It’s episode 213 and we’ve got plugins for Link Previews, Restricting Widgets, Reposts, Pro Ad Systems and Terms and Conditions. It’s all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
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*WordPress Plugins Reviewed by John Overall**
WP Pro Ad System
Premium Plugin
You can get it here https://codecanyon.net/item/wp-pro-advertising-system/269693?ref=Ahkonsu
The Lowdown:
This is an affordable plugin at only $28, it provide multiple advertising types. Allows you to create multiple zones setup ads to start and stop setup multiple advertisers. Setup multiple campaigns. The stats while not being perfect are pretty good. The ad creation is very easy with their unique use of custom post types. It provide the ability to place ads with short code and widgets. You can setup different banners depending on the device hitting your website. It also includes a visual banner editor to be able to create simple banners right there with add on options for additional functionality for the editor at reasonable prices. Multiple built in ad sizes. All in all this hit a home run with only thing slightly lacking being the stats.
Rating 5 Dragons
WP Mail Bank – PHPMailer & SMTP Mailer
- Version: 1.8
- Author: Tech Banker
- Last Updated: 2 weeks ago
- Requires WordPress Version: 2.7 or higher
- Compatible up to: 4.1
- Downloaded: 26,794 times
- WordPress.org Plugin Page »
- Plugin Homepage »
The Lowdown:
Sometime you just cant get the local host to properly send out your emails from your contact forms ect. When that happens try this solution it allows you to use any SMTP server to send out email including gmails. Pretty nice and seems to work well.
Rating 4 Dragons
Restrict Widgets
- Version: 1.2.6.1
- Author: dFactory
- Last Updated: 3 weeks ago
- Requires WordPress Version: 3.8 or higher
- Compatible up to: 4.1
- Downloaded: 34,852 times
- WordPress.org Plugin Page »
- Plugin Homepage »
The Lowdown:
Time for a change-up in widget management. There are times when you need to limit the showing of widgets in the side bar a big example is when you have a contact form in the side bar and one on the contact page. You want that widget to just disappear when hitting the contact page. That is what this allows. I have been looking for a lighter version of what I was using one that has a smaller footprint and easier to use than my unusual fall back for controlling multiple widgets. this is simple and easy and very light.
Rating 5 Dragons
*WordPress Plugins Reviewed by Marcus Couch**
Link Preview
https://wordpress.org/plugins/linkpreview/
This is simple and lightweight plugin for WP. It works similar to Facebook’s url preview and it’s very easy to use. You can choose tooltips or shortcode feature depending on your needs.
Rating: 4 out of 5
WP Repost
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-repost/
WP Repost is a WordPress plugin that will keep your old posts alive by automatically promoting them back to your front page and RSS feeds, and sharing them through your social networks. The eligible posts, schedule and frequency of re-posting and sharing can be fully customized to your preference and needs. See complete lists of features below.
Rating 5 out of 5
Woo Show Terms and Conditions
https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce-show-hide-terms-and-conditions/
Show or hide the checkbox “Terms and Conditions” on woocommerce checkout page if a given product is on cart. You have the option to select for each product if the “terms and condition” should be shown or hidden.
Rating 4 out of 5
Plugins Overview:
John’s Plugins: WP Pro Ad System – 5, WP Mail Bank – 4, Restrict Widgets – 5
Marcus’ Plugins: LInk Preview – 4, WP Report – 5, Woo Show Terms and Conditions – 4
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