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Herbert

Standardised approach to building plugins.

https://github.com/getherbert/herbert/
http://getherbert.com /
Herbert framework powers 574,500+ websites and is used by 128 #plugins on #WordPress.org.
Sorted by installs
Post List Featured Image
5,000+
4.70
31,112

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Homepage
0
0.00
0

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Homepage
ImageSnippets Gallery
0
0.00
148

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Homepage
Social Feeder
200
5.00
2,408

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Homepage
Live Support Desk
40
0.00
1,857

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Homepage
NokautWL
60
5.00
416

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Homepage
Social Media Aggregator
100
1.50
2,142

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Homepage
WP Page QR
100
0.00
2,987

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Homepage
UTM Switcher
100
5.00
605

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Homepage
Lightbox by Supsystic
400
4.00
4,724

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Homepage
Better WePay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
100
5.00
851

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Homepage
Campaign Monitor for WooCommerce
500
5.00
1,775

WordPress.org
Homepage
WP PHP Console
1,000+
4.70
10,342

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Homepage
Solr Search for WordPress
300
0.00
4,431

WordPress.org
Homepage
Search like Google Site Search, Amazon or eBay – WPSOLR
600
4.70
37,790

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Homepage
Promo
30
0.00
716

WordPress.org
Homepage
Advanced CSV Importer
200
4.00
4,273

WordPress.org
Homepage
WooCommerce PayPal Powered by Braintree Payment Gateway
100,000+
2.70
557,727

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Homepage
Genoo
20
5.00
2,068

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Homepage
Secure Login by Supsystic
300
0.00
2,903

WordPress.org
Homepage
Timber
20,000+
4.80
233,975

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Homepage
TreXanh Property
10
1.00
1,552

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Homepage
Hercules Posts List
0
0.00
249

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Homepage
Live Chat by Supsystic
700
5.00
13,077

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Homepage
Uploadcare: Add media from anywhere
300
3.60
14,596

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Homepage
WP Optimize By xTraffic
3,000+
4.40
155,882

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Homepage
Coming Soon by Supsystic
7,000+
4.60
110,261

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Homepage
wordbol
0
0.00
333

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Homepage
TM YouTube Subscribe
300
5.00
2,029

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Homepage
0
0.00
0

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Homepage
Chatwing Live Group Chat – HTML5 + Chat Apps
500
4.60
19,043

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Homepage
WP Models
30
5.00
2,359

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Homepage
Better 2Checkout Payment Gateway for WooCommerce
200
5.00
1,562

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Homepage
WPMktgEngine
40
0.00
2,722

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Homepage
eGreen Web Meter
10
0.00
153

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Homepage
Contact Form by Supsystic
20,000+
4.60
194,044

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Homepage
iG:Syntax Hiliter
400
3.00
5,146

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Homepage
WP Site Protect
300
5.00
1,887

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Homepage
Jekyll Exporter
800
4.50
8,533

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Homepage
EventAppi Events WordPress Plugin
0
5.00
754

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Homepage
EBoss Recruitment Software WEB API
0
0.00
221

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Homepage
Google Maps Easy
30,000+
4.70
335,293

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Homepage
Mergebot
100
0.00
3,351

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Homepage
Plugin Name: PodBuzzz Podcast Review Widget
30
5.00
231

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Homepage
Newsletter by Supsystic
1,000+
5.00
14,258

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Homepage
Hercules Sentiment Analysis
0
0.00
274

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Homepage
Centrora Security™
1,000+
4.30
200,802

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Homepage
PhpToolCase Debugger & Logger
0
0.00
474

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Homepage
Presstagram
100
5.00
1,747

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Homepage
WP Post Email Notification
500
3.30
2,820

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Homepage
WooCommerce – WPMktgEngine | Genoo Extension
10
0.00
289

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Homepage
IMPress for IDX Broker
9,000+
3.30
96,520

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Homepage
Socializr
0
0.00
222

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Homepage
Nginx Helper
50,000+
4.50
306,451

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Homepage
iG:Custom Metaboxes
10
0.00
410

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Homepage
Backup by Supsystic
3,000+
4.10
45,231

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Homepage
Orilla Cart – eCommerce
200
4.90
22,016

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Homepage
DynamicSync Events Plugin
50
0.00
850

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Homepage
WP Assistant
200
0.00
445

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Homepage
2Checkout for Easy Digital Downloads
200
2.60
1,264

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Homepage
Seamless Slider
10
3.00
787

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Homepage
DropBox Backup by Supsystic
200
0.00
3,045

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Homepage
Instant Articles for WP
60,000+
2.60
344,409

