Author Archive
WordPress 2.5rc2 is available
Along with the announcement that Release Candidate 2 for WordPressMatt posted a little
screencast on the
Wordpress.org development blog
It’s a teaser to see the new Media Gallery in action. I can’t wait to see some plugin developers extend the built in functionality.
I have been using the code that i have grabbed off svn. [...]
Getting ready for 2.5
Since this site is focused on writing plugin reviews it seems prudent to take a step back until WordPress 2.5 is released (slated for today) My plan, for awhile at least, will be to test the plugins that I review on both 2.3.3 and 2.5. With that said, I will be back as soon as [...]
Review: Amazon Machine Tags
Plugin:
Amazon Machine Tags (version 1.1.2)
WordPress Extend Page
Test Date: March 8, 2008
WP Version: 2.3.3
Plugin Description: Adds the ability to insert product information from Amazon.com into your posts and sidebar using markup tags.
Installation: Activate from plugins page
Minimum Configuration: An Amazon Web Services API key is required in order to use this plugin. A writable cache directory [...]
Review: Amazon Showcase Wordpress Widget
Plugin:
Amazon Showcase Wordpress Widget (version 1.3)
WordPress Extend Page
Test Date: March 8, 2008
WP Version: 2.3.3
Plugin Description: Widget to display images with links to product pages on Amazon.com
Installation: Activate from plugins page
Minimum Configuration: Add widget to sidebar and add at least one ASIN number
Compatible with plugin updater: Yes
Administration: Setup widget from the Widgets page. Entering an [...]
Review: Amazonify
Plugin:
Amazonify (version 0.8)
WordPress Extend Page
Test Date: March 8, 2008
WP Version: 2.3.3
Plugin Description: Insert amazon product widgets and links into posts using markup tags.
Installation: Activate from plugins page
Minimum Configuration: Enter Amazon Associates tracking ID in order to earn affilate credit. It is possible to use this plugin without a tracking ID entered but the text [...]
Review: All in One Adsense and YPN
Plugin Name: All in One Adsense and YPN
WordPress.org Plugin Page
Plugin Homepage
Test Date: March 7, 2008
WP Version: 2.3.3
Plugin Version: 1.6
Plugin Info: Inserts Adsense and YPN code into posts and pages.
Installation: Activate from plugins page
Minimum Configuration: Enter Adsense ID, And choose at least 1 ad format.
Administration: Many aspects of ad display can be customized from the configuration [...]
WordPress as a review site
My ultimate goal for WPPluginReview.info is to create a directory of in-depth plugin reviews as well as documenting the process of researching, selecting, and configuring plugins for specific instances. With this in mind the following review and rating related plugins, which seem to be worth taking a look at:
Star Rating for Reviews
Allows the writer [...]
Visitors, Subscribers, & Statistics
There is no fun in putting the work into creating and maintaining a blog or website and then have no idea who might (or might not) be viewing your content.
The following series of posts will outline some plugins that are useful for keeping tabs on your readers and visitors.
Google Analytics Plugins
There are a ton of plugins available that allow code snippets to be added to your site from within the admin panel. Many third party sites provide code to be copied/pasted into your webiste to add some functionality. Statistics services are just one example of this and Google Analytics is no exception.
Aside from [...]
Manage posts in a series
As I began researching my first topic for this site it became apparent that I really needed a way to link a series of posts in a usable way. A quick search at the WP.org plugin directory yielded two options.
In-Series
Organize Series WordPress Plugin
The second option appears to be broken since WP 2.3 so [...]