About SuitePress · Est. 2021
Hands‑on writing
Hands‑on writing
about WordPress,
one plugin at a time.
SuitePress is an independent publication covering the WordPress ecosystem — the plugins, the tools, and the techniques that quietly run a huge slice of the web.
Every guide, comparison, and review is written after we've actually installed the thing, broken it, and put it back together.
01 — Mission
A quieter corner of the WordPress internet.
Most plugin write‑ups online are paid placements with the word "review" stuck on top. We wanted something different.
SuitePress exists to help site owners, developers, and creators make sharper decisions about the tools they install — without the breathless top‑ten lists, the affiliate maze, or the AI‑generated filler.
03 — What we cover
Four beats, written from experience.
Beat 01
120+ posts
Technical guides
Long‑form tutorials on hooks, custom post types, REST API work, and the unglamorous corners of wp‑config.
Beat 02
80+ posts
Plugin reviews
One plugin at a time. What it does, what it costs, what breaks, and whether you should bother.
Beat 03
35+ posts
Head‑to‑head comparisons
Yoast vs. RankMath. Elementor vs. Bricks. Real benchmarks, real test sites, no kingmaking.
Beat 04
Weekly
Workflows & opinion
How we set up new sites, what we ship, and the editorial opinions that get us into arguments on Mastodon.
Beat 05
Monthly
Performance & security
Page‑speed deep dives, hosting comparisons, and the boring security work that keeps a site online.
Beat 06
Quarterly
State of WordPress
Where the ecosystem is going, what the core team is shipping, and what it means for normal site owners.
04 — Editorial process
How a SuitePress review is made.
STEP / 01
Install on a real site
Every plugin gets installed on a clean staging environment running a current build of WordPress and a popular theme. No screenshots from marketing pages — only what we see on screen.
STEP / 02
Live with it for at least a week
We use the plugin the way a normal site owner would — on a working content schedule, with caching, with conflicts. First impressions lie; the second week tells the truth.
STEP / 03
Benchmark and stress‑test
For comparisons, we run repeatable performance, accessibility, and bundle‑size tests. The numbers are published next to the writing so you can disagree with our conclusions.
STEP / 04
Disclose, then publish
If a plugin was provided for free, or a link is an affiliate link, it says so on the page — at the top, in plain language, not in a footer.
05 — Principles
Three things we don't bend on.
i.
Independence over access
We'd rather be wrong on our own than parrot a press release. No plugin company decides what gets a positive review on SuitePress.
ii.
Specificity over hype
"Best plugin ever" tells you nothing. We try to describe exactly which user, on which kind of site, gets what value — and where it falls down.
iii.
Written, not generated
Every article on SuitePress is written by a human who used the thing. AI is fine for spellcheck; it is not fine for opinion.
06 — By the numbers
A small site, on purpose.
240+
Articles published
110k
Monthly readers
5yrs
Independently run
0
Outside investors
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