Title: Tweakr – Advanced options toolkit
Author: Andi Dittrich
Published: 23 Furar 2017
Last modified: 12 Ibrir 2026
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# Tweakr – Advanced options toolkit
By [Andi Dittrich](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andi-dittrich/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/tweakr.2.2.0.zip)
* [Details](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/#description)
* [Reviews](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/#installation)
* [Development](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/#developers)
[Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tweakr/)
## Description
This plugin is a collection of common used tweaks and features – each of them can
be **controlled independently**
It is designed as compact **all-in-one solution**
espacially for **Web-Agencies** and **Advanced Users** with security in mind: just
audit and trust a single plugin.
### E-Mail
* Use **External SMTP Mailserver** to deliver mails transmitted by `wp_mail`
* No Third Party libraries required! WordPress Internal **PHPMailer** class is
used
* Support for **TLS/SSL** Connections
* Set the Mail-From-Name and Mail-From-Address manually
* Fix phpmailerExceptions by setting the mail-from parameter to a valid address
* Control New User Registration E-Mails (send to admin and/or user)
### Automatic Updates
* Control Automatic-Update policy
* Enable automatic Theme Updates
* Enable automatic Plugin Updates
* Disable Automatic Updates
* Disable Update Notification (E-Mail)
### Permalinks/Rewrite Rules
* Add `.html` extension to pages – e.g. `privacy-protecton.html`
* Add `.html` extension to categories – e.g. `category/uncategorized.html`
* Optional or enforced html extensions (backward compatibility)
* Remove **embed** Rewrite Rules
* Remove **feed** Rewrite Rules
### Virtual Permalink URLs
* Placeholders like `link://post.local/1234` can be used within the Link-Insert-
Dialogs and got replaced by the real link during rendering – this avoids problems
with different domains names.
### XML Sitemap
* Automatical XML Sitemap generation `sitemap.xml` (SEO)
* Modern Search-Engines like Google, Bing can easier index your posts/pages
* Only **Posts** and **Pages** are displayed
* Password protected posts/pages or unpublished content is ignored!
* XML Format regarding the [sitemaps.org specification](https://www.sitemaps.org/protocol.html)
### Security
* Disable XMLRPC API (Really!)
* Restrict REST (JSON) API Access to **Admin** and **Editor** User
### TinyMCE Visual Editor
* VisualComponent Extension visualizes the HTML Element Structure (headings,section,
p)
* Remove the fixed-width restriction of the Editor-Area (set to 80% max)
### System Tweaks
* Disable Emojis
* Disable Smileys
* Disable oEmbeds
* Hide Admin Toolbar
* Hide WordPress Generator Tag
* Hide Windows Live Writer manifest file link
* Hide Meta Pagination Links
* Hide Feed Links
* Hide Resource Hints
* Disable RSS Feeds
* Disable Atom Feeds
* Disable RDF Feeds
### Google Analytics
* Google Analytics Support – just add your Tracking-ID
* AnonymizeIP Option
* OPT-OUT Shortcode/Button (required by GDPR/DSGVO) – also works with Caching Plugins
or CDN Servers
* IE8 Compatible
### Matomo/Piwik Analytics
* Matomo v3 Support – add your Host URL + Site ID – thats it!
* OPT-OUT Shortcode/Button (required by GDPR/DSGVO) – also works with Caching Plugins
or CDN Servers
* Simple Page Name Option (Records the Document Title without Blog Name)
* DoNoTrack Option
* Option to add the Hostname to your Document Title (useful for multidomain sites)
## Screenshots
* [[
* Settings Page Overview
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* VisualComponent Extension
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* Google Analytics Options
* [[
* Piwik Analytics Options
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* E-Mail SMTP Settings
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* Analytics OPT-OUT Button
## Installation
### System requirements
* PHP 5.4 or greater
* WordPress 5.4
### Installation
1. Upload the complete `tweakr` folder (WordPress Plugin) to the `/wp-content/plugins/`
directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Go to Settings -> Tweakr and configure it
## FAQ
### A lot of the Tweaks/Extensions are already available as Single Plugins
Of course! But as a professional Web Agency it is much easier to develope, maintain
and audit a single plugin instead of a set of 20+ plugins from different authors!
### Why do you use your custom tracking code for Piwik/Google Analytics
Because of the Opt-Out Buttons code and the possibility to control the options via
the settings page.
### I miss some features / I found a bug
Open a [new issue on Codeberg.org](https://codeberg.org/AenonDynamics/wp-tweakr/issues)
## Reviews
### [Gets the job done, many useful options](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/gets-the-job-done-many-useful-options/)
[neoqueto](https://profiles.wordpress.org/neoqueto/) 5 Meɣres 2018
Thank you for this plugin. It allows to configure many WP « obscurities » that otherwise
would need to be disabled by digging deep into PHP hooks. The trailing slash removal
and disablement of user registration notification emails are killer features.
[ Read all 1 review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tweakr/reviews/)
## Contributors & Developers
“Tweakr – Advanced options toolkit” is open source software. The following people
have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
* [ Andi Dittrich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andi-dittrich/)
* [ Aenon Dynamics ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aenondynamics/)
[Translate “Tweakr – Advanced options toolkit” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/tweakr)
### Interested in development?
[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/tweakr/), check out
the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/tweakr/), or subscribe to
the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tweakr/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/tweakr/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).
