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Ahmad Awais
@mrahmadawais on WordPress.org, @Ahmad Awais on Slack
Bio
Ahmad Awais is an award-winning open-source engineering leader, founder, and CEO of Langbase.com (Serverless AI Developer Platform for building AI products.). NASA Mars Ingenuity Helicopter mission code-contributor. Angel investor. Ex-VP of Developer Relations, Google Developers Advisory Board founding member, Node.js Community Committee Outreach Lead, Business Governance Board Member Linux Foundation & OpenAPI Initiative, WordPress Core Developer, and previously VP of Engineering at WGA. He has authored various open-source software tools used by millions of developers worldwide, like his Shades of Purple code theme (4M Dev Users) or projects like the corona-cli (10+ Billion Requests).
Awais loves to teach. Over 60,000 developers are learning from his courses , i.e., NodeCLI.com, VSCode.pro, and NextjsBeginner.com. He has spoken at 100+ tech conferences, including TEDx, ReactLive, Node Summit, Google Dev Summit, and Next.js Conf. Awais received the FOSS community leadership recognition as one of the first 12 featured GitHub Stars with a gold GitHub Stars Award. He is a member of the SmashingMagazine Experts Panel and a featured and published author at CSS-Tricks, Tuts+, Scotch.io, and SitePoint. You can mostly find him on Twitter @MrAhmadAwais, where he tweets his #OneDevMinute developer tips.
OPEN SOURCE LEADERSHIP:
· 4x Gold GitHub Stars Award recipient 8th out of 100 Million developed.
· Winner of the Front Line Heroes MongoDB Innovation Award.
· Listed #1 JavaScript Developer on GitHub Trending Developers.
· Built 200+ open-source projects used by millions of devs (incl. Google/Facebook Engineers).
· GitHub profile with tens of thousands of followers and stargazers: https://github.com/AhmadAwais
ELOQUENT SPEAKER:
· 100+ speaking engagements, including a TEDx Talk, Next.js Conf, Smashing Conf, React Conf.
· Master of Ceremonies at two conferences with thousands of developers in the audience.
· List of talks https://Awais.dev/talks
WEB COMMUNITY INFLUENCER:
· Lead community organizer for JavaScript and Cloud meetups (Country lead DigitalOcean).
· Sold over 34,336 copies of books and courses (VSCode.pro, NodeCLI.com, Writy.io).
20+ YEARS EXPERIENCE:
· Two exits, and one startup acquisition. Enterprise clients include Google, Audi-AG, Coca-Cola, BBDO Worldwide, Standard Chartered Bank, GSK (GlaxoSmithKline), Y- Combinator’s Plan9 Ideas Battle Winner/Incubatee, featured and published at several international blogs/mags, E.g., Forbes, SmashingMag, TorqueMag, SitePoint, Envato Tuts+ Code Instructor (100+ Articles), etc.
I am a senior Full Stack WordPress Developer, WP Core Contributor, Front-end Fanatic and an accidental writer. I love to write, talk, build, and share everything about WordPress. You can reach out to me at Twitter @MrAhmadAwais.
Interests
— Giving Back to the community (30% of my product time is spent to give back to my WP Community)
— DevOps (Buiding automation scripts and playing around with server APIs & architecture)
— End to end Product Developer (Full Stack, Electrical Eng + CS, Focused at WP and now with JS MVC frameworks)
— User Experience Design (Spent 4 professional years as a designer)
— Talk & Teaching WordPress (I love talking about WP, arranging meetups and speaking at conferences. That’s who I am)
— Mentoring and investing in WordPress Startups (Fascinated with business, mentor to some, mentee to others, investor in three small-scale WP startups)
WordPress Origin Story
Rock-solid commitment to the WordPress software community, 100+ open source projects, 23,000+ dev-newsletter subscribers, 500,000+ WP plugin/theme downloads, and a status of regular WordPress core contributing developer has helped me become an open source thought-leader backed by 20+ Multinational companies.
► CORE DEVELOPER
• Regular WordPress Core Contributor 10+ Major versions
• Improved & fixed code, documentation on ~150 core tickets ~40 commits
► OPEN SOURCE CONTRIBUTIONS
• Built 100+ Free and Open Source Software for the WordPress community
• Contributions to WP community projects E.g. Gutenberg Blocks Editor, WP REST API, WooCommerce, EDD, default WordPress Themes i.e. TwentySixteen & TwentySeventeen, WP Customizer, etc.
