‘WordPress Plugins’ Category
This is my first video plugin review for WeblogToolsCollection, so any feedback is appreciated.The plugin being reviewed is AJAXed WordPress v1.11.1 (Download | Plugin Homepage). The browser I used was Firefox 2.0 on Mac OS X Leopard. WordPress 2.5 was used to demonstrate the plugin’s compatibility with the upcoming version of WordPress. Video Summary: AJAXed WordPress is a good plugin if you want some quick AJAX functionality in your WordPress theme. Pros: Easy installation. Ingenious modular design. Cons: Some template editing. Auto-inclusion of credit link (can be removed in the Plugin options). Request for Feedback Since this is the first video review, feedback is much appreciated. If you like these kind of reviews, then there will be more on the way. Furthermore, if you would like your own plugin reviewed, please get in contact with me via e-mail (ronalfy+wltc @ gmail dot com). Please keep in mind I won’t review […]
[Continue Reading...]Section Specific Text The widget allows to display text in certain sections of your blog. The plugin also allows you to insert both html as well as php code provided by other plugins. Release Page | Download FirstTimer Shows a custom message and image to visitors who are visiting for the first time. This plugin uses cookies to identify unique users so the message may be served everytime a user clears cookies. Release Page | Download PageFlip PageFlip is a plugin which allows you to create a virtual book you can browse with your mouse, can be used for creating photo albums and references. Release Page | Download TipJoy TipThis Allows you to add a TipThis button to each of your posts using your TipJoy account where users can add tips about the stuff you love. Release Page | Download Collapsible Elements Allows you to add collapsible elements to your […]
[Continue Reading...]Top 10 WordPress CMS Plugins: I am a sucker for top 10 lists about WordPress, especially if they contain useful information. This list of top ten plugins put together from the experiences of a professional design firm, will help you create a full CMS out of a WordPress blog. I have used a few of these myself on various projects and their flexibility and speciality together with WordPress’ versatility and extensibility make a phenomenal combination. From the post: For moderately sized sites (including simple e-Commerce sites), WordPress does a pretty good job as a CMS, making it easy to maintain your site, and update your content. Of course, it does this best with the help of a good theme, and some great plugins. The strength of WordPress is the community of developers who have already done almost anything you can think of with it. Here are the best plugins we’ve […]
[Continue Reading...]With all of the recent discussion regarding trackbacks and pingbacks on Weblog Tools Collection, I thought I’d mention several ways one can deal with trackbacks and pingbacks in the context of a WordPress theme. The topics I will be covering in this article are on separating trackbacks/pingbacks from regular comments, and also how to remove trackbacks and pingbacks from a WordPress theme completely. Separating Trackbacks/Pingbacks From Comments I know what you’re thinking: numerous posts have already been written on how to separate trackbacks from comments. But what I present here is an actual separation using the “functions.php” feature for WordPress themes along with the regular “comments.php“. Both should be located in your theme directory. Figure 1: Theme Directory Setup Modifying the functions.php File The “functions.php” file is a lifesaver for any theme developer or tinkerer wishing to add custom code or functions to themes. The code in the “functions.php” file […]
[Continue Reading...]Stats Helper Functions And Widgets It helps you retrieve data from wordpress.com stats and puts it on your blog. Release Page | Download SEO Image This plugin will optimize images in all your posts for SEO which will positively affect your image search results resulting in more traffic to your blog. Release Page | Download LocalCurrency Shows currency values to readers in their local currency (in brackets after the original value). For example: If the site’s currency is Chinese yuan and the post contains 10 yuan, a user from Australia will see 10 yuan (AUD$1.53), while a user from US will see 10 yuan (USD$1.39). Release Page | Download Organize Series Plugin 2.0 OrgSeries 2.0 takes the “organize” in Organize Series to a whole new level. Release Page | Download Devowelizer The Devowelizer plugin for WordPress replaces the vowels in most “bad language” within your own content and within comments […]
[Continue Reading...]WordPress as a Membership Directory: After the recent tutorial on setting up WordPress as a Contact Manager, Chris Cagle has written up a tutorial on WP Designer on how to use WordPress as a Membership Directory. He has setup a Membership Directory for Pittsburgh Designers and uses his experience from that project to outline the steps, plugins and code required to set this up for yourself. Beside the annoying CSS bug that puts a text box in the middle of every page, the setup looks nice, highly versatile and very useful for both designers (in this case) and future clients. I really like the Members Directory and the ability to display detailed contact information and portfolio of every designer. Even the signup is automated (and modified to suit the need) and relatively painless. I am curious to know what they plan to do about possible spammers posing as designers, but […]
[Continue Reading...]Sort By Comments Allows you to change the order of the posts and display the most recently commented posts on the home page. Release Page | Download WordPress Tweaks Just like any other software WordPress Tweaks allows you to tweak settings for the core WordPress, the tweaks include renaming blogroll, removing nofollow from comment links and more. Release Page | Download WP Spam Blocker Makes use of Time Based Tokens and AJAX to block out automated comments without having to make use of captchas. Release Page | Download MyFTP Allows WordPress administrators to browse, edit and upload files just like a FTP client from within the Administration panel. Release Page | Download Shantz WP Quote of the Day Allows you to add quotes to posts and also provides users with a custom template tag to add the quotes wherever they want. Release Page | Download
[Continue Reading...]Joost de Valk has taken notice that there may be a large amount of plugins who’s setting pages in the newly redesigned WordPress back end will look awful. Joost is currently working on redoing all of his own plugins so they look good in the admin panel and has published a post which explains what he found in his research. The post goes over details such as the Wrapper, Headings, Individual Settings, and Submit Buttons. For all of you plugin authors out there, be sure to check out the WordPress 2.5 Plugin Settings Pages Style Guide. If you are looking to migrate your theme or plugin to WordPress 2.5, check out this article on the WordPress Codex.
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10 Plugins To Combat Comment Spam
When I recently wrote a post which pointed to an article that described a few things you should do with your WordPress blog immediately after having it installed, I noticed Collin made a comment in that, WordPress was like the Windows OS where as, it comes bundled with Internet Explorer for a browser while WordPress comes bundled with (albeit fantastic) Akismet for a comment spam blocker. With that in mind, here are 9 plugins that you can use either as stand alone replacements or in various combinations to combat comment spam. Not all plugins work nicely with others so be sure to read the installation manual if you decide to use any of these plugins on your own blog. 1. Comments For Cookies – This plugin adds a stylesheet to your blog’s html source code. When a browser loads that stylesheet a cookie is dropped. If that user then leaves […]
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