## Changelog
### 2.2.0
* Added: option to set the `.html` extension as optional
* Changed: new plugin menu structure
* Changed: `wp-skltn` library updated to **0.22.1** – MPL 2.0 License
* Changed: applied new `wp-skltn` plugin structure – files moved into `modules/`
directory
* Bugfix: invalid regex in `.html` extension rewrite rule accepted any character
instead of a dot
* Bugfix: metadata generator throws a php notice due to non extisting global `$
post` object
* Bugfix: WordPress `v6.7.0` compatibility regarding text domain transltions calls
* Changed: PHP `8.4` compatibility
* Changed: updated Repository URLs to new [Codeberg.org repository](https://codeberg.org/AenonDynamics/wp-tweakr)
* Changed: `wp-skltn` library updated to **0.31.0** – MPL 2.0 License
* Changed: removed outdated translations and `load_textdomain` call
### 2.0
**License changed to GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE Version 2 (GPL-2.0)**
* Added: option to control automatic updates (enable/disable updates by each component)
* Added: option to hide privacy-policy page from search engines
* Added: option to advertise the `sitemap.xml` in `robots.txt` file to be autoamitcally
recognized by search engines
* Added: option to disable smiley images (convert_smilies)
* Added: option to center TinyMCE (VisualEditor) content within editing area (enhancement
for large screens)
* Added: VisualComponent styles for list elements `ul`, `ol`
* Changed: updated the UI components
* Changed: `wp-skltn` library updated to **0.16.0** – MPL 2.0 License
* Changed: sessionStorage is used to store the current active tab instead of cookies
* Changed: moved sitemap settings to content section
* Changed: renamed Piwik Analytics to Matomo – see https://matomo.org/blog/2018/
01/piwik-is-now-matomo/
* Removed: `jquery-cookie` dependency
### 1.4
* Added: Option to remove trailing-slashes from all permalinks
* Added: Option to add `.html` extensions to custom taxonomies – feature requested
on [WordPress.org Forums](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/add-html-to-custom-taxonomies-categories/)
* Added: Virtual Permalinks to the Link-Insert-Dialogs. Placeholders like `link://
post.local/1234` are used and replaced by the real link during rendering – this
avoids problems with different domains
* Added: Virtual Permalinks to the Media-Insert-Dialogs. Placeholders like `link://
attachment.local/1234` are used.
* Added: Option to remove shortlink from HTTP-Header
* Added: Option to remove REST-API URL from HTTP-Header
* Added: Option to disable pingbacks/trackbacks for all posts/pages (set to closed)
* Added: REST API Monitoring endpoint `/wp-json/tweakr/v1.0/monitoring`
* Changed: By disabling the XMLRPC API the related HTTP-Header **X-Pingback** will
be disabled
* Changed: Permalink Settings are moved to the **Content** pane
### 1.3
* Added: XML Sitemap Generator
* Bugfix: Plugin Re-Activation doesn’t flush (initialize) the rewrite rules
### 1.2
* Added: VisualComponents Extension to visualize the HTML Element Structure in
Visual Editor Mode (headings,section,p)
* Added: SMTP Mail Transport settings to deliver mails via external Mailserver
* Added: Option to remove Rewrite Rules for all types of Feeds (RSS, RTF, ATOM,
RSS2)
* Added: Option to add `.html` extensions to **Pages** or **Categories**
* Added: E-Mail settings to set the mail-from-address as well as mail-from-name
manually
* Changed: Settings Page Structure has been modified
* Changed: New Piwik and Google Analytics Code
* Changed: « Disable XMLRPC » will now force the `xmlrpc.php` Endpoint to return
a HTTP403 Response
* Changed: TinyMCE Autowidth is set to **95%**
* Changed: **Disable oEmbeds** removes also the related Rewrite Rules as well as
the endpoint (embed.php template page)
* Changed: Renamed the setting of « Fix Mail-From » – has to be activated again
### 1.1
* Added: Google Analytics Tracking Option
* Added: Piwik Analaytics Tracking Option
* Added: Option to set the VisualEditor width to auto (max 80 percent)
* Added: Mailfrom-Fix – it solves problems with phpmailerExceptions which are caused
by a malformed/invalid email-from-address.
* Added: New User Notification Control – enable/disable notification E-Mails for
admin and/or the new user
* **PHP >= 5.4** is required
### 1.0
* Initial public release.
## Meta
* Version **2.2.0**
* Last updated **2 n wagguren ago**
* Active installations **30+**
* WordPress version ** 6.8 or higher **
* Tested up to **6.9.4**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/)
* Tags
* [email](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/email/)[enhancement](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/enhancement/)
[security](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/security/)[tools](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tools/)
[tweaks](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tweaks/)
* [Advanced View](https://kab.wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/advanced/)
## Ratings
5 out of 5 stars.
* [ 1 5-star review ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/tweakr/reviews/?filter=5)
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## Contributors
* [ Andi Dittrich ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andi-dittrich/)
* [ Aenon Dynamics ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aenondynamics/)
## Support
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