Posts Tagged ‘plugins’

Updated WP Plugin: Where did they go from here?

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February 5th, 2009
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Ever been on Amazon.com and seen the “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought”. So, why not apply the same concept to your WordPress blog? Back in 2007, Mark released a plugin that would help you display the same on your WordPress blog. We’ve been running it on this blog for the past year and a half. With WordPress 2.7, it was time to upgrade this plugin as well. The plugin has been rebuilt with the basic features but enhanced with an admin interface that allows you to set various options, including the ability to optionally include the list of posts in your content or the feed. You can also choose to manually add <?php if(function_exists(‘ald_wherego’)) echo_ald_wherego(); ?> where you want to display the posts. How it works? As and when readers click on links, this plugin checks to see if it was referred from your blog, checks to see […]

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 02/04

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February 4th, 2009
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New Plugins Simply Show IDs Simply shows the ID of Posts, Pages, Media and Links in the admin tables for easy access. Google Website Optimizer for WordPress This simple plugin lets you optimize your landing pages (as posts or pages) using the Google Website Optimizer without needing to edit the HTML code of the theme. Page not in English. Mass Format Conversion Applies all content filters to posts and comments and saves them back to the database. This is useful if you have been using Textile or Markdown (for example) and you want to switch to plain HTML. WP Background Tile The WP Background Tile Plugin for WordPress applies a tiled background image to your blog.  It is as simple as this: TNG WordPress Integration Integrates TNG (The Next Generation) genealogy software into WordPress. Contextual revenue plugin by Advtise Insert Advtise.com Partner revenue code in to your posts on the […]

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Plugin Review: Autoclose

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The man, the myth, the legend, Ajay D’Souza not only brings you news of the latest WordPress plugins and themes to hit the community but he also has a few plugins under his belt. Today, I’ll be reviewing one of those plugins called Autoclose Autoclose enables a granular approach to managing pingbacks/comments/trackbacks on both posts and pages. Some of the highlights that the plugin features: Close Comments on posts/pages older than (number of days). Close Pingbacks/Trackbacks on posts? Close Pingbacks/Trackbacks on pages? Close Pingbacks/Trackbacks on posts/pages older than (number of days). The ability to configure when the plugin runs its configuration to detect if a comment/trackback/pingback need to be closed off. Last but not least, Autoclose also provides a checkbox to delete post revisions. So why would you want to use a plugin like this? For starters, based on my experience with blogging, the conversation on any particular blog post […]

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/31

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January 31st, 2009
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New Plugins Feed Reading Blogroll The plugin displays for all your bookmarks with a separately saved feed-url, when the most recent update has occured at the bookmarked site. Store Locator This is a store locator / location finder plugin that provides mapping tools for web designers & developers who create sites in WordPress & web site owners who need to show store locations or any set of locations on their website(s). Uses Google Maps. My Comments Elsewhere This plugin collects the comments you posted on other people’s websites and lets you display them on your own blog. The process is entirely automated and works across all websites. Instapaper ‘Read Later’ Links This plugin allows you to embed Instapaper ‘Read Later’ links adjacent to each post on your blog. Either use the template tag to display the links wherever you wish or let the plugin automatically display the links for you. […]

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Updated WordPress Plugin: Top 10

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January 30th, 2009
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Last week, we gave you two plugins to play with. And this week we’re back with yet another plugin. Way back in 2005, Mark released the Top 10 posts plugin that allowed you to track page views and display them on your blog post. You could also display a list of popular posts. With WordPress 2.7, a update was necessary and here it is. The Top 10 plugin for WordPress will track page views on single and post pages and store them safely in a table in the WordPress database. You can then display the count in your post automatically, or either manually. Features: Counts page views on single posts and pages Display the count on the single posts and pages Customize the text that can be displayed Display a list of popular posts by page count. The number can be customized. Clean uninstall if you choose to delete the […]

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/29

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January 29th, 2009
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New Plugins LinkCurl LinkCurl grabs related links from Google Blog Search based on post titles, tags, or categories and appends them to your entry. Push Up When people visit your website using an outdated browser, a subtle upgrade link is shown at the top right hand corner of the screen. They can click this link to visit the upgrade website for that browser, or choose to be reminded after a time you specify. DRegister DRegister (which stands for Dr. Register) is a clean and easy plugin that allows you to force your user to provide First and Last name upon registration and create custom fields and specify if they have to be alphanumeric or numeric only , plus if they are required to complete registration. Simple AdSense Insert Simple AdSense Insert is a WordPress plugin that provides a basic ability to display AdSense adverts on your blog. WP-FlashTime Widget With […]

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WordPress Plugin Releases for 01/26

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January 26th, 2009
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New Plugins No More Frames Many web sites try to load your content into their own frame, to help sell ads on their sites. This simple plugin ensure your site is protect from this using a simple piece of code in your document header. Category Checklist Expander Shows all the categories in the checklist on the Add New Post screen Fancybox Gallery Integrate the FancyBox jQuery plugin with WordPress galleries. FancyBox is a “lightbox” plugin for displaying images in a nice overlay. Populist PopuList allows you to track the popularity of your posts on social bookmarking sites reddit, stumbleupon, del.icio.us and digg. When PopuList is activated, a page is added to your dashboard giving the number of times a page has been saved or upvoted. WP-iGoogle Create a dynamic Google gadget for your WordPress blog. Allow People to add your gadget to iGoogle. WP DropDown Metas WP Dropdown Metas allows […]

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Plugin Review: WP125

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January 25th, 2009
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If you’ve finally decided to start selling ads on your WordPress blog, you either signup for an advertising network like Google Adsense or sell ads directly on your own. 125 x 125 button advertising has become a rage with almost every blog / site selling advertisement. Out here at Weblog Tools Collection, we use OIO Publisher for this. However, if you’re not interested in purchasing the plugin, then WP125 is an excellent choice for the same. What is WP125? The WP125 plugin is designed to make it easy to manage 125×125 banner ads on your blog. The plugin adds a new “Ads” menu to the WordPress admin, featuring submenus for tweaking display settings and adding and removing ads. It’s very customizable, allowing you plenty of options for displaying the ads. It can optionally track the number of times the ads are clicked. The best part is you don’t have to […]

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WP Free-Commerce

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January 24th, 2009
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Continuing with the theme of E-Commerce, this week I had the chance to interview Dan Milward who is the man in charge of the WP E-Commerce plugin. During the hour long conversation, we discussed the feature set of WP E-Commerce, e commerce in general, what its been like to operate a business in and around WordPress and much more. If you have used WP E-Commerce in the past or are just interested in hearing what Dan has to say regarding the plugin, definitely tune in to this episode. Disclaimer: This interview was not purchased or is sponsored in any way. Here are some of the questions we covered on the show: What are the differences between the free version of the plugin and the gold cart solution? In your opinion, why has WP E-commerce become synonymous with WordPress and E Commerce? What are your thoughts on the GPL? How has […]

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