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Open-source WordPress plugins

WordPress plugins you own outright.

Project Freehold makes the everyday parts of a website free forever, open source, and built by the people who use them and their AI.

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Certificate of title No. 0001
Property
Freehold Forms
Owner
You, and your site
Tenure
Freehold, forever
Rent
$0. No Pro tier, ever
Encumbrances
None. No upsells, no tracking
Licence
GPL
Registered in the open
The Project Freehold Charter

Project Freehold makes WordPress plugins you own outright: free forever, open source, and built by the people who use them and their AI.

A freehold is land you own with no landlord and no rent. That’s the deal we want for the everyday parts of a website.

  1. The basics should be free and complete.Every site needs forms, SEO and security. None of them should come with a sales funnel attached.
  2. Your data belongs on your site.Entries, settings and logs live in your own database. Nothing is sent to us.
  3. Open source means open to contributions.Readable code isn’t enough. Outside pull requests get reviewed and merged, every week.
  4. People and their AI are both users.Anything you can do in the dashboard, your AI assistant can do too.
  5. Real problems first.We build what people actually hit on real sites, not what demos well.
  6. Small cores, open edges.Each plugin does one job really well. Everything clever belongs in add-ons that sit beside the plugin, so nobody has to modify it.
  7. Anywhere WordPress runs.Any host, any site, block themes first, static sites included.
The family

One promise, a growing family of plugins.

Each plugin does one job really well, and every one of them keeps the same promise.

In development

Freehold Forms

Contact and signup forms that save every entry on your own site. Works on any WordPress site, including static sites.

projectfreehold.org/forms
Planned

Freehold SEO

The search basics every site needs, with nothing held back for a paid tier.

projectfreehold.org/seo
Proposals open

What’s next?

The family grows where people hit real problems. Suggest the next plugin in our public plans, or have your agent build it.

projectfreehold.org/plans
The Project Freehold promise

A plugin joins only if it keeps every one of these.

  • Free foreverNo Pro version, no locked features, no upgrade notices. Not now, not when we’re popular, not ever.
  • Your data stays homeEverything lives in your own WordPress database. No phoning home, and telemetry only if you opt in.
  • AI-firstEvery admin action is a WordPress ability, so you or your AI assistant can run it.
  • ForkableGPL licence. If we ever break these promises, anyone can fork the code and carry on without us.
  • Your code stays yoursNo CLA. Contributors sign off with a DCO and keep their copyright.
  • Runs anywhereAny host, any WordPress site, block themes first, static sites included.
  • Extensible by designCustomise it without modifying the plugin. Drop in a small add-on, or have your AI agent write one, and it survives every update.
  • Built in the openRoadmap, decisions and maintainers are public.
Made for people and their AI

Anything you can click, your AI can do.

Building a form, finding an entry, exporting to CSV, marking spam: each one is a WordPress ability. Ask your assistant and it runs the same action you would.

How we build

Open to contributions, for real.

The same rules apply to people and agents.

AGENTS.md is the contract

One set of rules for contributors and their AI. Point your agent at it and see what it builds.

A human owns every PR

Agent-written code is welcome. A named person is accountable for it.

We answer fast

Every pull request gets a review within 5 working days. Out-of-scope ones are closed kindly, with a reason.

Credit is public

Every release note names the people who shipped it.

Built in the open

Roadmap, decisions and maintainers are public.

Security first

A private reporting address for every plugin, and credit for everyone who reports.

The team

It takes a village to raise a plugin.

Maintainers are public, and seats open up as people ship. Land a few good pull requests and you’re on the list.

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Nick

Lead maintainer, Freehold Forms

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Core

Seat open. Review and merge PRs every week.

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Security

Seat open. Triage private reports and audits.

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Docs

Seat open. Keep the manual clear for site owners.

Get involved with Project Freehold.

Everyone who ships something gets named in the release.

Contribute on GitHubPick a good first issue and open a pull request. Bring your agentPoint your AI at AGENTS.md and see what it builds. Join the discussionIdeas and plans live in GitHub Discussions. Report a security issuePrivately, and we’ll credit you.