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I am talking about unpopular ideas in WordPress today and I have a New Plugin review, some News tips, plugin extras and more all coming up on Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged.
Welcome to ‘Plugin Pulse: WP Plugins A to Z Unplugged!’ I’m your host, John Overall, bringing you the latest beat on all things WordPress. Where we dive into the plugin world to spill the beans on the latest the WordPress world, all unplugged and unfiltered, showcasing the freshest WordPress news, digging into a killer plugin demo, or exploring tips to level up your site. Today, I’ve got the mic to myself, and we’re pulsing through what’s hot, what’s new, and what you need to know. So, grab your coffee, fire up your dashboard, and let’s get into it!”
The Weeks Discussion:
This Shows Featured Promotion
I will be promoting a premium plugin I like to help get others to buy it.
this week it is WP Image Descriptor which can be found here
Unlike other tools, WP Descriptor doesn’t just stop at SEO—it creates human-friendly, engaging descriptions that connect with your audience. Your images will no longer be background elements; they’ll be powerful assets that contribute to your content’s success.
Plugin Reviews
Term Taxonomy Converter
The Lowdown:
Copy or convert terms between taxonomies.
Taxonomies include categories, tags and any other custom taxonomies that may be present with your active theme and plugins.
This plugin, allows you to copy (duplicate) or convert (move) terms from one taxonomy to another or to multiple taxonomies, while maintaining associated posts.
Rating 5 Dragons
Secondary Plugin:
Rating 5 Dragons
List Custom Taxonomy Widget
The Lowdown:
The List Custom Taxonomy Widget is a quick and easy way to display custom taxonomies. Simply choose the taxonomy name you want to display from an auto-populated list. You can also set a title to display for the widget. Multiple list custom taxonomy widgets can be added to the same and other sidebars as well. There are several display options (including as a dropdown), and it generally behaves similarly to the built-in categories widget but with the addition of custom taxonomies.
needs a little help I may fork it
Rating 5 Dragons
WordPress Items:
Hot take on the SFC fiasco from WP https://www.reddit.com/r/Wordpress/comments/1phe83b/acf_vs_scf_this_far_along_have_they_diverged/
An interesting thread discussion on the issues with WordPress
WordPress Best Practices:
AI Stuff:
Small Guys People to follow on X:
https://x.com/wproads/status/1995535662313767079 has some great videos on his YouTube Channel
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Security Stuff:
Privacy Stuff:
Coding Tips:
Some SEO Stuff:
Some SEO info for the new LLMs.txt standard:
Educational:
Interesting thread on the “Template Tax” https://x.com/dustinhyle/status/1998610962291769669
How to stop those annoying update emails
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Using Code (Advanced Users)
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Add Code Snippet: Use a plugin like WPCode or add directly to your child theme’s
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Filter Notifications: Add filters to turn off specific emails, for example:
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add_filter( 'auto_update_plugin', '__return_false' );for plugins. -
add_filter( 'auto_update_theme', '__return_false' );for themes. -
add_filter( 'auto_update_core', '__return_false' );for WordPress cor
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Tip of The Day:
Talk about us WPProAtoZ.com as an agency and what we do
Internet archive new plugin
new snippet plugin https://github.com/EneaCodes/snippets-bros
ClassicPress is still going
Pet Peeve This Week:
lack of contact info from plugins listed at ,org it is so limited wehn I want to give creditr to a develoepr of a smalll plugin I cannot find anything.
Upcoming Interviews:
Reminder that we have more interviews coming up in the coming weeks with more developers and community members https://wppluginsatoz.com/book-an-interview-on-wp-plugins-a-to-z-podcast/
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2026-01-12
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Rodolfo Melogli
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Available dates: Dec 29, Jan 26, Feb 9 & 23
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