security, Sucuri, NinjaFirewall or All-In-One WP Security? An honest comparison, plus the hardening that comes before any plugin.
Hafen
WordPress White Screen of Death: How to Fix It, Step by Step
Fix the WordPress white screen of death: enable WP_DEBUG, read debug.log, isolate the plugin conflict and raise the PHP memory limit, step by step.
Adjet
AdSense and the GDPR in WordPress: How to Build a Setup That Holds Up
AdSense in WordPress under the GDPR: consent gating before the first ad request, Consent Mode v2, lazy loading and a visible ad label, step by step.
MemberJet
Create an Online Course in WordPress and Sell It Yourself
Build an online course on your own WordPress: modules and lessons, quizzes, drip content, automatic access after a sale, and AI help while you write.
Adjet
Advanced Ads Alternative (2026): Adjet Side by Side
Advanced Ads or Adjet? Which features are free and which need paid add-ons, what the import wizard moves over, and what the forums report on stability.
Linkjet
How to Find and Redirect 404 Errors in WordPress
Find WordPress 404 errors with Search Console, server logs and a 404 monitor, then turn every dead URL into a clean 301 or an honest 410.
Linkjet
How to Set Up a 301 Redirect in WordPress
Set up a 301 redirect in WordPress the right way: 301 vs 302, a working .htaccess example, the plugin route, and the mistakes that cost rankings.
Adjet
Ad Inserter Alternative: Adjet Compared for WordPress
Looking for an Ad Inserter alternative for WordPress? Adjet offers a clean ad cockpit, consent gating, lazy-load, and privacy-friendly local stats.
MemberJet
MemberPress Alternative: When Switching to MemberJet Pays Off
MemberPress alternative for Digistore24 sellers: MemberJet unlocks access via native IPN. Free version, Pro 149 euro a year for 3 sites. Honest comparison.
Linkjet
The Best Pretty Links Alternative: Switch to Linkjet for Free
Looking for a Pretty Links alternative? Linkjet's free version is GDPR-friendly, with a REST API and an import wizard including stats. Pro from 49 euro.
Adjet
AdRotate Alternative: Adjet's WordPress Ad Cockpit
Looking for an AdRotate alternative for WordPress? Adjet offers a clean ad cockpit, consent gating, lazy-load, and local stats. A fair comparison.
MemberJet
LearnDash Alternative: Courses Plus Sales in One Tool
Looking for a LearnDash alternative? MemberJet combines courses, membership, and native Digistore24 billing in one self-hosted WordPress plugin.
Linkjet
ThirstyAffiliates Alternative: Linkjet Compared
Looking for a ThirstyAffiliates alternative? Linkjet Free cloaks affiliate links with short links, stats, and a REST API at no cost. An honest comparison.
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