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WordPress Plugins from A to Z

John Overall | WordPress Plugins

At its heart, this site exists to make your life easier. Whether you’re hunting for the perfect plugin to solve a specific problem, want honest reviews before you install anything, or just love staying on top of the latest WordPress trends and AI-powered tools — you’ll find it here. We highlight the plugins we discuss on the show, share in-depth interviews with plugin authors and community leaders, and provide practical resources to help you build better, faster, and more powerful WordPress

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32:38

Plugin Pulse 22: – Hardening WordPress Before the...

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2026/10/02

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....We are talking about the staging copy that still emails real customers and can charge a real card, the court filings that show WordPress.org charting ACF Pro installs it does not host, the analytics dashboard that only counts a visit if it became a lead, the malware that rewrites itself after you delete the files, the site that found two webshells and five admins nobody created, and Cloudflare filing to become a certificate authority before it has issued a single

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35:52

Plugin Pulse 21: -The Quiet Work That Keeps...

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2026/09/11

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....The Quiet Work That Keeps WordPress Alive. We are not doing the victory lap tonight. We are talking about the shops that are still shipping updates while they wait for 2027, the SEO plugin that handed a vendor a live admin password and called it a support agent, the core team drowning in AI-written bug reports, the Elementor hole attackers hit the same day it went public, the malware that comes back after you delete it, and the week Automattic put its founder on leave

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32:49

Plugin Pulse: The State of WordPress, Unfiltered – WP...

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2026/08/28

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged, host John Overall takes the unfiltered temperature of WordPress in the days after 7.1 shipped at WordCamp US — a week when Matt and the official WordPress account used WP Rocket’s fatal-error miss to sell Jetpack The post Plugin Pulse: The State of WordPress, Unfiltered – WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #20 appeared first on WP Plugins A to Z.

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24:43

Plugin Pulse 19: Your Go-To Plugin Source: AtoZ...

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2026/08/14

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....The post Plugin Pulse 19: Your Go-To Plugin Source: AtoZ Delivers the Goods Every Time! – WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #19 appeared first on WP Plugins A to Z.

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52:32

Interview 82 – With Marcus Burnette on Building...

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2026/07/27

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....Welcome to Interview 82 on WP Plugins A to Z, where we dive deep into the world of WordPress innovation and developer stories. In this episode of WP Plugins A to Z we sit down with Marcus Burnette, longtime WordPress community member, plugin developer, and founder of WellPlayedWP. Marcus has spent years in the ecosystem as a developer, support engineer, field marketer, and now Senior Manager of Strategy and Customer Experience at Bluehost. He also created and runs The

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30:24

WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #18 – Code is Cheap,...

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2026/07/20

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....We start with a WooCommerce company that just made its core plugins free and is now selling expertise instead of features. Then we look at a license model that can turn a purchased tool into a rented one overnight. The post WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #18 – Code is Cheap, Expertise is Scarce: Lessons from This Week’s Plugin Wars appeared first on WP Plugins A to Z.

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58:29

Backend Bottlenecks Exposed: 62k Plugin Benchmarks,...

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2026/07/14

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company.... It's interview 81 In this episode of WP Plugins A to Z, Marcin Dudek breaks down the backend realities that frontend caching layers frequently mask on production WordPress sites. The 15-year developer and former CreativeMinds CTO details his local-only Slow Query Analyzer, hook profiler, MakeWPFast benchmark data covering over 62,000 plugins, and the modular design choices behind WP Multitool that deliver measurable gains without added overhead. The post Backend

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32:04

From Rogue Admins to Clicker Games: Real Talk on WP...

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2026/07/06

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company.... Supply Chain Attack on OptinMonster, TrustPulse, and PushEngage: Tampered CDN Scripts Auto-Creating Rogue Admins The post From Rogue Admins to Clicker Games: Real Talk on WP Plugins & Infrastructure – Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #17 appeared first on WP Plugins A to Z.

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43:26

Lifetime License Lies: The River of Broken Trust –...

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2026/06/15

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....This episode of Plugin Pulse dives into the growing frustration with “lifetime” licenses in the WordPress ecosystem, using BuddyBoss as a prime example of the bait-and-switch trend. Longtime buyers are discovering that core features like gamification are now being moved behind new $199/year paywalls, eroding the value of their original purchases. The post Lifetime License Lies: The River of Broken Trust – Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #16 appeared first on

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42:56

Dashboard Invasion: Unwanted Menus from Plugin Hell –...