► COMMAND LINE POWER USER/DEV
• Developed 100+ command lines interface (CLI) dev-tools
• Built automation for WordPress server backup, restore, image optimization
• Created cPanel to DigitalOcean/EasyEngine Migration CLI — improved migration time by 80%
► FRONT END DEV:
• Developed modern dev-tooling, boilerplates, & Zero Config JS starter kits
• Built MERN Stack (MongoDB, Express, React, Node.js) + WP REST API apps
• Developed WPGulp — most popular WordPress + Gulp configuration in the community
• WPGulp improves front end development time by 20% via hot-loading, auto bundling, and image optim
► BACK END DEV:
• LAMP/LEMP PHP OOP experience
• Twig templating, built and extended WordPress APIs
• Developed libraries to help WordPress developers write standard code with best practices E.g. snippet libraries for VSCode/Sublime and Oh My ZSH
► WEB OSS CONTRIBUTIONS:
• Core contributions to code/docs, fix bugs, and security patches in a variety of community software like Bootstrap, Cobalt2 themes for VSC/Sublime/Slack/iTerm, TitanFramework, Timber, etc.
► DEV RELATIONS:
• 100+ FOSS (Free & Open Source Software) projects
• 3,700,00 Million views of answers on StackOverflow
• ~5,000 Stargazers/Forks/Watching Devs on GitHub (Trending dev)
Contributions
- Member Since: January 17th, 2011
- Location: San Francisco
- Website: AhmadAwais.com
- GitHub: ahmadawais
- Job Title: Founder & CEO
- Employer: Langbase
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Contribution History
Ahmad Awais’s badges:- Core Contributor
- Documentation Contributor
- Meetup Organizer
- Plugin Developer
- Support Contributor
- Support Team
- Translation Contributor
- Translation Editor
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Posted a reply to PHP 8 Upgrade Fatal Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
2023/02/08 01:04:47 [error] 22978#22978: *499221 FastCGI sent in stderr: "PHP message: PHP Fatal error: Uncaught… -
Created a topic, PHP 8 Upgrade Fatal Error, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi there, thanks for the awesome plugin. Sadly, up… -
Submitted pull request #95 to WordPress/wordpress-playground:
📖 DOC: Link -
Created ticket #55870 on Core Trac:
WP App Passwords Should be URL Decoded -
Mentioned in [50109] on WordPress SVN:
Comments: Introduce a method for commenters to opt-in to receiving an email notification when their moderated comment gets approved. -
Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Forgot to tag you @georgestephanis (context: look for the best way to migrate to the… -
Wrote a comment on the post Application Passwords: Integration Guide, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Hi Georg, Thanks for sharing the summary. Can you tell what happens to people who… -
Wrote a comment on the post Proposal: REST API Authentication / Application Passwords, on the site Make WordPress Core:
Major +1 on this. It will be a welcomed improvement. -
Wrote a comment on the post We’re applying to Season of Docs, on the site Make WordPress Documentation:
👋howdy, Jon! Thanks for sharing this. Do you have an idea of the time commitment… -
Wrote a comment on the post Feature Plugin Proposal: WP Consent API, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is great. Sadly way too intrusive and forced in the middle of the screen… -
Wrote a comment on the post wp-env: Simple Local Environments for WordPress., on the site Make WordPress Core:
This amazing. An idea like this has been stuck in my head for a while.… -
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Created a topic, Redirects Contact page to /blank, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Been using this excellent plugin without any issues bu… -
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Wrote a comment on the post New CSS focus in Core, on the site Make WordPress Core:
About time we update the CSS design of it all. Let's make it light and… -
Mentioned in [46235] on WordPress SVN:
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Committed [2153604] to Plugins SVN:
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Wrote a comment on the post Introducing Twenty Twenty, on the site Make WordPress Core:
This is super awesome. Looking forward to contributing, again this year. Welcome, Andres as the… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Local Environment, on the site Make WordPress Core:
@pento amazing work. And thanks for installing Node separately, it's super slow in Docker for… -
Wrote a comment on the post WordPress Translation Day 4, on the site Make WordPress.org Marketing:
I am so proud of you Maedah Batool! And definitely keep it up, Saqib! 💯 -
Wrote a comment on the post WordCamp Asia Proposal, on the site Make WordPress Communities:
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Committed [2047709] to Plugins SVN:
Release 1.2.2, see readme.txt for changelog.
