It's Episode 253 and we've got plugins for Robots.txt, Color Swatches for Products, Enhanced Comments, Image Cropping and a great way to hide content between mobile and the desktop. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
It’s Episode 253 and we’ve got plugins for Robots.txt, Color Swatches for Products, Enhanced Comments, Image Cropping and a great way to hide content between mobile and the desktop. It’s all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
Get all the grisly Plugin details and full access to the complete show notes on our website WPPluginsAtoZ.com! You can follow the show on Twitter at @wppluginsatoz, and join our Facebook at WordPressPluginsA2Z for the latest in WordPress Plugin related news - some we come across in-between shows, and some we talk about on our weekly show.
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Has your WordPress site broken? Do you have a question or two about its functionality? Have you recieved the white screen of death? This may be time for some Emergency WordPress Support.Contact me at WPPro.ca/help or give me a quick call at 818-850-7729.
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My new and improved Membership Coach program is your go-to resource for all the Training, Advice, and Support needed to Develop and Grow a Profitable Membership Site. Be sure to head over to MembershipCoach.com and get on the waiting list for the first sessions, launching soon. You can also follow @membershipcoach on twitter to get the latest release dates and news. Signups are now active and Pre-Launch Enrollment is open!
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CaptainForm is a WordPress form plugin launched by 123ContactForm in 2015 and it allows you to build and customize any type of form. The plugin requires no add-ons and functionality is enhanced through multiple 3rd party apps: Google Drive, SalesForce, Dropbox, MailChimp and payment processors such as PayPal, Authorize.net and Stripe and more.
It’s the only plugin in its niche that provides advanced features directly from the core product. The plugin is suitable for WordPress beginners, but also for web developers and designers. Security and helping customers are very important aspects: all plans include SSL encryption and stellar customer support, even the free option.
Thank Our Donors
We would like to thank our donors to the show, everyone who donates $50 or more will be acknowledged here with a mention and a link back to their page and all those below will be anonymous
de:comments is a premium WordPress plugin built on top of the native WordPress commenting system that is meant to provide you and your visitors the ultimate commenting experience. It helps foster interaction between your readers with you in complete control at all times.
Here are some of the highlighted features de:comments provides WordPress users:
Translatable – Using available .po files, you can translate this plugin into any language you wish. It is also worth noting the plugin itself comes in a variety of languages including English, Belarusian, Spanish, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Ukrainian, with more to come.
Customizable – Using your CSS-file you can easily customize your commenting system to match your website’s look and feel.
Social Login Feature – de:comments collects all of your users so they can access all social media platforms after only one login.
Multisite Compatible – One license is all you need, just apply it to your entire network and let the commenting begin.
Responsive – All comments are retina-ready and look great on any mobile device.
Image Upload – Your readers can upload images (even GIFs) to their comments.
Easy Setup – 2 clicks and you are ready to configure the settings.
The Lowdown:
This is an interesting plugin that works in multisite, has a voting system and badges for comments. You users can upload images and more. You can customize the way it looks and ferels, tweak the notifications and mnore. This looks to be a pretty good commenting system built on the WordPress comments system not a replacement.
This is am image cropping plugin that can improve the presentation of your images by choosing a better focaal pint for the image to be cropped at. It may require some addition styles with your theme and they are currently doing some additional work that will improve this plugins performanvce but at the moment it loks to be a pretty good tool for improving your image displays.
A simple plugin that makes the job of insuring you have a robots.txt file in place, and after reading a couple articles recently it is important you haver a robots.txt file and that it have the correct permission on it. This is pretty simple to use and setup
With one click, this plugin can create a replica or clone of a post or page. Now you don’t need to do the styling of a new page or post from scratch. This plugin creates a clone of a page or post with the same content as the original.
This freemium WooCommerce plugin you can generate color and image swatches to display the available product variable attributes like colors, sizes, styles etc. You can replace the drop down fields with color and image swatches.
