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Sets Wordpress up in a clean and presentable state.

★ 2stars
2.0.4latest · 7mo ago

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/viastudios/via-wpsetup/archive/refs/heads/master.zip
Updates itself. It ships its own updater, so new versions appear under Dashboard → Updates.

Foundations (via-wpsetup)

Use this plugin to setup Wordpress in a more professional, cleaner and simpler manner. Get rid of the bloated code WP by default puts in the header area and clean up the backend removing unnecessary hurdles from the users.

What this plugin can do...

Admin area

  • Remove 'Howdy' for 'Welcome', looks more professional (v1.0.0)
  • Remove Wordpress logo from top admin bar (v1.0.0)
  • Add admin.css to spruce up the login (v1.0.3)
  • Add login.css to spruce up the login (v1.0.3)
  • Replace the message in the admin footer for our custom message (v1.0.0)
  • replace the WP logo for the site title on loing page (v1.0.0)
  • Set the login URL to the homepage rather that Wordpress (v1.0.0)
  • Remove basic dashboard widgets (v1.0.0)
  • Add alternate MIME types to media uploader (v1.0.5)
  • Style the admin email confirm box (v1.0.6)
  • Remove the language select box from login page (v1.0.9)
  • Bugfix versions issue (v1.1.0)
  • Style the ACF relationship fields to have larger images (v1.1.1)
  • Remove WP version nag for non-admins (v1.1.3)
  • Force users to 'Modern' colour palette (v2.0)
  • Intercom added (v2.0)
  • Refactor code (v2.0)
  • Add settings page to house API keys etc. (v2.0)
  • Refactor code so admin bar customisation applies to front and back end (v2.0.1)

Front end

  • Remove wordpress default WYSIWYG image dimensions (v1.0.0)
  • Remove Gallery CSS (v1.0.0)
  • Remove default comment styles (v1.0.0)
  • Remove recent comments widget (v1.0.0)
  • Remove the WP version number from CSS and JS (v1.0.0)
  • Remove RSS version number (v1.0.0)
  • Refactor code (v2.0)
  • Admin user only Usersnap integration (v2.0)
  • Force 'modern' theme on admin bar (v2.0.1)
  • Force admin verification screen to pull custom width and button styles (v2.0.3)

Bugfixes

  • E_ERROR fix for from updater when connecting to github (v1.1.2)
  • WP 6.6 broke the ‘Howdy’ rewrite this update addresses that (v2.0)
  • Correct the admin stylesheet path (v2.0.4)

Releases

18 releases.

Tag
Published
2.0.4 latest
Mar 24, 2026 7mo ago
Jan 8, 2026 9mo ago
Dec 2, 2025 10mo ago
Nov 18, 2025 11mo ago
2.0
Nov 17, 2025 11mo ago
Oct 30, 2025 11mo ago
Jul 24, 2025 1 year ago
May 23, 2023 3 years ago
Sep 14, 2022 4 years ago
Apr 7, 2022 4 years ago
Jun 23, 2020 6 years ago
Sep 3, 2019 7 years ago
Mar 2, 2018 8 years ago
Feb 21, 2018 8 years ago
Feb 20, 2018 8 years ago
Feb 20, 2018 8 years ago
Feb 20, 2018 8 years ago
Feb 20, 2018 8 years ago

These releases are tags only. The author does not attach a packaged zip, so there are no download counts to report.

A grade

Security

Foundations 2.0.4 · audited by WP Registry

No security issues found.

Audited release
2.0.4
Findings
none
Worst severity
—
Content hash
fb238c90a6ab2e4899db0d11…

WP Registry hashes the installable build and reports on that exact bytes-for-bytes copy. Embargoed findings are withheld until they are disclosed, so a clean verdict means nothing public is outstanding. WP Manifest does not audit code itself.