th23

Customize your WordPress website even more to your needs via simple admin settings instead of code modifications.
Setting up new websites from time to time I realized, that I keep using similar sets of modifications over and over again. This plugin gives you a wide range of modifications at hand without any core or theme code changes – making them persistent across updates or switching to another theme.
th23 Specials core features include (all available as options in admin dashboard):
<ul>
<li>Mail sending via SMTP server instead of default PHP mail function – and with custom subject prefix</li>
<li>Revision and edit restrictions for posts and pages</li>
<li>Highlighting in titles of posts and pages – for custom styling via theme</li>
<li>Category selection via radio button, forcing single category assignment and option to restrict available categories – via Classic and Gutenberg / Block editor</li>
<li>Excerpts for pages</li>
<li>Sticky posts also sticky on archive pages</li>
<li>Disabling author links and archives</li>
<li>Enforcing usage of more tag / block / separator in posts and pages – preventing too long full text display on home and overview pages</li>
<li>Disable various headers – core version info, links, jQuery Migrate, inline CSS, emojis, oEmbed, legacy contact options</li>
</ul>
<h4>Usage</h4>
Simply install plugin and choose customizations required from the plugin settings page. Few options involve further actions to achieve required result – see below and FAQ section for more details.
For highlighting in post / page titles, put part to highlight in between <code>*matching stars*</code> in the editor. This part will be enclosed by <code></code> tags in the HTML on the frontend, allowing styling by theme via the CSS selector <code>.entry-title span</code>.
<h4>NOTE</h4>
Some options change important core functionality of WordPress – make sure you properly test your website before usage in production environment!

th23 Specials

Essentials to customize Wordpress via simple settings, SMTP, title highlight, category selection, more separator, sticky posts, remove clutter, ...

Bob Vandevliet

Adds essential functionalities to your WordPress installation.


 WordPress is a great CMS! But, in my opinion, it lacks a small number of essential functionalities. Of course, separate plugins can be found for that, but they often do much more than essentially required and, partly as a result, may adversely affect the security and speed of the website. That is why I have collected the below functionalities in one efficient and lightweight WordPress plugin.


 The following modules are available:
<ul>
<li>Security</li>
 Basic security options and brute-force protection. 
 Only administrator users can see and manage this module.
<li>Development Mode</li>
 Easy toggling WP_DEBUG or make your website accessible for logged-in users only. 
 Only administrator users can see and manage this module.
<li>Login Form</li>
 Change the WordPress logo shown above the login form to your own brand’s logo. 
 Only administrator users can see and manage this module.
<li>Google Analytics</li>
 Implement Google Analytics using gtag.js. 
 All users that can edit pages can see and manage this module.
</ul>

 After activation of the plugin, each module is available in the admin dashboard as if it had always been there out of the box. You decide which modules to enable, which gives you the freedom to disable a module if you prefer to use another plugin for it instead.

Essentials

Adds essential functionalities to your WordPress installation. Security and development options, Google Analytics and more.

th23 Specials vs Essentials