Ciprian Popescu

Technical SEO Specialist, JavaScript Programmer and Senior Full Stack Developer. On a quest to experiment with Canvas, WebGL, JavaScript, SEO and WordPress, among many other things. Founder of WPDublin and SpeedFactor, co-organizer of Dublin WordPress Meetup group.

Website: https://getbutterfly.com/

Published articles: 394

Articles by Ciprian

• How I Built a Lightweight Google Photos Slideshow Plugin
  12 Mar 2026 in WordPress
• Showcase Your WordPress Plugins in the Browser: A Complete Guide to Blueprint Exporter
  11 Mar 2026 in WordPress
• ImagePress 9.0: Faster, Smoother Settings Management
  06 Mar 2026 in WordPress
• Building an Advanced Separator Block with PHP-Only Block Registration
  04 Mar 2026 in WordPress
• Building a Marquee Block with PHP-Only Block Registration
  04 Mar 2026 in WordPress
• Building an Advanced Heading Block with PHP-Only Block Registration
  04 Mar 2026 in WordPress
• Building an Author Box Block with PHP-Only Block Registration
  04 Mar 2026 in WordPress
• Building a Call to Action Block with PHP-Only Block Registration
  04 Mar 2026 in WordPress
• PHP-Only Block Registration in WordPress 7.0: The Feature I’ve Been Waiting for Since Gutenberg Launched
  04 Mar 2026 in WordPress
• How to Track WordPress Visitors Without a Cookie Banner (GDPR Compliant)
  17 Feb 2026 in WordPress Analytics
• How to Read Your Active Analytics Dashboard: A Plain-English Guide
  17 Feb 2026 in WordPress Analytics
• Cookieless Analytics for WooCommerce: Track Sales Without Third-Party Data
  17 Feb 2026 in WordPress Analytics
• GDPR-Compliant WordPress Analytics: What You Can (and Can’t) Collect
  17 Feb 2026 in WordPress Analytics
• How Active Analytics Compares to Plausible, Fathom, and Simple Analytics
  17 Feb 2026 in WordPress Analytics
• Active Analytics vs Matomo: Which Privacy-First Analytics Is Right for WordPress?
  17 Feb 2026 in WordPress Analytics
• ImagePress: The Multi-User Gallery Alternative to NextGEN and Modula
  22 Jan 2026 in WordPress
• Active Analytics vs Google Analytics 4: Which Is Right for Your WordPress Site?
  22 Jan 2026 in WordPress Analytics
• Tired of Just Caching? Meet the Lighthouse Alternative to WP Rocket and FlyingPress
  22 Jan 2026 in WordPress
• Volt: A Developer-Focused WordPress Multi-Site Management Solution
  22 Jan 2026 in WordPress
• Lighthouse 4.7+: Enhanced Performance, Better Compatibility, and Smarter Monitoring
  22 Jan 2026 in WordPress
• Lighthouse 4.6.2: Smarter Performance Control and WordPress 6.9 Compatibility
  12 Dec 2025 in Blog, WordPress
• Saturn 2.9: A Leaner, Faster, More Secure Theme for WordPress 6.9
  08 Dec 2025 in Blog, WordPress
• Setting Up PHPCS + WPCS on Windows with VSCode for WordPress Plugins
  08 Dec 2025 in Blog, WordPress
• Extracting Dominant Colours from Images with PHP
  05 Nov 2025 in Blog
• Easy Digital Downloads blocks that solve real customer frustrations
  05 Nov 2025 in Blog, WordPress
• How to Hide Prices and Add to Cart Buttons for Specific WooCommerce Categories
  21 Oct 2025 in WordPress
• Why Changing the WordPress Login URL Is a Bad Idea
  09 Oct 2025 in Blog, WordPress
• Event Tracking, Email Reports, and Content Insights in Active Analytics
  09 Oct 2025 in WordPress Analytics
• How Do Enterprise Testing Tools Improve Cross-Functional Collaboration
  30 Sep 2025 in Blog
• Retention Playbook for Our WordPress Plugins
  18 Sep 2025 in WordPress
• Why retention is so hard for new WordPress plugins
  18 Sep 2025 in WordPress
• Category Images for ImagePress
  17 Aug 2025 in Blog, WordPress
• Complete Guide to Google OAuth 2.0 Authentication in PHP
  14 Aug 2025 in Blog
• WP Lighthouse vs. WP Rocket: A Deep Dive into WordPress Performance and Security
  13 Aug 2025 in Blog
• How to Use the Active Analytics Content Report to Find Your Best WordPress Pages
  12 Aug 2025 in WordPress Analytics
• How to Completely Delete or Reset WooCommerce Products and Data
  07 Aug 2025 in Blog, WordPress
• Building a WordPress.com-Scale Nginx Configuration
  04 Aug 2025 in Blog, WordPress
• Why Active Analytics is a Good Alternative to Its Competitors: A Comprehensive Guide
  21 May 2025 in WordPress Analytics
• The Complete Guide to WordPress Analytics Without Google: Privacy, Compliance, and What Actually Matters
  21 May 2025 in WordPress Analytics
• The Art and Science of Two-Color Combinations: A Comprehensive Guide
  21 May 2025 in Blog
• New in Lighthouse: UTF8MB4 Database Conversion Tool
  12 May 2025 in WordPress
• Implementing Custom Tooltips with Vanilla JavaScript
  30 Apr 2025 in JavaScript DOM
• Enhancing <select> Dropdowns: Removing Duplicates and Sorting Options with Vanilla JavaScript
  30 Apr 2025 in JavaScript Arrays & Objects, JavaScript DOM
• Creating an Autocomplete Search Feature Using Vanilla JavaScript
  30 Apr 2025 in AJAX and Fetching Data
• Sorting and Ordering Elements Based on Data Attributes with Vanilla JavaScript
  30 Apr 2025 in JavaScript Arrays & Objects, JavaScript DOM
• Sort Elements Based on Data Attributes with Vanilla JavaScript
  30 Apr 2025 in JavaScript Arrays & Objects
• Trigger an Event When User Reaches the Bottom of the Page
  30 Apr 2025 in JavaScript DOM
• Generate a Password Using Vanilla JavaScript
  30 Apr 2025 in JavaScript DOM