Marcus’ Plugins: Page and Post Clone – 4, Color and Image Swatches – 4, WordPress Mobile only & Desktop Only Content – 4
Commercial:
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The Membership Coach program is your go-to resource for all the Training, Advice, and Support needed to Develop and Grow a Profitable Membership Site. Be sure to head over to MembershipCoach.com and get on the waiting list for the first sessions, launching soon. You can join for as low as $67 a month with a full money back guarantee. You can also follow @membershipcoach on twitter to get the latest release dates and news.
Be sure to check out the latest contest from WP Plugins A to Z with generous donations from Developers and other Businesses.
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X² Marketing is your full-service digital marketing and brand development agency. Whether you are a solo entrepreneur, small business or enterprise level company; power up your marketing with X2. From WordPress to ClickFunnels, Landing Pages to Social Campaigns, SEO, Paid Ads, Infusionsoft management and more. Visit X2marketing.com and get in touch with Marcus about your digital marketing needs.
My new and improved Membership Coach program is your go-to resource for all the Training, Advice, and Support needed to Develop and Grow a Profitable Membership Site. Be sure to head over to MembershipCoach.com and get on the waiting list for the first sessions, launching soon. You can also follow @membershipcoach on twitter to get the latest release dates and news. Signups are now active and Pre-Launch Enrollment is open!
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Get all the grisly Plugin details and full access to the complete show notes on our website WPPluginsAtoZ.com! You can follow the show on Twitter at @wppluginsatoz, and join our Facebook at WordPressPluginsA2Z for the latest in WordPress Plugin related news - some we come across in-between shows, and some we talk about on our weekly show.
The WordPress Plugins A-Z Podcast can be found on iTunes, SoundCloud, Stitcher Radio and also on WordPress Radio. If you like what you hear on the show, we encourage you to share your enthusiasm with others that you know in the WordPress community and in social networks. Share on Twitter: [bctt tweet="WP Plugins A to Z The Only #WordPress #Plugins #Podcast " username="wppluginsatoz"] [dropshadowbox align="center" effect="lifted-both" width="88%" height="" background_color="#ffffff" border_width="3" border_color="#3a5d3b" ]Self Promotion
While we do enjoy bringing you the show week after week, we also make our living with WordPress and related promotional services. With that, we ask for a moment of your time for some self promotion. If you find these promotions of value, please share them with friends and colleagues.Promotions from John Overall:
Has your WordPress site broken? Do you have a question or two about its functionality? Have you recieved the white screen of death? This may be time for some Emergency WordPress Support. Contact me at WPPro.ca/help or give me a quick call at 818-850-7729.
Promotions from Marcus Couch:
X² Marketing is your full-service digital marketing and brand development agency. Whether you are a solo entrepreneur, small business or enterprise level company; power up your marketing with X2. From WordPress to ClickFunnels, Landing Pages to Social Campaigns, SEO, Paid Ads, Infusionsoft management and more. Visit X2marketing.com and get in touch with Marcus about your digital marketing needs.
My new and improved Membership Coach program is your go-to resource for all the Training, Advice, and Support needed to Develop and Grow a Profitable Membership Site. Be sure to head over to MembershipCoach.com and get on the waiting list for the first sessions, launching soon. You can also follow @membershipcoach on twitter to get the latest release dates and news. Signups are now active and Pre-Launch Enrollment is open!
[/dropshadowbox]This Shows Sponsor
CaptainForm is a WordPress form plugin launched by 123ContactForm in 2015 and it allows you to build and customize any type of form. The plugin requires no add-ons and functionality is enhanced through multiple 3rd party apps: Google Drive, SalesForce, Dropbox, MailChimp and payment processors such as PayPal, Authorize.net and Stripe and more.
https://www.captainform.com/comparative-matrix/
It’s the only plugin in its niche that provides advanced features directly from the core product. The plugin is suitable for WordPress beginners, but also for web developers and designers. Security and helping customers are very important aspects: all plans include SSL encryption and stellar customer support, even the free option.
