Syed Balkhi
Founder and CEO at Awesome Motive
@smub Florida joined Jun 2008
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Thank you Francisco for the detailed information and starting the discussion. I believe a combination…
Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.
Upgrade/Install: Restore Activate button's href native behavior.
The idea of a new modern admin interface is indeed exciting, and it's much needed.…
Thank you Mika for all that you have done for the community. Wish you all…
Thank you for outlining these Josepha. It's really nice to see the goals laid out,…
Thank you for sharing your feedback, but it seems there must be some confusion. WPCode…
Hey Mircea, you can easily switch to the Simple Mode option under Settings to disable…
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ActiveLayer Anti-Spam: Spam Protection for Forms & Comments
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Affiliate Area Shortcodes by AffiliateWP
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AffiliateWP - Affiliate Area Tabs
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AffiliateWP - Affiliate Info
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AffiliateWP - Affiliate Product Rates
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AffiliateWP - Allow Own Referrals
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AffiliateWP - Allowed Products
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AffiliateWP - External Referral Links
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AffiliateWP - Force Pending Referrals
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AffiliateWP - Leaderboard
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AffiliateWP - Order Details For Affiliates
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AffiliateWP - Sign Up Bonus
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AffiliateWP - Store Credit
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AffiliateWP - WooCommerce Redirect Affiliates
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AffiliateWP Checkout Referrals
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Airi Demo Importer
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All in One SEO Pack Importer
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All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic
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aThemes Addons for Elementor
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aThemes Blocks
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aThemes Starter Sites
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Athemes Toolbox
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Batch Comment Spam Deletion
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bbPress GDPR
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Beacon Lead Magnets and Lead Capture
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BP Auto Group Join
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Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Easily Fix/Monitor Internal and External links
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BuddyPress Edit Activity
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BuddyPress for LearnDash
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BuddyPress for Sensei
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BuddyPress GDPR
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Change Mail Sender
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Charitable - Donation Plugin for WordPress - Fundraising with Recurring Donations & More
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Comment Moderation Role by WPBeginner
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Compact Archives
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Contact Form & SMTP Plugin for WordPress by PirateForms
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Custom Twitter Feeds - A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget
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Disable All WP Updates
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Disable New User Notification Emails
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Duplicate Post by AIOSEO – Easily Clone and Republish Content
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Duplicator - Backups & Migration Plugin - Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More
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Easy Digital Downloads - Additional Shortcodes
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Easy Digital Downloads - Continue Shopping
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Easy Digital Downloads - Digital Badge
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Easy Digital Downloads - Lock Downloads to IP
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Easy Digital Downloads - Software Licensing - Renew All
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Easy Digital Downloads - Terms Per Product
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Easy Digital Downloads - Variable Pricing Descriptions
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Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy
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Easy WP SMTP – WordPress SMTP and Email Logs: Gmail, Office 365, Outlook, Custom SMTP, and more
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EDD Auto Register
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EDD Hide Download
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EDD TaxJar
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Embed Files from Google Drive
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Envira Gallery - Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More
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ExactMetrics - Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Plugin)
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Featured Comments
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Feeds for TikTok (TikTok feed, video, and gallery plugin)
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Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin)
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FOMO & Social Proof Notifications by TrustPulse - Best WordPress FOMO Plugin
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Force Plugin Updates Check
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FT Calendar
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Gallery Carousel Without JetPack
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Import Shopify To WP
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Intranet & Private Site - All-In-One Intranet
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Last Viewed Posts by WPBeginner
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Login for Google Apps
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Love It
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Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher by WPBeginner
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MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
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One Click Demo Import
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PDF Embedder
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Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes - NextGEN Gallery
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Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
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Pre-Orders, Product Labels, Buy Now, Quick View, Discount Rules and More for WooCommerce – Merchant
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PushEngage – Web Push Notifications, WooCommerce Automation & Chat Widget
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Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More
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SearchWP Live Ajax Search
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SearchWP Modal Search Form
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Simple Notices
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Simple Post Expiration
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Slider by Soliloquy - Responsive Image Slider for WordPress
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Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin
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Smash Balloon Social Post Feed - Simple Social Feeds for WordPress
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Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay - Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe
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Sugar Calendar - Events Calendar, Event Tickets, and Events Management Platform
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Sydney Toolbox
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Table of Contents Plus
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Transients Manager
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UserFeedback - Create Interactive Feedback Form, User Surveys, and Polls in Seconds
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Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode
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WP Call Button - Easy Click to Call Button for WordPress
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WP Lightbox 2
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WP Mail Logging
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WP Mail SMTP by WPForms - The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin
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WP101 Video Tutorial Plugin
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WPChat – Live Chat & Messaging Widget for Customer Support
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WPCode - Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets - WordPress Code Manager
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WPConsent - Cookie Consent Banner for Privacy Compliance (GDPR / CCPA)
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WPControl - The Easiest Optimization Plugin for WordPress
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WPForms - Easy Form Builder for WordPress - Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More
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Advanced Coupons for WooCommerce Coupons & Store Credit
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All In One SEO Pack for WooCommerce
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Database Reset Pro - Clean & Reset WordPress Database
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File Upload Types by WPForms
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Invoice Gateway for WooCommerce - Invoice Payment Gateway
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jQuery Tabber Widget
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MyPayKit - Payment Forms for Square
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Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce
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SaveTo Wishlist Lite – WooCommerce Wishlist
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Search & Replace Everything by WPCode - Find and Replace Media, Text, Links, and More
Active Installs: 20,000+
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Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers
Active Installs: 7,000+
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Store Toolkit – WooCommerce Extensions, Quick Enhancements & Handy Tools
Active Installs: 8,000+
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StoreAgent – WooCommerce AI Chatbot & AI Content Tools
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Sugar Calendar Bookings Scheduling Appointments Lite
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Uncanny Automator - Easy Automation, Integration, Webhooks & Workflow Builder Plugin
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Vibe AI - MCP Server for WordPress. Connect Claude, ChatGPT & Cursor
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WC Vendors - WooCommerce Multivendor, WooCommerce Marketplace, Product Vendors
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Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices
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WP Editor
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Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
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All in One SEO – Powerful SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic
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Bitly's Wordpress Plugin
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Breadcrumb NavXT
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Compact Archives
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Edit Flow
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Members - Membership & User Role Editor Plugin
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MonsterInsights - Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
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No Self Ping
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One Click Demo Import
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Page Links To
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Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation
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Post Types Order
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Regenerate Thumbnails
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Simple Page Ordering
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Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin
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SyntaxHighlighter Evolved
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W3 Total Cache
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Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode
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WP Mail SMTP by WPForms - The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin
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WPCode - Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets - WordPress Code Manager
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WPForms - Easy Form Builder for WordPress - Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More
