It’s episode 203 and we’ve got plugins for Stopping SPAM, Print Tools, SMS notifications, GitHub integration, and a great new way to implement direct coupon links in WooCommerce. It’s all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!

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John’s & Marcus Rant: What to rant about?

WordPress 4.1 has dropped with a new feature in the plugins. The new recommended plugins which recommends plugins you might like based on what you have installed

Soak Soak is evolving https://threatpost.com/soaksoak-malware-campaign-evolves/110081

*WordPress Plugins Reviewed by John Overall**

Reading Time

• Version: 1.2.7
• Author: WhileTrue
• Last Updated: 3 months ago
• Requires WordPress Version: 2.9+ or higher
• Compatible up to: 4.0.1
• Downloaded: 2,723 times
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• Plugin Homepage »

The Lowdown:

This us a great simple plugin that will show your visitors how long it will take to read the article.

Rating 3 Dragons

Stop Spammers

• Version: 5.9.3
• Author: Keith P. Graham
• Last Updated: 10 months ago
• Requires WordPress Version: 3.0 or higher
• Compatible up to: 3.9.2
• Downloaded: 218,938 times
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• Plugin Homepage »

The Lowdown:

Looking for a way to slow down those spammers and maybe even stop most right in their tracks. This is a great plugin to do that for you. Some great configurations and pretty easy to get setup and running.

Rating 4 Dragons

Print-O-Matic

• Version: 1.5.7
• Author: twinpictures
• Last Updated: 1 week ago
• Requires WordPress Version: 3.9 or higher
• Compatible up to: 4.1
• Downloaded: 23,056 times
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• Plugin Homepage »

The Lowdown:

Who says print is dead, well to many but it is still alive and well, and if you want to make it easy for your site visitors to print your stuff. This is the plugin for you simple easy and actually works.

Rating 3 Dragons

*WordPress Plugins Reviewed by Marcus Couch**

WooCommerce URL Coupons

https://www.skyverge.com/product/woocommerce-url-coupons/

Running a banner promotion or discount for an item? Customers tend to look at banners and forget coupon codes (hey, we’ve all done it!). No more! By using a unique URL with WooCommerce URL Coupons, you can use a coupon code that automatically applies a discount and (optionally) adds products to the customer’s shopping cart. This extension also allows you to manage when coupons are valid (for example, exclude sale items or prohibit using multiple offers), as well as set coupon minimum amounts, expiration dates, or usage limits. This is a premium add-on, it’s $49 and well worth it!

Rating: 5 out of 5

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WP Pusher

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-pusher/

Deploy directly from Github and never again copy files over FTP. It works everywhere – even on cheap shared hosting!

Features

• Install and update your WordPress themes and plugins directly from GitHub
• Easy version control of your clients code
• Works everywhere because it hooks in to the WordPress core auto updater
• No Git or SSH needed on the server
• PRO features
• Push-to-deploy can automatically trigger updates when whenever you push to GitHub (Coming soon)
• E-mail support

Rating: 5 out of 5

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Parallaxer – Parallax Effect on Content

https://wordpress.org/plugins/parallaxer-lite-parallax-effects-on-images/

The Parallaxer Lite is the ultimate Parallax blocks builder plugin for your WordPress site. It’s supported on touch devices. It is super smooth and will give a nice effect on your site.Wow your visitors with DZS Parallaxer and install easy in any template, and setup any content in any size.

There is a pro version available with more features, it’s $12

Rating: 3 out of 5

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Plugins Overview:

John’s Plugins: Reading Time – 3, Stop Spammers – 4, Print-O-Matic – 3

Marcus’ Plugins: WooCommerce URL Coupons – 5, WP Pusher – 5, Parallaxer – Parallax Effect on Content – 3

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