Jose Mortellaro (@giuse) – WordPress user profile

Bio

Hi, I’m Jose Mortellaro, a WordPress plugin developer based in Menorca. I specialize in building powerful, lightweight, and purpose-driven WordPress plugins that solve real problems for site owners, developers, and agencies.

WordPress Origin Story

Over the years, I’ve transitioned from a mechanical engineer into a skilled WordPress developer.

In my previous career, I worked on engine combustion systems for vehicles like the Ducato, Daily, various excavators, and agricultural machinery from brands such as John Deere and CNH.
During that time, I developed a problem-solving mindset and a strong focus on performance—skills I now apply to speeding up websites and building WordPress plugins.

In 2016, my wife and I decided to leave Switzerland and move to Ibiza, Spain. That’s when I chose to fully dive into web development.

After a year of preparation, we were ready to begin a new chapter.

Working alongside my wife, I co-founded several projects—including the Freesoul WordPress theme and builder, which powered countless websites—and later developed many plugins that are now used worldwide.

Badges

CODE

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Plugin Developer

CONTENT

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Photo Contributor '24

PRACTICE

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Support Contributor '26

POLYGLOTS

2 badges

Translation Contributor '18 Translation Editor '18

Current Job

WordPress Plugin Developer

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Jose Mortellaro

Recent impact

Score weights high-impact work (commits, releases, approved translations, props) at 3x routine activity.

Last 30 days

12contributions

high8

medium4

score28

Last 90 days

68contributions

high55

medium13

score178

Last 12 months

342contributions

high271

medium71

score884

Contributions

Type

July 2026

Jul 04 Sat · 17:54

Forums med

Posted a reply to Is there a way to exclude a specific plugin from being deactivated?, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @oscargare Short answer: this is not possible in a simple way because FDP runs…

Jul 03 Fri · 08:29

Forums med

Posted a reply to After Update, Text appears in the admin panel, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Thank you very much @saadcodes I think the issue with the WP Engine mirror wasn't…

Jul 03 Fri · 08:17

Plugins high

Committed [3594946] to Plugins SVN:
freesoul-deactivate-plugins/trunk/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.php2.6.6

Jul 03 Fri · 08:10

Plugins high

Committed [3594938] to Plugins SVN:
freesoul-deactivate-plugins/tags/2.6.6/freesoul-deactivate-plugins.php2.6.6

Jul 03 Fri · 07:52

Plugins high

Committed [3594915] to Plugins SVN:
freesoul-deactivate-plugins/tags/2.6.62.6.6

Jul 03 Fri · 07:25

Forums med

Posted a reply to After Update, Text appears in the admin panel, on the site WordPress.org Forums:
Hi @nengineer, @saadcodes, @mikefromnz That markup was accidentally included in one of the plugin files…

Jul 01 Wed · 07:03

Plugins high

Committed [3592211] to Plugins SVN:
corrected readme.txt

Jul 01 Wed · 07:02

Plugins high

Committed [3592210] to Plugins SVN:
freesoul-deactivate-plugins/trunk/admin/assets/js/fdp-admin-5.0.7.js2.6.5

Jul 01 Wed · 06:53

Plugins high

Committed [3592203] to Plugins SVN:
corrected mu-plugin

Jul 01 Wed · 06:34

Plugins high

Committed [3592182] to Plugins SVN:
freesoul-deactivate-plugins/tags/2.6.52.6.5

Plugins 57
Photos 4
Favorites 33
Translations 21

Developer

57 plugins

Add Missing Link Titles

50+ active installs
All Pages In Custommize: see all the pages in the Customize preview

Less than 10 active installs
Asset Preloader: preload the assets only on the pages where you need it

40+ active installs
Basic Security: Prevent Cross Site Scripting

300+ active installs
Blog Page Editor For Elementor

40+ active installs
Body Class By URL Parameter

50+ active installs
Change class in viewport: create animations with pure CSS

50+ active installs
Change Debug Log Location

10+ active installs
Collect Browser Info

Less than 10 active installs
Content No Cache | Serve uncached partial content even when you add it to a page that is fully cached.

