It’s Episode 298 and we’ve got plugins for Pulling from Facebook Pages, Real Estate, Smart 404s, Advertising, and a cool new way to use widgets horizontally on pages. It’s all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
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**WordPress Plugins Reviewed by John Overall**
Ads1k ads
sent in by Ads1k
3rd party service to display ads from a network on your site
The Lowdown:
This is a 3rd party service that will allow you to add an additional ad revenue stream to your website if that is your model. By becoming a member of their service you can ad this plugin to make the job of integrating the code from them necessary to display the pop-up/under ads that this network provides. It looks to be a ok ad network I can not say what the quality of the ads are so you might want to check them out before using.
Rating 3 Dragons.
Essential Real Estate
sent in by Chinh Tran
Version:4.2.6
Requires:4.5 or higher
Compatible up to:6.2.2
Released:25 February 2017
Downloads:441352
Last Updated:21 September 2023
Download Link:Click here
The LowDown:
if your looking to create a real-estate website and want to simplify things by using just a plugin with a standard theme
this may be a plugin for you. It looks to be a pretty extensive plugin with lots of options for setup of a real-estate website. It even looks to be offering the ability to runs a site that agents can list their properties on and you could charge a fee for that service.
short list of benefits
- Real Estate Options: all settings need for a Real Estate website.
- Additional Custom Post Types, Taxonomies features: Property, Agent, Packages, User Packages, Invoices, Transaction Log
- With each Custom Post Types: Add New, Listing, Edit, Change, Delete and much more.
Rating 4 Dragons
AdBack.co solution to adblock (3rd party service)
Sent in by Antoine
free to $79 a month
The Lowdown:
If your looking for ways to convert visitors to your site who use ad-blockers this may be a service for you to incorporate into your site. With free version you get some default message to encourage visitors to turn off adblocker for your site but the paid version(s) depending on level you choose you can create custom message that are more targeted and help convert those visitors to your site to either turn off the ad blocker or pay for your content. All in all this looks like it could helps sites that depend on advertising. More is coming as I am interviewing Antoine about this service and will report further at that time.
Rating 4 dragons.
**WordPress Plugins Reviewed by Marcus Couch**
Facebook Page
Version:
Requires: or higher
Compatible up to:
Released:01 January 1970
Downloads:
Last Updated:01 January 1970
Download Link:Click here
Facebook Page allows you to display facebook page from any public Page, you can also show Facebook Fan Page into your posts, pages or home. With Facebook Fan Page feed plugin you can add multiple Facebook Fan Pages into single page or post using shortcodes.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Easy Widget Columns
Version:1.2.4
Requires:4.6 or higher
Compatible up to:5.5.12
Released:08 March 2017
Downloads:13497
Last Updated:01 August 2020
Download Link:Click here
Easy Widget Columns makes it really easy to arrange your widgets in rows of columns. It works by adding a new ‘Column width’ select option at the bottom of your widget’s form that allows you to set a width value for each widget.
You can define new rows of widget columns with the ‘Widget Row’ widget, allowing you to create complex layouts directly from within your widget area or sidebar.
Rating: 4 out of 5
404 Solution
Version:2.32.2
Requires:3.9 or higher
Compatible up to:6.2.2
Released:05 March 2017
Downloads:573805
Last Updated:29 May 2023
Download Link:Click here
Automatically redirect 404s when the slug matches (for permalink changes), when a very similar name match is found, or always to a default page.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Plugins Overview:
John’s Plugins: Ads1k ads – 3, Essential Real Estate – 4, AdBack.co solution to adblock – 4
Marcus’ Plugins: Facebook Page – 5, Easy Widget Columns – 4, 404 Solution – 4
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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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