Developer
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Debug Meta Data
Active Installs: 50+
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eCommerce Keep The Change
Active Installs: 10+
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Remove WP Dashboard Extra Widgets
Active Installs: 70+
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Vacation Rentals
Active Installs: 10+
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WP Login Logo Changer
Active Installs: 10+
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WP Super Edit
Active Installs: 2,000+
Plugins
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Add Admin CSS
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Add From Server
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Admin Columns
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Admin Command Palette
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Advanced CSS Editor
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Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
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Advanced Editor Tools
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Advanced Permalinks
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After Comment Prompts
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AGP Ajax Taxonomy Filter
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Ajax BootModal Login
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Ajaxify Comments - Ajax and Lazy Loading Comments
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
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All-in-One WP Migration and Backup
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AMP
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AMP for WP - Accelerated Mobile Pages
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Animate It!
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Announcer - Sticky Message Banner, Notification Bar - Add to Top, Bottom of your Website
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Application Passwords
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Aqua Page Builder
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Archive Content with Archived Post Status
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Archiver
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Array Toolkit
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Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster
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Asset Queue Manager
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Async JS and CSS
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Async Social Sharing
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Attachment Pages Redirect
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AudioIgniter Music Player
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Automatic Featured Image Posts
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Autoptimize
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Avatars Meta Box
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Awesome Color Palettes
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Awesome Support - WordPress HelpDesk & Support Plugin
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Backup and Staging by WP Time Capsule
User rating
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BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin
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Batcache
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Beautiful taxonomy filters
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Beaver Builder - WordPress Page Builder
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Beehive
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Better Admin Pointers
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Better Click To Tweet
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Better Font Awesome
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Better REST API Featured Images
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Better Search Replace
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Better WordPress Minify
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Bitly's Wordpress Plugin
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Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
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Book Review Library
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Booking Calendar
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Bootstrap Admin
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Breadcrumb NavXT
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Browser Screenshots
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BuddyPress Live Notification
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Bulk Actions Select All
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By this Author
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Candy Social Widget
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CAOS | Host Google Analytics Locally
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CasePress UpVote
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Child Theme Check
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Classic Editor
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Clean WP Admin Menu
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Click To Tweet
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Client and Product Testimonials
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Client Invoicing by Sprout Invoices - Easy Estimates and Invoices for WordPress
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Cloudflare
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CMB2
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Co-Authors Plus
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Code Snippets
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CodePen oEmbed
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CollabPress
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Comet Cache
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Comment Approved
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Compact View Mode
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Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms
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Contact Form 7
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Contact Form 7 Modules
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Content Aware Sidebars - Fastest Widget Area Plugin
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Control WP Core Emails
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Cookie Notice & Compliance for GDPR / CCPA
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Cookies for Comments
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Cornerstone
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CoSchedule
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Crelly Slider
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Crowd Control by Postmatic - Comment moderation decentralized
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Cue by AudioTheme.com
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Custom Login Page Customizer
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Custom Login Page Customizer - Login Designer
User rating
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Custom Post Type UI
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Custom Sidebars - Dynamic Sidebar Classic Widget Area Manager
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Customify - Intuitive Website Styling
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Customize Inline Editing
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Customize Posts
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Customize Snapshots
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Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts - Better Notifications for WP
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Customizer Export/Import
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Customizer Theme Resizer
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CW Image Optimizer
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Dashboard Beacon
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Dashboard Directory Size
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Dashboard Notes
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Debug Bar
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Debug Bar Slow Actions
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Digest Notifications
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Disable Comments - Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]
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Disable Google Fonts
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Disable WP Registration Page
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Discussion Board - WordPress Forum Plugin
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Disk Usage Sunburst
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Dobby
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Document Feedback
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Download Manager
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Download Monitor
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Duplicator - Backups & Migration Plugin - Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More
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DX Plugin Base
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Dynamic Hostname
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Easy Digital Downloads Paddle Integration
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Easy Featured Images
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Easy Image Filters
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Easy Property Listings
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Easy Theme and Plugin Upgrades
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Easy Updates Manager
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eCommerce Keep The Change
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Edit Author Slug
