Tag Archives: Plugins

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Enable Any Theme For One Website Only In WordPress Multisite Network

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When a theme is network enabled on WordPress multisite network, it automatically gets available for all website owners registered on your website network.

But lets say you have designed a theme for some specific website and you want to make it accessible only for that particular website admin then what?

In this lesson you will learn how to use any specific theme on any specific WordPress site on your multisite network.  Continue reading Enable Any Theme For One Website Only In WordPress Multisite Network →

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Show Your Facebook Page/Group Timeline Using Pinterest Style In WordPress

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Facebook Stream is the new WordPress plugin that allows you to show your Facebook timeline on a page in your WordPress site. It allows you to embed Facebook timeline using a responsive layout in WordPress.

It allows you to generate the shortcode for displaying your Facebook page or group timeline, you can use the shortcode inside your post, page or anyother custom post type and the plugin will embed the timeline feed in Pinterest style i.e. responsive post boxes.  Continue reading Show Your Facebook Page/Group Timeline Using Pinterest Style In WordPress →

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MP Easy Icons – Insert From 400+ Icons In WordPress Visual Editor

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MP Easy Icons is new WordPress plugin that provides you an easy shortcode generator to use various icons from visual editor on your WordPress site.

It allows you to select from over 400 icon types and insert them easily inside your post, page or custom post type content in just one easy click. It was designed to simplify the process of inserting icons on text areas.  Continue reading MP Easy Icons – Insert From 400+ Icons In WordPress Visual Editor →

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Create Plugin Packs To Export And Import Between WordPress Sites

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There are various ways of quickly installing your favorite plugins on different WordPress sites. For instance: If you have favorited plugins at WordPress plugin repository then you can filter and install them from plugin installer page.

Or you can install plugins in bulk; we have already discussed about installing plugins in bulk here. Now today in this lesson, you will learn about creating plugin packs i.e. groups for exporting them to various WordPress sites.  Continue reading Create Plugin Packs To Export And Import Between WordPress Sites →

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New Custom Post Type For One Liner Statements In WordPress

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Looking for some easy trick to display random one-line quips on your WordPress site. WordPress plugin repository has a new plugin that can be used for one liner post styles like random quotes, jokes, etc.

Once the content is published it can be displayed via shortcode or sidebar widget.  Continue reading New Custom Post Type For One Liner Statements In WordPress →

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SpeedUp Your WordPress Plugin Installer

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Earlier we have discussed about bringing back ‘Newest’ plugins tab and making it more useful by adding more plugin filters like topics collections, favorites etc.

A few days back a WordPress Hosting owner at SANGKRIT.net asked us to post tutorial for turning off plugin install confirmation pop-up on ‘Add New’ plugins page.

Today in this lesson we will show you how to disable that confirmation and speed up WordPress plugin installer.  Continue reading SpeedUp Your WordPress Plugin Installer →

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Sticky Widget – Fix Positioning Of Selective Widgets On Your Sidebar In WordPress

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In this lesson you will learn about the process of fixing certain widgets on your sidebar to keep them visible when content section is scrolled.

It works great for sticking advertisements and keeping them visible when page is scrolled down by visitors on your WordPress site. This not only increases your revenue but gives you a more beautiful and symmetrical view to website.  Continue reading Sticky Widget – Fix Positioning Of Selective Widgets On Your Sidebar In WordPress →

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Test Drive Plugins Before Activating Them On WordPress

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Earlier we have discussed about test driving themes before activating them on your WordPress based website. Today in this lesson you will learn how to do same for WordPress plugins.

Now you can easily test drive various plugins, enable them on your website and check the functionality, working etc before activating and making them available for your website visitors.

Continue reading Test Drive Plugins Before Activating Them On WordPress →

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Notify Users About New Messages On BuddyPress Networking Website

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By default BuddyPress shows you notifications on top admin bar. In this lesson we will be showing how to notify your website members about new private messages using notification text: “You have a new message.”  Continue reading Notify Users About New Messages On BuddyPress Networking Website →

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How To Add New Users In WordPress?

