500,000+ downloads across my plugins, crafted since 2005.
getButterfly – WordPress Plugins for Performance, Analytics, Forms & Galleries
getButterfly builds lightweight premium WordPress plugins for performance, privacy-first analytics, Google Consent Mode, client enquiries and image galleries, made in Ireland for site owners and agencies that want fast sites without extra platforms or tracking. Each plugin does one job well, runs on the hosting a site already uses and comes with direct support from the developer who wrote it.
For more than two decades, getButterfly has been a one-person workshop — hand-crafted WordPress plugins built by a single developer, with no venture capital, no ads, and no corporate plugin factory behind them. Just careful, lasting software, and a person who actually answers when you write in.
Maintained since 2005 by one developer. WordPress Core Contributor, with code in WordPress 7.0 and 6.9.
Featured WordPress Plugins
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Active Contacts
PRO
3.4.0 | €79.00
Active Contacts keeps every enquiry from your website in one place, shows you who has been answered and who has not, and sends the follow-up you keep meaning to send. -
LazyClone – Copy a WordPress Site Without FTP
PRO
0.1.1 | €29.00
Your whole site, in one file, moved from your dashboard -
Lighthouse – WordPress Performance & Speed Optimization Plugin
PRO
5.1.6 | €39.00
Find out why your WordPress site is slow, then fix it. -
Active Analytics – Privacy-Friendly WordPress Analytics Plugin
PRO
3.1.5 | €39.00
See what visitors actually do, without Google Analytics. -
ImagePress – WordPress Image Gallery & Community Photo Plugin
PRO
9.3.0 | €34.00
Let people upload, organize, and show their work. -
eCards – WordPress eCard Plugin with Email Designer
PRO
5.7.0 | €19.00
Send eCards to all your friends -
Repeater for Gravity Forms – Repeater Field Add-on
PRO
2.2.5 | €29.00
Repeater for Gravity Forms helps you create repeatable field groups quickly, capture cleaner data, and ship better form UX without rebuilding the same custom logic every project. -
Fixtures & Results – WordPress Sports League & GAA Club Plugin
PRO
3.8.1 | €49.00
Record, display and search football (soccer), hurling, camogie and handball matches -
Saturn
PRO
3.0.1 | €49.00
Saturn is a fast, lightweight WordPress theme, fully enhanced for the native Block Editor and fully compatible with hundreds of block patterns. -
WP Google Consent Platform (GCP)
PRO
1.0.7 | €19.00
WP GCP — A WordPress plugin for Google Consent Mode v2
Get powerful WordPress plugins for seamless integration with your website!
Discover my range of high-performance WordPress plugins designed to elevate your website experience. My plugins are meticulously crafted to be fast, lightweight, and free of ads, ensuring your website remains smooth and responsive.
Whether you’re managing a personal blog or a large-scale business, my plugins are compatible with all modern versions of WordPress and PHP, providing you with worry-free integration and top-tier functionality. All plugins are compatible with WordPress 6+, WordPress 7+ ClassicPress 2+, PHP 8+, and receive automatic lifetime updates.
Free WordPress Plugins
Thousands of people use these every day. If you need something more advanced, explore the full plugin collection.
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WP Guardian – Security Hardening Checklist & Lightweight Firewall
FREE
2.1.0
Downloaded 6,007 times -
Admin Menu Tree Page View
FREE
2.8.11
Downloaded 393,281 times -
Block for Font Awesome Icons – Searchable Icon Picker, SVG, FA 7
FREE
1.8.0
Downloaded 40,189 times -
Playlist Player for YouTube – Fast, Privacy-Friendly Playlists & Channel Feed
FREE
4.9.0
Downloaded 74,742 times -
W3P SEO – Lightweight SEO, Schema & AI Search Toolkit
FREE
2.2.0
Downloaded 19,183 times -
eCards Lite – Christmas, Birthday & Thank-You E-Cards
FREE
4.4.0
Downloaded 11,893 times -
Modern Design Library
FREE
1.2.2
Downloaded 6,278 times -
ImagePress – Front-End Photo Uploads & Member Galleries
FREE
1.4.0
Downloaded 24,851 times -
Metro Tabs – Vertical, Responsive & Linkable Tabs Block
FREE
1.2.0
Downloaded 3,088 times
Why my plugins are different
No bloat, no surveillance, no abandonment. Just careful software that lasts.
Fast & Lightweight
No bloat, no slowdowns. Built lean from the first line of code.
Ad-Free & Zero Tracking
No ads, no upsells, no spying on your visitors. Ever.
No Dependencies
Self-contained plugins that won’t break when something else updates.
Lifetime Updates & Annual Support
Every plugin receives updates for life, with direct support from the developer during the annual subscription.
Free ClassicPress Plugins
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FX Shortcodes
Block-style page layouts for ClassicPress, delivered as shortcodes.
ClassicPress exclusive
Automatic updaterFREE
1.0.6
Downloaded 14 times
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ClassicPack
A modular toolkit for ClassicPress and WordPress. Enable only the features you need from one admin screen.
ClassicPress exclusive
Automatic updaterFREE
0.4.0
Downloaded 17 times
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W3P SEO
A light and fast developer-oriented ClassicPress plugin for the most used SEO features: Local SEO Schema, Open Graph protocol tags, XML sitemaps.
ClassicPress exclusive
Automatic updaterFREE
2.1.5
Downloaded 9 times
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FX Builder
An improved page builder plugin for ClassicPress that provides visual columns in the post editor without using shortcodes.
ClassicPress exclusive
Automatic updaterFREE
1.7.6
Downloaded 26 times
Learn More
Frequently Asked Questions
What is getButterfly?
An Irish developer of lightweight premium and free WordPress plugins for performance, privacy-first analytics, Google Consent Mode, enquiries and image galleries, maintained since 2005.
Who builds and supports the plugins?
Ciprian Popescu, a WordPress Core Contributor with code in WordPress 6.9 and 7.0, who answers support directly.
How are the plugins licensed?
Premium plugins are sold as annual subscriptions. Every plugin receives lifetime updates; direct support from the developer runs for the active subscription year. You can cancel at any time.
Are there free plugins?
Yes. getButterfly publishes free plugins including Admin Menu Tree Page View, W3P SEO, Playlist Player for YouTube and WP Guardian, plus free ClassicPress plugins.
Do the plugins add tracking or ads?
No. The plugins carry no ads, upsells or visitor tracking.
Do they work on my current hosting?
Yes. Each plugin is self-contained and runs on standard WordPress hosting without external services.
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