Thank Our Donors
We would like to thank our donors to the show, everyone who donates $50 or more will be acknowledged here with a mention and a link back to their page and all those below will be anonymous
This episode we would like to thank:
Thanks to all donors who cam in under $50
*WordPress Plugins Reviewed by John Overall**
Premium Plugin
de:comments
Sent in by Dmytro Nayda from https://deco.agency
https://decomments.com/
What they say:
de:comments is a premium WordPress plugin built on top of the native WordPress commenting system that is meant to provide you and your visitors the ultimate commenting experience. It helps foster interaction between your readers with you in complete control at all times.
Here are some of the highlighted features de:comments provides WordPress users:
Translatable – Using available .po files, you can translate this plugin into any language you wish. It is also worth noting the plugin itself comes in a variety of languages including English, Belarusian, Spanish, German, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, and Ukrainian, with more to come.
Customizable – Using your CSS-file you can easily customize your commenting system to match your website’s look and feel.
Social Login Feature – de:comments collects all of your users so they can access all social media platforms after only one login.
Multisite Compatible – One license is all you need, just apply it to your entire network and let the commenting begin.
Responsive – All comments are retina-ready and look great on any mobile device.
Image Upload – Your readers can upload images (even GIFs) to their comments.
Easy Setup – 2 clicks and you are ready to configure the settings.
The Lowdown:
This is an interesting plugin that works in multisite, has a voting system and badges for comments. You users can upload images and more. You can customize the way it looks and ferels, tweak the notifications and mnore. This looks to be a pretty good commenting system built on the WordPress comments system not a replacement.
Control your comments.
Rating 4 Dragons
WP Smartcrop
Freemium Plugin
Sent in by Greg Schoppe
The Lowdown:
This is am image cropping plugin that can improve the presentation of your images by choosing a better focaal pint for the image to be cropped at. It may require some addition styles with your theme and they are currently doing some additional work that will improve this plugins performanvce but at the moment it loks to be a pretty good tool for improving your image displays.
Rating 3 Dragons
Robots.txt rewrite
The Lowdown
A simple plugin that makes the job of insuring you have a robots.txt file in place, and after reading a couple articles recently it is important you haver a robots.txt file and that it have the correct permission on it. This is pretty simple to use and setup
Rating 4 Dragons.
*WordPress Plugins Reviewed by Marcus Couch**
Page and Post Clone
With one click, this plugin can create a replica or clone of a post or page. Now you don’t need to do the styling of a new page or post from scratch. This plugin creates a clone of a page or post with the same content as the original.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Color and Image Swatches for Variable Product Attributes
This freemium WooCommerce plugin you can generate color and image swatches to display the available product variable attributes like colors, sizes, styles etc. You can replace the drop down fields with color and image swatches.
Rating: 4 out of 5
WordPress Mobile only & Desktop Only Content
A small plugin which lets you add Mobile Only & Desktop only content on website/blog. Use
Rating: 4 out of 5
Plugins Overview:
John’s Plugins: de:comments – 4, WP Smartcrop – 3, Robots.txt rewrite – 4
Marcus’ Plugins: Page and Post Clone – 4, Color and Image Swatches – 4, WordPress Mobile only & Desktop Only Content – 4
Support WP Plugins A to Z
Be sure to check out the latest contest from WP Plugins A to Z with generous donations from Developers and other Businesses.
[bctt tweet="Enter to Win #Plugin licenses and More! WP Plugins A to Z #WordPress #Podcast https://wppluginsatoz.com/contests/ " username="wppluginsatoz"]Are you a Developer? Need to get the Word out about Your Plugin? Submit it now to WP Plugins A to Z Podcast.
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My new and improved Membership Coach program is your go-to resource for all the Training, Advice, and Support needed to Develop and Grow a Profitable Membership Site. Be sure to head over to MembershipCoach.com and get on the waiting list for the first sessions, launching soon. You can also follow @membershipcoach on twitter to get the latest release dates and news. Signups are now active and Pre-Launch Enrollment is open!
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