Machete
Machete is a simple suite of tools that solves common WordPress annoyances using as few resources as possible. Machete doesn’t cover every single use case, but there is a huge amount of sites that would require less plugins if they used Machete. All Machete tools have two things in common: they solve problems faced by many web developers and they do it using as few server resources as possible. So far, Machete includes the following tools: WordPress Optimization WordPress places a lot of code inside the tag just to keep backward compatibility or to enable optional features. You can disable most of it and save some time from each page request while making your installation safer. Cookies & GDPR Warning We know you hate cookie warning bars. Well, this is the least hateable cookie bar you’ll find. It is really light, doesn’t affect your PageSpeed score and plays well with static cache plugins. Analytics and custom code You don’t need a zillion plugins to perform easy tasks like inserting a verification meta tag (Google Search Console, Bing, Pinterest), a json-ld snippet or a custom stylesheet (Google Fonts, Print Styles, accessibility tweaks…). The Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager tracking codes are PageSpeed optimized, GPDR friendly. Maintenance mode The maintenance mode that ships with WordPress is just a basic lock-down that is activated whenever you do a major update. With machete Maintenance Mode you can hide your unfinished page from visitors and search engines, give your clients a secure temporary access and lock your site without affecting your SEO. Post & Page cloner Adds a “duplicate” link to post, page and most post types lists. Also adds “copy to new draft” function to the post editor. Social Sharing Buttons Social sharing done the Machete way. The icons are made as a custom webfont embedded in a minified CSS file that only weighs 5.8KB. The sharing actions use each platform’s native share URL. WooCommerce Utils WooCommerce was designed to work for every possible use case, but that often leads to unexpected behavior. These simple fixes can improve the WooCommerce user experience by making it behave as clients expect.
Matomo Tracker
Track all the stats you need. That’s the goal of Matomo Tracker. And it doesn’t get any more simple than that. While other plugins are bloated with all kinds of barely-used features or add bulky dashboards. Matomo Tracker does not. Easily add the Matomo tracking code to your websites footer in under a minute with only a few clicks. Optionally extend the tracker with some useful features that both help you understand your visitors better and help you optimize the effectiveness of your website, and even SEO. Matomo Tracker is designed to be barebones but still provide a complete experience for the majority of people. Collect all the stats you need via the built-in Matomo tracking code. Easily track dead links or in-links that end up on 404 error pages so you can effectively take action and fix those issues. As a result, Google will like you more! Do you use RSS and Atom feeds? Ever wondered how effective they are? Yeah, me too! With Matomo Tracker you can track incoming clicks from your RSS and Atom feeds. Matomo is a great tool if you don’t want to use Jetpack Stats, WP-Statistics and especially Google Analytics. Or simply if you want a second opinion. On my own websites I’ve used both Jetpack Stats and Matomo – Ofcourse I used Matomo Tracker to add the Matomo tracking code to my footer. Matomo can replace Google Analytics. If you use their self-hosted solution all data you record is yours without big data watching over your shoulder. No nonsense, just stats tracking! Matomo Tracker works with both self-hosted (on premise) and Matomo Cloud installations. Check out Matomo here and register for an account on their website: https://matomo.org. Matomo Tracker is not affiliated with Matomo.
