I Built & Open-Sourced 12 Lightweight WordPress/WooCommerce Plugins (<15KB) + 6 Browser-Based AI & PDF Tools

Description and use

The author built 12 ultra‑lightweight WordPress/WooCommerce plugins and 6 client‑side WebAssembly AI/PDF tools that replace heavy commercial solutions, improve performance, and eliminate telemetry.

Problem

WordPress and WooCommerce site owners often install 20+ heavy plugins or pay $49–$99/year per plugin for basic features, leading to bloated JavaScript, admin upsells, telemetry, and degraded Core Web Vitals.

Outcome

The author delivered 12 lightweight WordPress/WooCommerce plugins and 6 browser‑based AI/PDF tools that replace heavy commercial solutions, reduce site bloat, eliminate telemetry, and improve Core Web Vitals while remaining free and GPLv2‑licensed.

Workflow

• 1. Identify common plugin pain points (performance, WhatsApp ordering, COD fraud, image optimization, SEO schema, code injection, security, checkout simplification, TOC, internal linking, database cleanup, admin customisation).
• 2. Design each feature as a single‑file plugin (<15 KB) with strict sanitisation, nonce checks, and no external dependencies.
• 3. Implement core optimisations: remove core bloat, unload dashicons for logged‑out users, strip ?ver, disable XML‑RPC, prefetch hover links.
• 4. Add lightweight alternatives: floating WhatsApp button, COD phone validation, WebP image conversion, JSON‑LD schema output, script injection manager, brute‑force limiter, checkout redirect, TOC generator, internal linker, revision cap, admin dashboard customiser.
• 5. Bundle each plugin as a ZIP with readme, index protection, uninstall script, and provide download links.
• 6. Build 6 browser‑based tools using WebAssembly, pdf‑lib, PDF.js, Tesseract.js for privacy‑first AI background removal, PDF studio, OCR, ID scanner, image compressor, and PDF invoice builder.
• 7. Publish all assets on kabeer.site and share installation guides and source code via the plugins.html page.
• 8. Encourage community feedback and feature requests via the website or WhatsApp.

Evidence

Most WordPress and WooCommerce site owners end up installing 20+ heavy plugins—or paying $49 to $99/year per plugin—just to handle basic performance optimization, WhatsApp ordering, Cash-on-Delivery (COD) fraud prevention, or JSON-LD SEO schema.

Source

I engineered and open-sourced 12 ultra-lightweight (<15 KB each), zero-telemetry, GPLv2-licensed WordPress & WooCommerce plugins plus 6 client-side WebAssembly AI & PDF utilities.

Source

Every .zip archive includes the main PHP plugin file (protected with ABSPATH guards, WordPress Settings API nonces, current_user_can('manage_options'), and strict sanitization)...

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