I wanted to come up with a cool way to showcase how powerful custom post types were for the Boston WordPress meetup.
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As search results give more weight to social factors it’s more important than ever to make your content easy to share on the internet. A recent study by ShareThis in cooperation with Starcom MediaVest Group and Rubinson Partners shows 31% of website referrals are from the “sharing” of your content. The study also shows that people […]
Almost 10 months after I was able to get Socialize 1.0 out we can now move on to Socialize 2.0. This release is a major rewrite of the plugin code to reduce the number of calls to the database and increase the plugin’s flexibility. Video of Socialize 2.0 Settings More Placement Control I cleaned up the stylesheet […]
Your website should be a key asset to your business, not a burden. WordPress remains the go-to platform for businesses of all sizes due to its flexibility and robust ecosystem of plugins that help manage, optimize, and secure your site. Here are 12 essential plugins you should consider for 2024, designed to make your site […]
WordPress powers over 40% of the web, and a big part of that success is the platform’s extensive ecosystem of plugins. With thousands available, knowing which plugins are both effective and supported by a large user base can be overwhelming. Here’s a curated list of 13 must-have plugins that offer critical functionality and integrate seamlessly […]
There are thousands of great plugins to help modify your WordPress installation in almost any way imaginable. I wanted to focus a bit more on those plugins that took advantage of the WordPress dashboard to bring information and functionality to a page that sometimes doesn’t get the attention it deserves.
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What Is The Socialize Plugin?
Looks like we’ve hit a bit of a time warp! The original content for this post has been lost to the digital abyss because the service I used to host the video is no longer live (and, well, I may have totally forgotten I had videos there). It’s like losing a sock in the dryer, […]
It has been a long time since I last updated the socialize plugin. I made small updates here and there to fix some of the more common problems people were having but I never got around to making all the enhancements that had been requested. Well here it is, I’ve addressed every issue presented to me in […]
WordPress is what you make of it. For some it is a simple blogging platform no different than Tumblr or Blogger. For others it is an all inclusive content management system for their corporate website. Developers continue to recommend WordPress as a CMS because of all the extended functionality contributed by the community as well as it’s raw simplicity.
There are over 6000 plugins in the WordPress Plugin directory. Some are broken and others are just not worth your time. However, you should at least know about these 13 as they are either the most sought after or provide much needed functionality to WordPress.