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If you cannot see, the video, please visit this link: Comment Remix - Video Plugin Review

Today’s WordPress Plugin video review is of Comment Remix.

Video Summary: Comment Remix adds numerous admin panel options, as well as reply, quote, and tag capabilities on a post. The star feature for admins (in my opinion) is the “In Need of Reply” option, as well as the various actions added to comments.

Pros: Reply/Quote options are useful for admin and end-users. “In Need of Reply” is great for blog admins and unreplied comments. A lot of admin panel options make this plugin highly configurable.

Cons: Pop-up boxes could use the built-in WP 2.5 thickbox.js script. The “In Need of Reply” badly needs an “ignore all” option. Not sure of the usefulness of tags for comments unless there are global options. Styling could also be better for the comment actions.

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For a text review, please read Plugin Review - WP Comment Remix.

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If you cannot see, the video, please visit this link: Dashboard Widget Manager - Video Plugin Review

Today’s WordPress Plugin video review is of Dashboard Widget Manager by Viper007.

Video Summary: Dashboard Widget Manager is a great way to customize the WordPress 2.5 dashboard. The plugin is great for multi-author blogs where each author would like a customizable dashboard. Admin can also set a default dashboard setup.

The ability to re-order and customize certain dashboard widgets is a very nice feature. If possible, I’d like to see some extra widgets in the future.

Pros: Customizing the dashboard is very easy if you are familiar with widgets.

Cons: Minor style issues.

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If you cannot see the video, please visit this link: Organize Series - Video Plugin Review

Today’s WordPress Plugin video review is of Organize Series by Unfolding Neurons.

Video Summary: Organize Series is an extremely powerful plugin that makes organizing series rather simple. There are many options to customize the look. The show clincher for me is the ability to have series archives. I highly recommend this plugin for people who do post series.

Pros: It’s easy to add series and to organize them. Many options to customize the look and feel. The series permalinks are a nice feature.

Cons: Perhaps too many options, but power-users will love them. I only tested this plugin on 2.5, so I’m not sure how well this plugin fares on other versions.

If you think your WordPress plugin will merit itself to a video review, please get in contact with me via e-mail (ronalfy+wltc @ gmail dot com). Please keep in mind I will not review premium plugins.

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If you cannot see, the video, please visit this link: Absolute Comments - Video Plugin Review

Today’s WordPress Plugin video review is of Absolute Comments by PlanetOzh.

Video Summary: Absolute Comments is a major improvement over the WordPress 2.5 Comments Panel. The plugin allows you to reply to comments easily without having to visit a post. The plugin also allows you to view all comments for a particular post. An immense timesaver.

Pros: Major improvement over the existing WordPress 2.5 comments panel. The plugin makes it easy to reply to comments.

Cons: None, although it would be nice if there was a way to change the default reply text (or have several options) in the admin-panel without having to edit the plugin’s code.

If you think your WordPress plugin will merit itself to a video review, please get in contact with me via e-mail (ronalfy+wltc @ gmail dot com). Please keep in mind I will not review premium plugins.

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Today’s WordPress Plugin video review is of Admin Favicon by John Kolbert.

Video Summary: Admin Favicon is a plugin for those who have a lot of open tabs and would like to use a Favicon to show using the WordPress Administrative Panels.

Pros: Extremely simple to use and quite useful for those who have a lot of open tabs in their browser. Very light-weight script.

Cons: None. Admin Favicon is not ideal for those who use desktop publishers or browsers without tabbed support.

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