Title: Tweakr – Utility Toolkit
Author: Andi Dittrich
Published: Febrer 23, 2017
Last modified: Abril 2, 2020
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# Tweakr – Utility Toolkit
By [Andi Dittrich](https://profiles.wordpress.org/andi-dittrich/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/tweakr.2.1.0.zip)
* [Details](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/#description)
* [Reviews](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/#reviews)
* [Installation](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/#installation)
* [Development](https://bal.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.
#### 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)
#### 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* Password protected posts/pages or unpublished content is ignored!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
#### 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
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* 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 4.7
#### 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
Send an email to Andi Dittrich (andi _D0T dittrich At a3non .dOT org) or or open
a [New Issue on GitHub](https://github.com/AndiDittrich/WordPress.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/) Març 5, 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 – Utility 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 – Utility 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
#### 2.1
* 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
#### 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 **2.1**
* Last updated **6 anys ago**
* Active installations **30+**
* WordPress version ** 4.7 or higher **
* Tested up to **5.4.19**
* PHP version ** 5.6 or higher **
* Language
* [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/)
* Tags
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[tweaks](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/tweaks/)
* [Advanced View](https://bal.wordpress.org/plugins/tweakr/advanced/)
## Ratings
5 out of 5 stars.
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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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