200+ active installs
CSS Classes For WooCommerce - customize the WooCommerce cart and checkout via CSS

20+ active installs
CSS Selectors

Less than 10 active installs
Custom Spinner For WooCommerce: custom spinner for the WooCommerce checkout and cart pages

80+ active installs
Defer Transactional Emails for WooCommerce | Speed up the WooCommerce checkout

300+ active installs
Direct Bank Transfer for EDD

Less than 10 active installs
Direct Password Reset Link | Share a password reset link to the user

100+ active installs
Disable Fatal Error Handler

200+ active installs
Disable Global Style

500+ active installs
Editor Cleanup For Avada: FDP add-on to cleanup the Avada frontend editor

10+ active installs
Editor Cleanup For Divi Builder: FDP add-on to cleanup the Divi Builder frontend editor

30+ active installs
Editor Cleanup For Elementor: clean up and solve plugin conflicts with the Elementor editor

200+ active installs
Editor Cleanup For Flatsome: FDP add-on to clean up the Flatsome UX Builder

60+ active installs
Editor Cleanup For Oxygen: FDP add-on to cleanup the Oxygen editor

100+ active installs
Editor Cleanup For WPBakery: FDP add-on to clean up the WPBakery frontend editor

20+ active installs
Email No Bot - Prevent bots from detecting emails

200+ active installs
Essential Form - The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam

500+ active installs
Export Without Shortcodes: convert to pure HTML the exported content

100+ active installs
FDP Debug

10+ active installs
Freesoul Deactivate Plugins - Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages

9,000+ active installs
Freesoul Switch Theme: load a different theme on specific pages

100+ active installs
Freeze | The protection for abandoned websites

70+ active installs
Frontend As Any User | Avoid any issue with Cloudflare full page cache

Less than 10 active installs
Frontype | Select a custom post type as a front page

300+ active installs
Hide Link | Really hide links to robots

80+ active installs
Hide Tooltips on Hover – Clean Up Title Attributes Without Losing Accessibility

4,000+ active installs
Inline Image Base64 - inline specific images into the HTML

100+ active installs
Lazy Load Control For Elementor - Remove the Lazy Load attribute from specific images in Elementor

3,000+ active installs
Load Video On Click

100+ active installs
Loyalty Links

Less than 10 active installs
Media Type Excluder For AIOWP Migration

20+ active installs
Mu Manager - Manage mu-plugins like standard plugins

800+ active installs
No Spam In Backend - Remove advertising from your backend

10+ active installs
Oracle Cards Lite – Interactive Card Deck Plugin for WordPress

300+ active installs
Page Detector - Check the template file of the current page

30+ active installs
Passe-partout, login as a different user

60+ active installs
PlugVersions - Easily roll back to previous versions of your plugins.

1,000+ active installs
Progress Bar Correction For LifterLMS

Less than 10 active installs
Remove Cookies From Static Resources

100+ active installs
Rename Plugins Folder

300+ active installs
Resource Not Found Placeholder | Prevent redirections due to not foud resources

20+ active installs
Responsive Testing: simulate different devices

100+ active installs
Save Single File

10+ active installs
Selective Image Guard | A deterrent for unauthorized downloads and scraping

100+ active installs
Specific Content For Mobile - Customize the mobile version without redirections

4,000+ active installs
Top Bar Links, add custom links to the admin top bar

100+ active installs
Update Page Cache

70+ active installs
Website Information

30+ active installs

Photos

4 contributions

View all 4 photos in the Photo Directory

Plugins

33 favorites

Translations

21 locales

it_IT Italiano (Italian) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Translation editor for 2 projects.

Freesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages Under Construction

Contributed translations to 6 projects.

Essential Form – The lightest plugin for contact forms, ultra lightweight and no spam Freesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages Never logged on frontend Rename Plugins Folder Specific Content For Mobile – Customize the mobile version without redirections Under Construction

View all on translate.wordpress.org

de_CH Deutsch (Schweiz) (German) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Translation editor for 1 project.

Freesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages

Contributed translations to 2 projects.

Flexible PDF Coupons – Gift Cards & Vouchers for WooCommerce Freesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages

View all on translate.wordpress.org

fr_BE Français de Belgique (French) Plugins Translation Editor Translation Contributor

Translation editor for 1 project.

Freesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages