Air helper #1 in Theme Tools
Air-helper plugin cleans up WordPress and prepares it for air-light theme based development. It brings in helpful helper functions and modifications for all kinds of WordPress projects.
by Digitoimisto Dude Oy · github.com/digitoimistodude/air-helper · website
★ 57stars
1.5krelease downloads
≈40active sites
5.9kcomposer installs
8forks
Install
The author publishes release zips, so WP-CLI can install straight from GitHub:
wp plugin install https://github.com/digitoimistodude/air-helper/releases/download/3.2.14/air-helper.zipAlso on Packagist as digitoimistodude/air-helper:
composer require digitoimistodude/air-helperFrom the readme
Air helper
Air helper provides helpful functions and modifications for WordPress projects. All modifications are preferences of Dude. The plugin is meant to be used with our Air light theme, but works just fine also without it.
Table of contents
+ Features
- Localization and Polylang support
Registering your strings
- Image lazyloading
- Disabled views
- Functions
Archive related
Checks
Image lazyloading
Localization
Pagination
Misc
- Modified WordPress functionality
Admin
Security
ACF
Archives
The SEO Framework
Yoast
Commenting
Customizer
Gravity Forms
Imagify
Email Address Encoder
Mail
Media
Rest API
TinyMCE
Misc
+ Installing
- Updates
+ Changelog
+ Contributing
Please note before using
Air helper and Air light are used for development, so those update very often. By using these code bases, you agree that the anything can change to a different direction without a prior warning.
Development workflow
1. Git clone the repository to your local machine
2. Create a fork
3. Create a new branch for each new feature (Height task ID for Dude staff)
4. Pu
Read the full README on GitHub →
Releases
| Tag | Published | Asset | Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.2.14 | Sep 1, 2026 | air-helper.zip | 26 |
| 3.2.13 | Sep 1, 2026 | air-helper.zip | 3 |
| 3.2.12 | Nov 24, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 99 |
| 3.2.11 | Nov 24, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 3 |
| 3.2.10 | Nov 14, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 36 |
| 3.2.9 | Oct 2, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 61 |
| 2.16.1 | May 9, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 15 |
| 2.7.0 | May 9, 2025 | — | — |
| 2.1.5 | May 9, 2025 | — | — |
| 2.1.2 | May 9, 2025 | — | — |
| 2.1.1 | May 9, 2025 | — | — |
| 1.0.3.9 | May 9, 2025 | — | — |
| v1.0.1 | May 9, 2025 | — | — |
| v1.0.0 | May 9, 2025 | — | — |
| 3.2.8 | May 9, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 17 |
| 3.2.7 | Apr 1, 2025 | — | — |
| 3.2.6 | Feb 24, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 58 |
| 3.2.5 | Feb 17, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 37 |
| 3.2.4 | Feb 12, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 28 |
| 3.2.3 | Feb 12, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 2 |
| 3.2.2 | Feb 12, 2025 | air-helper.zip | 2 |
| 3.2.0 | Feb 12, 2025 | — | — |
| 3.2.1 | Feb 11, 2025 | — | — |
| 3.1.11 | Dec 20, 2024 | air-helper.zip | 71 |
| 3.1.10 | Dec 19, 2024 | air-helper.zip | 15 |
Active-site estimate ≈40 comes from the median of recent superseded releases. Method.