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mini

A "mini" plugin to extend WP features

by Giacomo Rizzotti · github.com/giacomorizzotti/mini-wp-plugin · website

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Install

Download source zip No release zip yet

This is the repository archive. It installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow.

Install straight from GitHub with WP-CLI:

wp plugin install https://github.com/giacomorizzotti/mini-wp-plugin/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
No built-in updater. New versions won't appear under Dashboard → Updates. Install new releases yourself, or let Git Updater track the repository.
Readme github.com/giacomorizzotti/mini-wp-plugin ↗

mini WordPress Plugin

A WordPress plugin that extends WordPress with custom content types, multilingual support, SEO tooling, shortcodes, and a collection of site-management utilities. It is the companion plugin to the mini WordPress theme.

Features

Custom Content Types

Each type is individually toggleable under mini → Contents:

Type Description
Slideshows / Slides Slideshow and slide management; loads slider.js. Use [slideshow slideshow="slug"] to embed.
News News articles with their own archive.
Events Events with date, end date, time, end time, and location meta boxes.
Matches Sports matches with team names, logos, and scores.
Courses / Lessons Hierarchical course content.
Landing Pages Dedicated landing pages with optional header/nav suppression per page.

Multilingual Support (Translations)

A complete multilingual system without requiring a third-party plugin:

  • Language tagging — assign a language to any post, page, or custom post type via a sidebar meta box in the editor.
  • Translation linking — link posts to their translations in other languages (bidirectional, stored as post meta).
  • Language-prefixed URLs — pages are served at /{lang}/slug/ (e.g. /it/chi-siamo/). Rewrite rules are flushed automatically when the language list changes.
  • hreflang + og:locale — correct tags output automatically in <head>.
  • Language switcher — rendered by the mini theme in the site header; switches the visitor to the same page in their chosen language.
  • Language-aware nav menus — menu items automatically point to the current language's translation. Items with no translation can be hidden (default) or shown in their original language — configurable under mini → Translations.
  • Language-aware [slideshow] shortcode — when embedded on a translated page, the shortcode automatically shows the slideshow in the current language.

Configure under mini → Translations. Supported post types: posts, pages, news, events, matches, courses, lessons, landing pages, slideshows, and slides.

SEO

Per-post SEO meta box with:

  • Custom meta title and description with character counters
  • Open Graph tags (og:title, og:description, og:image, og:locale)
  • Twitter Card tags
  • Custom SEO image per post/page (with dimension feedback for optimal 1200×630 px)
  • Keyword analysis tool

Configure global defaults under mini → SEO.

Shortcodes

Shortcode Output
[slideshow slideshow="slug"] Embeds the named slideshow (language-aware)
[next_event] Next upcoming event
[next_events] Next 3 events, 3-column layout
[next_3_events] Next 3 events
[next_4_events] Next 4 events, 2-column layout
[next_match] Next upcoming match
[next_matches] Next 3 matches, 3-column layout
[next_3_matches] Next 3 matches
[next_4_matches] Next 4 matches, 2-column layout
[latest_news] Latest news articles
[mini_posts] Posts with customizable parameters

Media Uploads

  • .af file format support (custom proprietary format)
  • SVG upload support — restricted to administrators (manage_options) to prevent XSS from untrusted users

Navigation Menus

Automatically registers three menu locations on activation:

  • Main Menu
  • Footer Menu
  • User Menu

Site Management Utilities

  • Email / SMTP — custom SMTP configuration (mini → Email)
  • Login — login page customization
  • Backoffice — admin UI tweaks, Gutenberg block settings, legacy editor settings
  • GDPR — privacy policy, cookie policy, and consent banner management
  • Security — security hardening options
  • PWA — Progressive Web App manifest and service worker hooks
  • Comments — global comment disabling toggle

Developer Utilities

  • is_mini_option_enabled($group, $option) — check a plugin option
  • get_variable($group, $option) — retrieve a plugin option value
  • get_italian_date_formatters() — locale-aware IntlDateFormatter instances (reads WP site locale and timezone, despite the legacy name)
  • mini_get_post_lang($post_id), mini_get_translations($post_id), mini_get_all_translation_urls($post_id) — translation helpers

Installation

This plugin is distributed by filesystem symlink — it is not published on wordpress.org. To install on a new site, symlink the canonical source into wp-content/plugins/.

After activating, configure each feature area under the mini top-level menu in wp-admin.

Requirements

  • WordPress 5.0+
  • PHP 7.4+
  • intl PHP extension (for locale-aware date formatting)

Author

Giacomo Rizzotti — giacomorizzotti.com · mini.uwa.agency