It’s Episode 261 and we’ve got plugins for Live search, Cookie Law Compliance, Content Expiration & Redirect, Database Resets and Exit Popups It’s all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
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This episode we would like to thank:
Jezweb Pty Ltd who donated $50
Hi John, Marcus, keep up the great work with the podcast. Thank you from Jez at www.jezweb.com.au in Australia
Hi John, Marcus, keep up the great work with the podcast. Thank you from Jez at www.jezweb.com.au in Australia
Thanks to all donors who came in under $50
WordPress News and other interesting WordPress related posts:
The Plugin repository is getting a new look and you can have a sneak Peek at the beta of it now https://wordpress.org/plugins-wp/
A great article of the top 25 plugins from WPMU’s point of view https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/top-25-wordpress-plugins/ mine are pretty different from that and soon you will see them listed here.
Theme developer cheat sheet https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/developer-super-cheat-sheet/
*WordPress Plugins Reviewed by John Overall**
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Lord Pappi
ajax live search
- Version: 2.1.0
- Author: Picocodes
- Last Updated: 4 days ago
- Requires WordPress Version: 4.1 or higher
- Compatible up to: 4.5.3
- WordPress.org Plugin Page »
- Plugin Homepage »
The Lowdown:
This is a pretty nice ajax search plugin as a free version it works pretty well and is decently fast after the initial load of data. It looks like the premium version offers a better relevance algorithm and some AI as well as the ability to set sponsored results.
Rating 4 Dragons
EU Cookie Law Compliance
- Version: 1.0.1
- Author: mesmeriseme
- Last Updated: 22 hours ago
- Requires WordPress Version: 3.8 or higher
- Compatible up to: 4.5.3
- WordPress.org Plugin Page »
- Plugin Homepage »
The Lowdown:
A fast simple way to come into complaince with the EU cookie law that says you must notify your visitors about the use of cookies on the site and give them the ability to refuse them. Of course if they do then the site won’t work since WordPress depends on cookies.
Rating 5 Dragons
Content Expiration & Redirect
- Version: 1.0
- Author: Review Squirrel
- Last Updated: 1 month ago
- Requires WordPress Version: 3.8 or higher
- Compatible up to: 4.5.3
- Active Installs: 30+
- WordPress.org Plugin Page »
The Lowdown:
This is a great plugin if you have content that is expired on your site and you would like to redirect the traffic it creates to something more useful. Simply set an expiration for the post/page the a redirect and your done. It is also great if you are adding content that is going to expire after a while.
Rating 4 dragons.
*WordPress Plugins Reviewed by Marcus Couch**
Woo File Dropzone
Enables customer to send files directly when they purchase items, during product detail page, cart page or checkout page on your WooCommerce Store. This plugin is a good tool which specially puts a great part in stores, which sell customized item to their customers, i.e Printing Shops & Clothing stores, just for example but many categories are there that can use this plugin.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Reset Database
It adds a settings page to “Dashboard”->”Tools”->”Reset Database” where you can simply reset the database of your WordPress. Very useful tool for programmers to reset the database. Secure – requires admin password to complete. I use this for my staging sites and it’s really great.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Exit Popup
An Exit Popup enables you to display a jquery modal window, which can include text, images, videos, forms, maps and so on, before a visitor leaves your website.
Exit Popup intelligently detects the mouse behaviors and then pops up a modal window when your visitors are about to close the current webpage, helping you increase your landing page conversion rates, newsletter subscribers and so on. From experience, you can expect a 7% to 12% conversion rate increase – depending on your audience, traffic quality and offer. Display almost anything you could display on a normal webpage using HTML. Control the Height and Width of your Popup window. Control how often your visitors see the popup
Rating: 5 out of 5
John’s discussion this week about a project.
Plugins Overview:
John’s Plugins: Ajax live search – 4, EU Cookie Law Compliance – 5, Content Expiration & Redirect – 4
Marcus’ Plugins: Woo File Dropzone – 4, Reset Database – 5, Exit Popup – 5
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