{"id":4773,"date":"2026-09-25T13:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glueck-wunsch.de\/testimonial381b\/openstation-blog-i-cant-imagine-using-wordpress-any-other-way-the-love-behind-openstation\/"},"modified":"2026-09-25T13:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-09-25T11:33:33","slug":"openstation-blog-i-cant-imagine-using-wordpress-any-other-way-the-love-behind-openstation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glueck-wunsch.de\/testimonial381b\/openstation-blog-i-cant-imagine-using-wordpress-any-other-way-the-love-behind-openstation\/","title":{"rendered":"OpenStation Blog: \u201cI can\u2019t imagine using WordPress any other way\u201d: the love behind OpenStation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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OPENSTATION \u00b7 COMMUNITY VOICES<\/strong><\/p>\n

Formerly Desktop Mode, now a new way to feel at home in wp-admin.<\/em><\/p>\n

A plugin can accumulate installs. It is rarer for people to describe it as a new way of thinking. As of September 25, 2026, OpenStation, known in its earliest releases as Desktop Mode, has inspired 23 public WordPress.org reviews: 22 five-star and one four-star<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

OpenStation turns the WordPress admin into a spatial workspace: movable windows, a dock, a taskbar, widgets and virtual desktops. That is the feature list. The feeling is better told by the people who use it.<\/p>\n

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The words that stopped us in our tracks<\/h2>\n

1. When a plugin becomes the default<\/h3>\n
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\u201cI can\u2019t imagine using WordPress any other way. I love this plugin so much.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Nick Hamze, \u201cFavorite plugin ever\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

That may be the highest compliment a tool can earn: not merely useful, but difficult to imagine living without. Nick\u2019s review reads less like a rating and more like an invitation to join a movement.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is a game-changer. Can never go back!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 ainom, \u201cAbsolute pure awesomeness\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

OpenStation begins as a striking visual idea, then quietly rewires expectations. Once several admin screens can live together, the old one-page-at-a-time flow feels surprisingly distant.<\/p>\n

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2. When the metaphor improves the work<\/h3>\n
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\u201cIt genuinely feels like using a lightweight operating system inside WordPress.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 spackenjaeger, \u201cA revolutionary new WordPress admin experience\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The operating-system metaphor is not decoration. Windows hold context. The dock makes tools reachable. Virtual desktops separate kinds of work. The familiar desktop grammar turns multitasking into something visible and natural.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHaving several admin screens open at once changed how I work more than I expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Juan Lentino, production user and plugin integrator<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Juan\u2019s review is especially telling: he has run OpenStation in production since the Desktop Mode days and builds integrations against it. The novelty faded; the workflow remained.<\/p>\n

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3. When delight becomes productive<\/h3>\n
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\u201cThe desktop-style layout, draggable windows, dock, and taskbar make the admin area feel completely different in the best way.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Marco Moreira, \u201cA refreshing new way to use WordPress admin\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Productivity software does not have to be joyless. The best interfaces reduce friction and add a little momentum, the feeling that the workspace is helping rather than merely waiting.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis plugin blowed my mind. It turns your wordpress admin in such a beautiful dashboard. What an experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 MauroS, \u201cOne word\u2026 Wow!\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

The wording is wonderfully unfiltered. Beauty, surprise and experience are not side effects here; they are part of the product.<\/p>\n

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4. When people see the road ahead<\/h3>\n
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\u201cThis is definitely something I would use on a daily basis. Well done!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 vepth, \u201cI\u2019m blown away\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cDesktop Mode definitely stands out with its own approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Rami Obeidat, \u201cModern and creative admin experience\u201d<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Both reviews point to the same achievement: OpenStation is not chasing a generic \u201cmodern admin\u201d look. It has a point of view\u2014spatial, extensible and unmistakably its own.<\/p>\n

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From Desktop Mode to OpenStation<\/h2>\n

The project\u2019s name changed because its ambition outgrew a mode. \u201cDesktop Mode\u201d described the first transformation. OpenStation<\/strong> describes the platform emerging around it: a place where WordPress apps, windows, widgets and workflows can meet.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe integration surface is unusually well behaved for a plugin this ambitious.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u2014 Juan Lentino, WordPress.org reviewer and integrator<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

That sentence matters as much as the praise for the interface. The magic users see is supported by a public API that plugin authors can build on, frequent releases and an opt-in design that keeps classic WordPress one click away.<\/p>\n

The best roadmap is a chorus<\/h2>\n

Names change. Interfaces evolve. Code ships, breaks, improves and ships again. What stays constant in these reviews is the feeling that WordPress can be more personal, more spatial and more alive.<\/p>\n

OpenStation is still moving fast.<\/strong> But if the people already living in it are any guide, the destination is worth watching, and the journey is already changing how they work.<\/p>\n

Explore OpenStation on GitHub \u2192<\/strong><\/a>
Read all WordPress.org reviews \u2192<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Quotes are excerpted from public WordPress.org reviews. Spelling is preserved; excerpts are linked to their original sources.<\/small><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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