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2026/06/01

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....Remember you can Join me Live on Show-days Mondays at 12pm PDT by going to https://wppluginsatoz.com/live and clicking the link to this shows Google Meet Link which goes live at showtime. Welcome to ‘Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged!’ I’m your host, John Overall, bringing you the latest beat on all things WordPress. Where we dive in to spill the beans on the latest in the WordPress world, all unplugged and unfiltered, showcasing the recent WordPress news,

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36:27

WordPress Rebellion: Community Fury Against Botched...

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2026/05/18

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....ripping into the StellarWP fiasco that just torched the WordPress ecosystem. Liquid Web quietly retired the entire brand on May 12, folding The Events Calendar, Kadence, LearnDash, GiveWP and a dozen others into four generic Liquid Web products. The post WordPress Rebellion: Community Fury Against Botched Rebrands – Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #14 appeared first on WP Plugins A to Z.

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31:19

New Plugin Repo Reckoning: Fresh Blood or Fresh...

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2026/05/11

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....In this solo Episode 13 of Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged, host John Overall kicks things off with the usual unfiltered mix of news, opinions, plugin reviews, tips, and straight talk on what’s really happening in the WordPress world. He’s experimenting with a more interactive format—listeners The post New Plugin Repo Reckoning: Fresh Blood or Fresh Hell?- Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #13 appeared first on WP Plugins A to Z.

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53:48

Dante’s 9th Circle: Eternal Damnation for Email Form...

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2026/05/04

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....Episode 12 of Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged is a solo deep dive with host John Overall, packed with unfiltered WordPress discussions, fresh plugin reviews, and practical tips. John opens the show with the usual high-energy welcome and announces a new interactive twist—live Google Meet sessions (limited to 2 people) to make the podcast more engaging moving forward. The post Dante’s 9th Circle: Eternal Damnation for Email Form Spammers – Plugin Pulse: WP

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1:11:49

WordPress Whiz? Level up with WP Plugins AtoZ Plugin...

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2026/02/03

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....It's Episode 665 and we have plugins for Redirecting and Post Calendar-ing with some WordPress News. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z! The post WordPress Whiz? Level up with WP Plugins AtoZ Plugin Picks! appeared first on WordPress Plugins A to Z.

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33:16

Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #8

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2025/12/30

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....Today I am talking about unpopular ideas in WordPress today and I have a New Plugin review, some big news in the plugin distribution area, tips, plugin extras and more all coming up on Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged. Welcome to ‘Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged!’ I’m your host, John Overall, bringing you the latest beat on all things WordPress. Where we dive into the plugin world to spill the beans on the latest the WordPress world, all unplugged

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45:15

Jingle All the Plugins: Holiday Magic to Deck Your...

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2025/12/25

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....It's Episode 662 and this is episode Holiday Magic to Deck Your WordPress Site... With Zero WordPress News this week. All coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z! The post Jingle All the Plugins: Holiday Magic to Deck Your WordPress Site! appeared first on WordPress Plugins A to Z.

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46:20

Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #7

WordPress Plugins from A to Z ·

2025/12/15

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....Today I am talking about unpopular ideas in WordPress today and I have a New Plugin review, some News tips, plugin extras and more all coming up on Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged. Welcome to ‘Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged!’ I’m your host, John Overall, bringing you the latest beat on all things WordPress. Where we dive into the plugin world to spill the beans on the latest the WordPress world, all unplugged and unfiltered, showcasing the

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42:37

Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged #5

WordPress Plugins from A to Z ·

2025/12/01

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....So for today I am talking about unpopular ideas in WordPress today and I have a New Plugin review, some News tips, plugin extras and more all coming up on Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged. Welcome to ‘Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged!’ I’m your host, John Overall, bringing you the latest beat on all things WordPress. Where we dive into the plugin world to spill the beans on the latest the WordPress world, all unplugged and unfiltered, showcasing the

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1:00:49

Turbocharge Your Site: WPPlugins AtoZ Drops Plugin Gold!

WordPress Plugins from A to Z ·

2025/10/14

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....It's Episode 659 and we have plugins for Actively Logging with TweakMaster, and some WordPress News. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z! The post Turbocharge Your Site: WPPlugins AtoZ Drops Plugin Gold! appeared first on WordPress Plugins A to Z.

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58:38

Interview 75 – Staying Ahead of the Curve: The Power...

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2025/09/23

A WPProAtoZHost.com Company....00:00 Let’s see if this is going to work. The Twitter feed. See what we’ve got. 00:15 Slide. It’s working. Check. Yes, folks. We’ve got a little bit of 00:20 babbling here to see what we’ve got going. See what we’ve got. 00:30 The Twitter one will let scheduled it to start at noon. Maybe it’s going to hold the line until precisely 00:38 sick. Yeah, it’s holding the Twitter’s holding 00:45 it back until precisely noon. Interesting. Okay, that’s kind of a different

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