Category: WordPress Plugins

Google Releases It’s Own Official WordPress Plugin

So many plugins have existed that integrate with Google features, especially analytics related. So, it's interesting to see one come out from Google themselves.  Introducing the Google Publisher Plugin (beta). Unlike some of the other plugins, at this point in it's beta release the plugin only does two things: Let's you easily add AdSense ads … Continue reading Google Releases It’s Own Official WordPress Plugin →

Hardcode a Ninja Form in Your WordPress Theme

  I have been a big Gravity Forms supporter for a long time, however, I'm beginning to get more interested in Ninja Forms, which is a free WordPress form builder and also quite powerful. If you decide to build your WP forms with Ninja Forms, you may find the ninja_forms_display_form() function helpful since it let's … Continue reading Hardcode a Ninja Form in Your WordPress Theme →

Cool Front-end WordPress Editor from Raptor Editor

I wrote recently about the front-end editor, Barley, for WordPress. Today I'm posting about another 3rd party service offering a front-end editor for WordPress, WP Raptor. This plugin has a slightly different interface, but same basic principle: give users the ability to edit their site without going to the control panel.  Here is a screenshot … Continue reading Cool Front-end WordPress Editor from Raptor Editor →

BuddyPress Plugin for Sharing Documents in a Group

The BP Group Documents plugin does something very simple and helpful: let's group members share documents with each other. When building social networks for people who are planning events or doing group assignments and projects, having the ability to share documents is essential. This plugin gives you a page in each group where users can … Continue reading BuddyPress Plugin for Sharing Documents in a Group →

An Object Oriented Template for WordPress Plugins

A while back, while working at the WordPress plugin course at Treehouse, I came across this awesome plugin from Daniel Convissor. The Object Oriented Plugin Template Solution plugin basically gives you an OO template for building your own WordPress plugin. I didn't end up using the template in the project, however, it was very helpful … Continue reading An Object Oriented Template for WordPress Plugins →

Great WordPress Plugin for Reordering Posts, Pages and More

  EDIT: It does not look like this plugin is still available One of the things I really like about this plugin in relation to the other plugins that do something similar is that there is no extra page within the admin menu hierarchy. It works right on the main Posts/Pages pages. It's a premium plugin … Continue reading Great WordPress Plugin for Reordering Posts, Pages and More →

Sending WordPress Emails During Local Development

If you've ever tried to build a WP site locally, you've likely experienced the problem of WordPress not sending out emails from your local development environment. Thanks to the WP Mail SMTP plugin you can now easily get around this by using your email providers SMTP information instead of your local server.  WP Beginner published … Continue reading Sending WordPress Emails During Local Development →

Cool WordPress Plugin for Viewing Nested Pages in the Admin Area

If you have a site with lots of parent and child pages, you've likely felt something missing UX wise from the default Pages listing in the admin area. The Admin Column View plugin solves this problem by implementing a Mac Finder style column view to help you more easily navigate to your content. Check it … Continue reading Cool WordPress Plugin for Viewing Nested Pages in the Admin Area →

I’m Curious to See How Swift Templates Work in the Real World with Clients

Swift templates is a way to use a simple templating language to create custom templates from within the admin area, and even the Publish page.  I suppose for the right client and use case it would be helpful, but for the type of work I do creating simple sites for clients, it doesn't really apply. … Continue reading I’m Curious to See How Swift Templates Work in the Real World with Clients →