Single Background
Portfolio Post
Idea Factory
HTML Entifier
Verbatim
Watchman
FlatFolio — Portfolio & Gallery
Jekyll Exporter
Easy Footnotes
a3 Lazy Load
Expire Sticky Posts
Note: Old posts will have to be re-saved.The plugin has a bug, and doesn’t always override the theme’s CSS as it should in this case, but it can still be a useful tool.away[note][/note] pluginsWordPress sitespluginsSingle Backgroundwebsitesthis oneIdea Factory’sWordPress installationthis plugin,VerbatimWatchmanWordPressFlatFolioJekyllJekyll ExporterEasy Footnotesthis one,This pluginOk, January. The new year is an awesome time to assess your life, and your decisions. Not long from now, why not inquire as to whether you’re utilizing the privilege for your ? Perhaps there are some new plugins you could take a gander at.Ah, January. The new year is a great time to
evaluate your life, and your choices. This year, why don’t you ask
yourself if you’re using the right for your WordPress sites?
Maybe there are some new plugins you could look at.Maybe those plugins are right here…
If you ever wanted the ability to specify a different background color or image for any single image or post, then
is what you’ve been looking for. It’s all done with a simple shortcode,
and that’s it. I can see it being useful for that feature a
variety of products or services, each of which might have its own
individualized branding.We all build portfolios. Why then, should we not have a basic plugin
that creates a “Portfolio” post type? There are others, but
stands out for its simplicity. It’s a new post type, with a new
category taxonomy. No frills, nothing fancy, just something you can
build on. There’s no reason you couldn’t edit the plugin itself to make
something perfectly suited to your own project. There’s also no reason
you should build this functionality into the theme itself. Best to keep
presentation and functionality separate, or has CSS taught us nothing at
all?
creators made it for the same reason that all brilliant plugins are
made: the existing plugins didn’t solve their particular problem.
Essentially, Idea Factory could transform your
into the next “digg.com”.It allows logged-in users to submit “ideas” (in the form of a custom
post type) from the front end of your site. They can be set to await
moderation, or be published automatically. Once published, all
registered users on your site can vote on each idea. It’s designed to be
mobile-friendly, but you can override the basic CSS (and a number of
other things) to make the design all yours… or just fit in with whatever
theme you’re using.If you’re like me, you like to have HTML that is as valid as you can practically achieve. Install
and it will automatically convert symbols typed into your posts (such
as smart quotes) into their HTML counterparts. That way, they’ll always
be visible no matter what antiquated browser your users might be stuck
with.Sometimes, users like to quote stuff you write. Once
is installed, any user that selects text on your website will be able
to link directly to that text. Not to the page, to the text they
selected. Once they’ve selected a phrase or sentence, two buttons will
pop up. One allows them to save the link and post it where they like.
The other sends the quote directly to Twitter.
is a plugin designed to keep a closer eye on the revisions of your
content. It doesn’t replace the revision system already used in
, but extends it to include custom post types, post authors,
dates, taxonomies, and comments too. Get your revisions for every
conceivable thing here!Yup, it’s another portfolio plugin, but this one has a few more
features. When it comes right down to it, portfolio plugins are some of
the most convenient tools to have in our arsenal. Some of us aren’t
developers by trade, so it can be useful to have some pre-made ways to
show off our skills. is one more such solution.It’s freemium, but the free version isn’t bad at all. It comes with
that flat style we’ve all come to know (and mostly love, for now),
customizable CSS, and its own custom post type. On the front end,
projects are displayed in a flat-style (as the name suggests) portfolio
grid, with multiple available formats for images, video, and audio. Going back to developer-friendly plugins, this one’s for people who are migrating from WordPress. If you’ve ever wanted to take your content out if WP and import it into a site, this is the way to do it.
will convert all of your blog’s content, settings, and metadata to
Markdown and YAML files. These files can then, theoretically, be dropped
straight into a Jekyll installation. As I understand it, you’d still
need to convert your theme yourself if you want to keep the same design,
but this simplifies a lot of the content-moving process.For those of you who need this sort of thing, is a good way to automatically insert clarification into your posts with a shortcode, and nothing more. Just use the
code wherever you like. The plugin will automatically insert a number
wherever the code is left. Hover over that number, and the note itself
will be shown in a jQuery powered tooltip. All footnotes will also be
automatically displayed at the bottom of the post.I had a little trouble testing
but if it works as advertised, it’s definitely worth a look.
Essentially, it delays the loading of things like images and, well…
mostly images, until they are actually needed. Not only does this
improve site performance, but it could potentially save bandwidth on
mobile devices.Why did I have trouble testing this? Because there’s only one image
on my testing site, and my Internet is fast. Check it out, see if it
works for you.
does exactly what it says. Have a sticky post for something like, say, a
month-long promotion? Want that post to not be sticky anymore after the
month is up? Just set the expiry date on your post editing screen; then
forget about it. You’re golden.If You Like, Please Share!!!
