May 23, 2025
3 mins
builtmighty
In the world of WordPress development, efficiency and consistency are key to delivering high-quality websites. Today, we’re excited to share our custom plugin solution that has transformed our development workflow: the Built Mighty Kit.
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The Built Mighty Kit is a comprehensive WordPress plugin that serves as our development toolkit, bringing together essential functions and features that we regularly implement across client projects. Instead of repeatedly coding the same functionality or scattering code across themes, we’ve centralized our most-used tools into a single, maintainable package.
The plugin includes:
Every development agency faces similar challenges: maintaining code consistency, reducing redundancy, and ensuring all projects adhere to best practices. Before creating this plugin, we found ourselves repeatedly implementing the same functionality across different projects, often with slight variations that made maintenance difficult.
By developing the Built Mighty Kit, we’ve addressed several key pain points:
The Built Mighty Kit improves the WordPress admin interface with thoughtful modifications that simplify client workflows. We’ve customized the login experience, dashboard widgets, and admin menu structure to create a more intuitive environment for content managers.
Our plugin provides a framework for quickly deploying custom post types and taxonomies, complete with sensible defaults and administrative interfaces. This allows us to rapidly set up specialized content architectures for clients with unique needs.
The shortcode library and Gutenberg blocks included in the Built Mighty Kit give content creators powerful tools for building engaging pages without requiring technical knowledge. From simple content displays to complex interactive elements, these components accelerate development while empowering clients.
For our development team, the plugin includes numerous helper functions that extend WordPress capabilities. These utilities handle common tasks like metabox creation, option handling, and content manipulation—saving countless hours of development time across projects.
While there are thousands of plugins available in the WordPress repository, developing a custom solution offers distinct advantages:
Off-the-shelf plugins often include features you don’t need while missing functionality that’s critical for your workflow. The Built Mighty Kit was designed around our specific requirements, making it a perfect fit for our development approach.
Many commercial plugins suffer from bloat as they try to serve a wide audience. Our custom solution includes only what we need, keeping sites lean and fast.
By maintaining our own plugin, we have complete visibility into the code running on client sites. This reduces the risk of security vulnerabilities that might come from third-party solutions with unknown code quality.
The Built Mighty Kit was built to work harmoniously with our existing tech stack and development practices. Unlike third-party plugins that might conflict with each other, our custom solution fits perfectly into our ecosystem.
With our latest release (v1.3.0), we’ve enhanced the plugin with:
Creating the Built Mighty Kit has taught us valuable lessons about plugin development:
We structured our plugin with clear separation between components, allowing site-specific customization by enabling or disabling modules as needed.
Comprehensive inline documentation and a detailed README have proven invaluable for team members using the plugin across projects.
As we’ve added new features, we’ve been careful to maintain compatibility with existing implementations, preventing unexpected issues when updating client sites.
While developing a custom plugin requires initial investment, the long-term benefits can be substantial for businesses that:
Built Mighty Kit has transformed how we approach WordPress development, creating a standardized foundation that improves efficiency, quality, and maintainability across all our client projects. By centralizing our most-used tools into a single, well-maintained plugin, we’ve streamlined our workflow and enhanced our ability to deliver exceptional WordPress websites.
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builtmighty Whether you're kicking off a new project or looking to improve your current site, we're here to make it happen. Let’s build something that not only works for your business but helps it grow.
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