Title: th23 Specials Author: th23 Published: May 2, 2025 Last modified: May 3, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/th23-specials/assets/banner-772x250.jpg?rev=3286400) ![](https://ps.w.org/th23-specials/assets/icon-128x128.png?rev=3286405) # th23 Specials By [th23](https://profiles.wordpress.org/th23/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/th23-specials.6.0.3.zip) * [Details](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/th23-specials/#description) * [Reviews](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/th23-specials/#reviews) * [Installation](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/th23-specials/#installation) * [Development](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/th23-specials/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/th23-specials/) ## Description Customize your WordPress website even more to your needs via **simple admin settings** instead of code modifications. Setting up new websites from time to time I realized, that I keep using **similar sets of modifications over and over again**. This plugin gives you a wide range of modifications at hand **without any core or theme code changes** – making them persistent across updates or switching to another theme. th23 Specials core features include (all available as options in admin dashboard): * Mail sending via **SMTP server** instead of default PHP mail function – and with custom subject prefix * **Revision and edit restrictions** for posts and pages * **Highlighting in titles** of posts and pages – for custom styling via theme * **Category selection** via radio button, forcing single category assignment and option to restrict available categories – via Classic and Gutenberg / Block editor * **Excerpts** for pages * **Sticky posts** also sticky on archive pages * Disabling **author links and archives** * Enforcing usage of **more tag / block / separator** in posts and pages – preventing too long full text display on home and overview pages * Disable various **headers** – core version info, links, jQuery Migrate, inline CSS, emojis, oEmbed, legacy contact options #### Usage Simply install plugin and choose customizations required from the plugin settings page. Few options involve further actions to achieve required result – **see below and FAQ section** for more details. For **highlighting in post / page titles**, put part to highlight in between `*matching stars*` in the editor. This part will be enclosed by `` tags in the HTML on the frontend, allowing styling by theme via the CSS selector `.entry-title span`. #### NOTE Some options change important core functionality of WordPress – make sure you ** properly test your website** before usage in production environment! ## Screenshots [⌊Settings section in the admin dashboard with easy to reach options⌉⌊Settings section in the admin dashboard with easy to reach options⌉[ Settings section in the admin dashboard with easy to reach options [⌊Category selection (when limited to one per post) via radion buttons in the quick edit view⌉⌊Category selection (when limited to one per post) via radion buttons in the quick edit view⌉[ Category selection (when limited to one per post) via radion buttons in the quick edit view [⌊Enforced "read more" block in the Gutenberg / block editor⌉⌊Enforced "read more" block in the Gutenberg / block editor⌉[ Enforced “read more” block in the Gutenberg / block editor ## Installation For a manual installation upload extracted `th23-specials` folder to your `wp-content/ plugins` directory. The plugin is **configured via its settings page in the admin area**. Find all options under `Settings` -> `th23 Specials`. The options come with a description of the setting and its behavior directly next to the respective settings field. ## FAQ ### Is there a way to identify existing posts / pages that do not comply with the one category only requirement or that are missing the “read more” block / tag? Yes, there are links in the descriptions on the th23 Specials settings page, **next to the respective option** to search for “non-compliant” posts / pages. Upon a click on this link you will see all currently non-compliant posts / pages. You can modify these by clicking on their titles, which loads them into your default editor. ### Some settings seem to have no effect – eg oEmbed features are still active depsite deactivated? This might be happening as **some options can be “overruled”** by settings by your theme. For settings that might be affected, please see the description on the settings page. To change such settings, please **check your active theme** and adjust them there, if required. ## Reviews There are no reviews for this plugin. ## Contributors & Developers “th23 Specials” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ th23 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/th23/) [Translate “th23 Specials” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/th23-specials) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/th23-specials/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/th23-specials/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/th23-specials/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/th23-specials/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog #### v6.0.3 * fix: upgrade to th23 Admin class 1.7.0, removing some inconsistencies #### v6.0.2 * enhancement: upgrade to th23 Plugin Info class 1.0.0 * fix: upgrade to th23 Admin class 1.6.2 #### v6.0.1 * fix: update th23 Admin class to v1.6.1 * fix: typos and wording adjustments #### v6.0.0 * n/a: first public release ## Meta * Version **6.0.3** * Last updated **1 year ago** * Active installations **Fewer than 10** * WordPress version ** 4.2 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.8.5** * PHP version ** 8.0 or higher ** * Language * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/th23-specials/) * Tags * [essentials](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/essentials/)[filter](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/filter/) [header](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/header/)[smtp](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/smtp/) * [Advanced View](https://vec.wordpress.org/plugins/th23-specials/advanced/) ## Ratings No reviews have been submitted yet. [Your review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/th23-specials/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/th23-specials/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ th23 ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/th23/) ## Support Got something to say? Need help? [View support forum](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/th23-specials/) ## Donate Would you like to support the advancement of this plugin? [ Donate to this plugin ](https://github.com/th23x/th23-specials)