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Homepage
IDX Realty Pro
80
5.00
6,556

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Homepage
Einsatzverwaltung
700
4.90
6,934

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Homepage
WP Composer
700
5.00
5,485

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Homepage
Wemahu
400
1.00
4,349

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Homepage
Popup by Supsystic
30,000+
4.70
501,006

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Homepage
AceIDE
8,000+
5.00
17,227

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Homepage
Carbon Fields
3,000+
4.80
9,628

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Homepage
Untold Social Feed
10
0.00
178

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Homepage
Pricing Table by Supsystic
20,000+
4.60
165,334

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Homepage
WP Tiles
10,000+
4.60
89,588

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Homepage
Octonis Page Builder
40
5.00
3,638

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Homepage
MinecraftJP
10
4.00
660

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Homepage
Recart – The New GhostMonitor
600
4.40
6,525

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Homepage
Contact Form 7 GetResponse Extension
1,000+
5.00
4,995

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Homepage
Digital Publications by Supsystic
3,000+
4.50
40,716

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Homepage
WPide
50,000+
4.70
156,074

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Homepage
Awesome Photo Gallery
900
3.80
9,234

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Homepage
Membership & Subscription with Content Restriction – Axis Subscriptions
30
3.00
1,909

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Homepage
Plugin Name: Podcast Push Notifications
10
0.00
144

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Homepage
eCommerce & Shopping Cart platform for WordPress – CartRabbit
0
0.00
180

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Homepage
chatWING Lobby – Group Chat Rooms + 1 on 1 Live Chat
10
5.00
472

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Homepage
Rocket24 Analytics
0
0.00
96

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Homepage
SVGility Gallery Plugin
10
1.00
281

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Homepage
Car Rental Reservation Engine
10
0.00
1,598

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Homepage
ARI Stream Quiz – WordPress Quizzes Builder
500
5.00
4,210

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Homepage
ARI Fancy Lightbox – WordPress Popup
1,000+
5.00
8,502

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Homepage
WP Booking
100
5.00
3,456

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Homepage
Cloud2PNG
0
0.00
92

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Homepage
Spryng Payments for WooCommerce
0
0.00
336

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Homepage
AdPlus
20
0.00
283

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Homepage
Recommender
0
5.00
129

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Homepage
Affilicious
80
0.00
1,128

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Homepage
Easy Affiliate Cloaker
10
5.00
235

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Homepage
Jannes & Mannes Social Media Auto Publisher
0
0.00
204

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Homepage
Woo Authorize Addon
0
0.00
160

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Homepage
ARI Adminer – WordPress Database Manager
10,000+
5.00
37,630

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Homepage
Extranet
80
5.00
729

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Homepage
Sunny Search
0
0.00
112

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Homepage
Integration for Billingo & WooCommerce
100
0.00
1,032

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Homepage
Translate by Supsystic
20
0.00
495

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Homepage
Woocommerce Pay.nl Payment Methods
3,000+
5.00
34,991

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Homepage
Contact Form 7 Connector
600
5.00
1,494

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Homepage
Moosend Website Tracking for WordPress
0
0.00
324

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Homepage
WP WonderForm
0
3.00
296

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Homepage
NGS Maintenance Page
0
0.00
80

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Homepage
Contact Form 7 Editor Button
50
0.00
202

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Homepage
Site Reviews
900
5.00
7,134

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Homepage
Walmart Product Lister
0
0.00
168

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Homepage
Beans · Loyalty & Reward
80
5.00
1,184

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Homepage
WooCommerce Product Disclaimer
100
0.00
232

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Homepage
Weather Station
3,000+
4.80
55,165

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Homepage
Messenger Marketing for WooCommerce
0
5.00
107

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Homepage
WP REST API Idempotent Requests
0
0.00
57

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Homepage
Campaign Monitor
4,000+
2.50
28,072

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Homepage
Seasonal CSS
0
0.00
67

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Homepage
Chrono forms 5
800
5.00
5,150

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Homepage
Exit Coupon Popup Pro
100
5.00
1,720

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Homepage
Theme Login
0
0.00
100

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Homepage
WooCommerce Live Sales Notification
200
5.00
701

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Homepage
Scout for WordPress
0
0.00
62

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Homepage
WordPress Backup and Migrate Plugin – BackupGuard
90,000+
4.60
944,722

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Homepage
Translation connectors
0
0.00
61

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Homepage
Page builder for Posts – Setka Editor
3,000+
5.00
2,864

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Homepage
Gantry 5 Framework
10,000+
4.60
103,025

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Homepage
Pollux
0
0.00
137

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Homepage