CannyForge

Archive and lead capture plugins for WordPress

Canny (Scots): clever, shrewd, or smart.
CannyForge is where I package focused WordPress tools for content archives, crawlable HTML sitemaps, and lead capture workflows. The core plugins are free and open-source; premium licences unlock the heavier modules, updates, and support.

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WordPress-native Free core builds Premium licences
CannyForge Archive and lead capture first
ArchiveHTML sitemap and pagination control
LeadsMulti-step forms and pipeline storage
SEOUseful where it supports the main job
GPLFree core, premium access
01 / Plugins

The main builds

The two active CannyForge products are Archive and Lead Capture. Each has a useful free open-source version, with premium-gated modules for teams that need the deeper workflow, update channel, and support.

Archive / HTML Sitemap

CannyForge Archive Generator

A combined HTML sitemap and JavaScript-enhanced archive for news and blog sites, with shorter taxonomy pagination that points crawlers toward a richer archive page.

  • Crawlable archive page at a configurable URL
  • News mode for recent content and Blog mode for curated URL sets
  • Client-side search plus category, tag, month and author filters
  • Shortened taxonomy pagination with a View Archive link
  • SEO controls for archive title, meta description, robots and canonical
  • Optional Search Console and GA4 top-content signals
  • Free core archive, with premium integrations and support
Ask about Archive v0.1.1 · free core + premium licence
Lead Capture

CannyForge Lead Capture

A vertical-agnostic multi-step quote form engine for WordPress. It stores leads locally, supports industry-specific question sets, and gives site owners a practical pipeline rather than another inbox full of form emails.

  • Inline form, popup trigger and click-to-call shortcodes
  • Generic, auto finance, real estate, HVAC and roofing verticals
  • WordPress lead storage, pipeline view and CSV export
  • wp_mail or SMTP delivery with send-test support
  • Exit-intent, idle capture and abandoned-draft reminders
  • UK postcode validation via Postcodes.io
  • Anti-spam timing, disposable-email checks and per-IP rate limiting
  • Free core form engine, with premium transports and CRM modules
Ask about Lead Capture v0.1.0 · free core + premium licence
FreeOpen-source core plugins for the baseline job
PremiumLicences for advanced modules, updates and support
WP 6.4+Target for the two main builds
PHP 8.1+Typed code and QA gates

CannyForge Hreflang

A small manual hreflang helper for sites that need translation groups and a dedicated /hreflang-sitemap.xml, without multisite.

v0.1.1 · small utility

CannyForge SEO

A broader SEO plugin experiment covering robots.txt, titles and meta, XML sitemaps, redirects, 404s and JSON-LD. Useful context, but not the headline product yet.

In progress · private workbench
02 / Custom Work

Need a custom plugin?

I'm John Fegan, a consultant building bespoke WordPress tools for content-heavy and lead-driven sites. If you need a custom archive, a lead capture flow, white-label licensing, or a plugin pulled out of a messy workflow, get in touch.

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