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You can easily add users and assign them specific roles in your WordPress site, simply login to the admin panel of your WordPress site then visit Users -> All Users page.

Click the ‘Add User’ button, enter the username, real name, email address, you may select to automatically send the username and password to the newly added member or deselect the checkbox to manually send the username and password to your site member.

Once you have added all-important details of the user, simply click the ‘Add User’ button and the user would be able to login to your website.

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Convert Native WordPress Commenting System Into Live Discussion Functionality

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Now you can easily transform your WordPress native commenting functionality into AJAX based live discussion system.

WP Dialogue is the new WordPress plugin that uses all native features of WordPress commenting system and converts it to live and hence there are minimal chances of breaking on theme updates. See it live working here.  Continue reading Convert Native WordPress Commenting System Into Live Discussion Functionality →

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How To Separate or Hide Trackbacks & Pingbacks From Comments Section In WordPress?

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By default trackbacks and pingbacks are automatically shown with the comments after your WordPress blog posts. There are some WordPress themes that allow you to separate trackbacks, pingbacks from comments and there is also a method from Pro Blog Design that allows you to do so on any WordPress site. In this lesson, you will learn how to simply hide trackbacks and pingbacks from showing up on your WordPress posts.

Hide Trackbacks is a free WordPress plugin that prevents trackbacks and pingbacks from showing up as comments on your posts.

Simply install and activate it. Once the plugin is activated, trackbacks and pingbacks are no longer shown on your posts and comment count is automatically updated to reflect this in your comment’s section. The plugin doesn’t delete your trackbacks and pingbacks, you can still manage them from your WordPress admin area dashboard.

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Eliminate Comment & Registration Spam With WordPress SpamShield

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WP-SpamShield Anti-Spam provides you a powerful, user-friendly, all-in-one anti-spam system that eliminates your WordPress site comment and registration spams without CAPTCHA. The plugin also includes spam-blocking contact form.

It works like a firewall of your WordPress site and recognizes spam bots crawling and stops them to spam your website.  Continue reading Eliminate Comment & Registration Spam With WordPress SpamShield →

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Set Custom Thumbnail And oEmbed Size On BuddyPress Activity Plus Stream

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BuddyPress Activity Plus is a popular BuddyPress plugin that allows members to share videos, phones and links on their activity stream. The plugin works good but earlier there were problems regarding its small photo embed size on activity stream.

But now no worries, the latest version of this plugin allows you to set a custom thumbnail image size which is shown when a user posts any photo or video file on BuddyPress activity stream.  Continue reading Set Custom Thumbnail And oEmbed Size On BuddyPress Activity Plus Stream →

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Easily Organize File Uploads By File Types (mov, gif, png, mp3…) Or Usernames In WordPress

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By default WordPress organizes your media files in ‘uploads’ folder located in wp-content directory of your website. WordPress provides you option to organize all uploads in month and year based folders but in this lesson you will learn how to organize them in file types or username based folders.  Continue reading Easily Organize File Uploads By File Types (mov, gif, png, mp3…) Or Usernames In WordPress →

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Display Category, Tag And Author Descriptions On Appropriate WordPress Archive Pages

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In this lesson you will learn how to show category, tag and author descriptions on appropriate archive pages in your WordPress site.

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Show Archive Descriptions is a WordPress plugin that allows you to display description for category on that category’s first i.e. main archive page. The plugin does same for tags and author archive pages too. It also allows you to create custom titles.  Continue reading Display Category, Tag And Author Descriptions On Appropriate WordPress Archive Pages →

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Show/Hide Certain Post Sections By Date And Time In WordPress

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You can show or hide certain post, page or post type sections by specific date and time characteristics in your WordPress site.

Timed Content is a WordPress plugin that allows users to specify whether a portion of a Page or Post should appear or disappear based on given time characteristics via shortcode in WordPress visual editor.  Continue reading Show/Hide Certain Post Sections By Date And Time In WordPress →