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Plain-language guides on building a WordPress site from a free template kit, what hosting costs, and what you actually own. Then the docs for each plugin.

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Build your own WordPress site from a free template kit

Hosting, Kira, a kit, your content, live. Every step with screenshots.

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WordPress vs Wix and Squarespace: what you actually own

What you can take with you from each platform, and what you cannot.

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Plugin docs

What does each plugin do?

Each plugin page explains what it does, how to install it with Git Plugin and where the code lives. All free, nothing locked.

Kira Page Builder

Visual page and theme builder that saves static HTML and CSS. Headers, footers, singles, archives, popups and template kits.

Kira docs

Formulator

Drag-and-drop forms with entries, multi-page forms, conditional logic, uploads and notifications.

Formulator docs

Alemedia

WebP and JPEG XL conversion served by content negotiation, folder-based media library.

Alemedia docs

Backinator

Full-site backups with a standalone installer, restores, migrations, schedules and off-site storage.

Backinator docs

Radmin

Admin and security tweaks, branded login, scripts manager, SMTP, caching and SEO in one plugin.

Radmin docs

Git Plugin

Install plugins from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Gitea, keep them updated, download any plugin as a zip.

Git Plugin docs

Template kit repository

The source for every kit, the build and the QA scripts. Clone it to make your own kit.

Open the repository

Plugin git server

Every plugin's source, version tags and issue tracker. Updates are picked up from the newest tag. Public, no account needed to read or download.

Browse the code

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