Well, here is another WordPress roundup of the newest plugins available to you for download, try them out and see which ones you like and don’t like.
WordPress Reusables
Was created to help developers manage their content more efficiently. By allowing content to be stored and edited in a single location on WordPress it is possible to update a single piece of content that will update retroactively anywhere that the reusable is being used.
This plugin creates a more front-end approach to templatizing content and even makes it possible to create or modify an entire theme without touching the PHP code.
WPSuperCountdown
You can hide some content (like whole articles, links, graphics, or videos) for a definable period of time. When the countdown reaches 00:00:00 the hidden content will show up and replace the former counter. Also a cookie will be set so the user don’t see the specific counter again but the whole article without latency.
WordPress Plugin - WPSuperCountdown
WP Featured Content Slider
provides a powerful and nice javascript slide show/Slider for WordPress. It can be integrated anywhere on your Blog/Website. This Featured Content Slider shows your chosen Blog Posts from a specific Category.
It also Displays your images next to the excerpt of your Blog Post. This is the perfect solution for everybody who wants a nice flowing slide show under their navigation bar, for example:
- Posts with excerpts
- Title with Link to Posts
- Nice Image next to the Text
- Administration Setting for Category and Post Items
- Javascript Effect when sliding to another Post
- Arrows for navigating through the Posts
WordPress Plugin - WP Featured Content Slider
Announcement ticker highlighter scroller
This plug-in will display the announcement with highlighter scroller. It gradually reveals each message into view from bottom to top. We can add more announcement, this will display 1 by 1 with highlighter scroller.
WordPress Plugin - Announcement ticker highlighter scroller
Features:
- Simple
- Easy style override system
- We can add/edit/delete announcement any time
- Enable/disable option available so no need to delete announcement
LJ Subpages Widget
Allows you to display a menu listing subpages from a chosen page. This plugin was developed as I needed a widget to display a list of subpages in my sidebar. All the other plugins that I found would only display subpages from the current page being displayed.
Features:
- Will display the subpages of a chosen Parent page.
- Customizable Title with the choice of using the Parent Page Title or writing your own
- Compatible with subpages of subpages. You have the option of displaying Subpages of the Subpages being displayed (This depends on your theme, your theme must support submenus in the sidebar for this option to function as expected)
WordPress Plugin - LJ Subpages Widget
Dashboard Custom Menu
This simple plugin allows admins to add custom menu items to the dashboard sidebar. The plugin works by creating a new menu and placing it on the left side of your dashboard. You can add new menu links, adjust the security level for each and have the custom menu items link to any URL.
WordPress Plugin - Dashboard Custom Menu
Easy FAQ
This plugin allows you to easily create a FAQ page for your WordPress blog. Visitors can submit their questions on the front-end and browse through the archive. The questions are presented with a nice sliding accordion effect.
On the admin interface you can answer (and approve), delete or modify questions. Also the plugin offers the option to get notified each time someone submits a new entry.
Final Thought
So, what did you think about this weeks plugins? Did you try any of them? Did you like them or are you trying to keep your plugins to a minimal? I would love to get your feedback on the questions I have asked.
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Been away for awhile. What have we got here Doug? A set of new hot plugins! These are all cool plugins, though I particularly like 3 of them most: the slider, the countdown and the ticker. I would have loved the content slider to be more flexible by giving us freedom to just select articles from various categories for inclusion (so we can title it “Featured Articles”) instead of limiting it to 1 category (thus, “Featured Category”).
I have to have these plugins
But this probably requires another major re-arrangement to my blog which has just recently undergone a facelift.
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@N.Moralde – you could use Featured Content Gallery plugin, you can choose from 1 to 5 different categories.
I personally love content sliders but the problem with them is that the content sliders use javascript and take considerable time to load plus they don’t display sometimes when the browsers doesn’t support javascript
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@gautam – you are correct in what you are saying. I had the plugin installed and then removed it. It was cool having it, but I wanted to use something else.
Ive been thinking of installing content slider but a few sites that do have them seem to load slower, and I just figured out why. Good point Gautam. I wont be installing one afteral.
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@Jason – there you go, help right here
I also had one plugin using javascript for featured content, but uninstalled it.
Yup, that is why I like reading comments. Even if I do not have anything to say about the post I may find something interesting in comments.
I will make sure to go through all of my plugins to make sure they are not javascript, at least not to have too many.
.-= Jason´s last blog ..What is going on with WordPress? =-.
@Jason – have a look at your source code and look for ‘.js’. You should be able to pick up quickly if you have javascript.
I am using a flash based slider (featurific). However, you are right Content sliders definitely makes a website heavier.
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@Pallab – we are correct and we need to remember what we do always has an impact on our site and others.
I liked WPSuperCountdown as it will help during festivals like New Year eve and Christmas.
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@Typhoon – let me know what happens, I presume you can have mutliple ones for different items.
Love WP Featured Content Slider and Announcement Ticker Highlighter. Will take a look for more details. BTW thanks for sharing about this great plugins
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@steppinout – no problem, I try to have a weekly post about new plugins and provide a bit more info
Surely I will always come back to your blog
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@steppinout – thanks a lot
Appreciate it. I will try and share more tips.
I really like the content slider plugin as well as the custom dash plugin, you always post the good ones George.
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@Extreme John – I try my best, but I’m sure a few bad ones slip through.
This has nothing to do with your post George, but I just wanted to say that I dig the new look of your theme.
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@Asswass – thanks man, working harder and harder to find out what I can do to enhance it more for you all
Pretty useful new plugins this week. I also like the slider plugin. BTW, your theme tweaks look awesome.
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@Tycoon – thanks man, trying my best. Learning more about Thesis/PHP and CSS as I go along. I’m so happy as I’ve been teaching myself by trial and error.
I liked content slider, but I wonder if we can use it with thesis…?
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@Compute Live – I have not tried it so I can’t say. Sorry man.
No Worries George..I am not so well versed with php and css so I am not able to try it out. If you ever do it, then please do let me know
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I think that featured content sidebars could be great for any of us running any type of business with an online presence. We can use it to highlight sales etc, without changing the general content of our sites.
@Mark – glad to know, try it out and let me know what you think.
I am going to use the Timer on My website! I am planning to write start a contest from every start of the month!
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@Tech-Freak Stuff – thanks man, let me know how it works out for you.
Announcement Timer looks cool! Will make use of that some time in future!
George, your blog looks completely fabalous! Keep up the good work
Cheers
Sandeep
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@CLP – thanks man, working hard on my layout and content.
Thanks for this list. I never used any of those plugins, but these can come in handy. I don’t want to sound like a spammer, but I’ve really bookmarked this list.
.-= Gem´s last blog ..Growing Pains =-.
@Gem – no problem, I try my best to have weekly WordPress plugins that could interest users.
Tried WP Reusables and it shows A LOT of promise – I recommend downloading it and give it a try. Just be aware of 2 things:
1) The author recommends downloading for his site instead of the WP site
2) It doesn’t install correctly: when installing it gets placed inside a subdirectory under the wp-reusables directory which wont work. It should just be wp-content/plugins/reusables – so I had to go to my Cpanel and move the folder to the correct location.
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I like to use WPsupercountdowner, But the Author is designed for only to insert in Post. If he or she provided option to add this counter directly in templates, then it can be more useful, Act in my site i have some downloading files i want to display these files after some seconds of time, and these file directly calls from template not included in Posts, I am ready to pay some bucks if some modify and give it to me…
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@slekha – have you advertised it? Maybe there are developers who are willing to code it for you.
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