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ElasticPress Debugging Add-On
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Elementor Website Builder - More Than Just a Page Builder
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Email Log
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Email Post Changes
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Email Templates Customizer and Designer for WordPress and WooCommerce
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Emoji Reactions
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Enable Media Replace
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Enhanced Media Library
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Epoch - A native Disqus alternative with a focus on speed and privacy
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Event Organiser
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ExactMetrics - Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin)
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Excited! Testimonials Showcase
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Expire Passwords
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Expire posts
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Export Plugins and Templates
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f(x) Share
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Fake Traffic Blaster
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FakerPress
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Favicon by RealFaviconGenerator
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Favorites
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Feature Request & Idea Collector
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Five Star Business Profile and Schema
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Five Star Restaurant Reservations - WordPress Booking Plugin
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Five Star Restaurant Reviews
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Fixed Widget and Sticky Elements for WordPress
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Flare
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Flexible SSL for CloudFlare
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Flow-Flow Social Feed Stream
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Format Media Titles
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Fourteen Colors
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Frontier Restrict Media
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Frontpress
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FV Flowplayer Video Player
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FV Gravatar Cache
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FV Thoughtful Comments
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Gallery Carousel Without JetPack
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GiveWP - Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform
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Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types
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Gravity Forms Directory
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Gravity Forms: Post Updates
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Grid Columns
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Gridable - The Missing Grid Content Editor
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GTM4WP - A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress
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GTmetrix for WordPress
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Gutenberg
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Hierarchy
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HollerBox — Fast & Effective Popups & Lead-Generation
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Homepage Control
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HTML5 Slideshow Presentations
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Hubbub Lite - Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons
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HubSpot - CRM, Email Marketing, Live Chat, Forms & Analytics
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Hustle - Free Popup Builder & Optin Plugin for Email Marketing & Lead Generation Popups
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Hypothesis
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Idea Factory
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Image Cleanup
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ImageMagick Engine
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Imsanity
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Insights from Google PageSpeed
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Instant Images - One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy
User rating
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Interactive Image Map Plugin - Draw Attention
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Intuitive Custom Post Order
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Invitations for Slack
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IP Intelligence
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Jarvis
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jj-WP Easy Navigation
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JWT Authentication for WP REST API
User rating
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Leaflet Maps Marker (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps)
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LearnPress - WordPress LMS Plugin
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Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin - FooBox
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Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn
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Limit Login Attempts
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LiveReload Snippet
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Lock Pages
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LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer
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Love It
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Magic Liquidizer Responsive Table
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Mailgun for WordPress
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MainWP Dashboard: WordPress Management without the SaaS
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Maja Envato
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Mango Buttons
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Markdown Shortcode
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Mass Delete Taxonomies
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matchHeight
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Max Mega Menu
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MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress
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Media Deduper
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Membership Plugin - Restrict Content
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Memcached Object Cache
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Mentionable
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Merge + Minify + Refresh
User rating
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Meta Box
User rating
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Metro Style Social Widget
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Mihdan: Ajax Edit Comments
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MinQueue
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Misspelling Reporter
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Modern Design Library
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Monster Widget
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MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
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Naked Social Share
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Nelio A/B Testing – AB Testing and Conversion Optimization for WordPress
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Nelio Content - Editorial Calendar & Social Media Scheduling
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Nelio Featured Posts
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New User Approve
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New User Dashboard Widget
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NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster
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Note - A live edit text widget
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Notification - Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress
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Novelist
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oEmbed in Comments
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Offer Calc
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One Click Demo Import
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OnlyWire for WordPress [OFFICIAL]
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Oomph Clone Widgets
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Optimize Images Resizing
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OS Materializecss PopUp
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Ostrichcize
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Page Builder by SiteOrigin
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Paid Membership Subscriptions - Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction
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PHP Compatibility Checker
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Pics Mash
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Pinoy Pop Up on Exit
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Plugin Auditor
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Plugin Groups
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Plugin Manager
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Plugin Organizer
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Plugin Reviews
