Articles tagged with: Wordpress Plugin


Mar 19, 20126

WordPress Plugin to Detect if JavaScript or Cookie is Disabled and Show Warning

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WordPress Plugin to Detect if JavaScript or Cookie is Disabled and Show Warning
The WP No JavaScript or Cookie Checker plugin provides a way to show warning to your visitors who do not have "JavaScript" or "Cookie" enabled in their browser. It basically lets your website visitors know that your website requires the usage of JavaScript.Most of your website visitors will have JavaScript enabled by default so in most cases you do not need to worry about it. Less than 2% of your visitors may not have JavaScript enabled in their browser. When you have this plugin active it will show a warning message like the following to those 2% visitors so they can enable it (visitors using a modern browser with JavaScript enabled won't see this message).[caption id="attachment_4301" align="alignnone" width="444" caption="No JavaScript Warning Message"][/caption] Plugin InstallationUnzip and Upload the folder 'check-no-js-or-cookie' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPressPlugin Usage There is no special usage instruction needed for this plugin. Simply activate the plugin and it will start to show the warning message to the visitors who do not have JavaScript or Cookie enabled in their browser. Plugin Testing Do the following if you want to test how the warning message will be displayed to users without JavaScript enabled:Temporarily disable JavaScript in your ...
Feb 6, 20125

WordPress Action Hooks and Filter Hooks – An Introduction

Categories: Web development, Wordpress
WordPress Action Hooks and Filter Hooks – An Introduction
If you’re learning about WordPress and are thinking of doing some plugin or theme development, then hooks are something which you should become familiar with.Even if you don’t plan on becoming a fully fledged programmer but simply like to tweak themes to suit your needs, then WordPress hooks are also something which you should be aware of.In this brief article we are going to introduce you to the two types of hooks which are used in WordPress and how you can identify them.We will also briefly look at you how you can leverage hooks to insert customised code in order to achieve some new functionality. So what are WordPress hooks? To put it simply, a “hook” is a certain location in the WordPress code which allows you to attach or run your own code. The word “hook” is an apt description because it literally conveys the act of hooking onto something - in this case hooking your code up to the core code of WordPress.Another way of describing WordPress hooks is that they are sort of like designated areas within the WordPress code which give you the opportunity to execute your own functions.If you decided to write a WordPress plugin or if ...
Apr 5, 201193

WordPress Lightbox Ultimate Plugin – Display Media in a Fancy Lightbox Overlay

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WordPress Lightbox Ultimate Plugin – Display Media in a Fancy Lightbox Overlay
The WordPress Lightbox Ultimate plugin allows you to embed your media files (images, videos, mp3 etc) using lightbox overlay display similar to the one shown belowClick Here to See the Video in a LightboxThis plugin can be used to display images, mp3, mp4, flash, YouTube, Vimeo, Viddler videos in a lightbox popup. It can also be used with videos hosted on your Amazon S3 account.Videos embedded with this plugin will impress your visitors!BackgroundA lot of users of our free WordPress Video Lightbox plugin requested us to develop a more powerful and professionally supported lightbox plugin so here it is. The the WP Lightbox Ultimate plugin has many customization options and can handle many types of videos that the WP Video lightbox plugin couldn't handle.WP Lightbox Ultimate Plugin DemoPlease click on the following links and it will take you to a page where all the different types of media files have been embedded using the WP Lightbox ultimate plugin.WP Lightbox Ultimate General Demo Lightbox Shortcode Anchor Style Demo Demo of a Shortcode Anchor Grouping Creating a Gallery with a Set of ImagesYou can also watch the following video that demonstrate the WP ligthbox Ultimate plugin:Video Showing the Lightbox Ultimate Plugin in actionPlugin FeaturesEasily embed ...
Sep 4, 201015

10 Plugins to Improve the Usability of WordPress Blogs

Categories: Blog Setup, Wordpress Plugin
10 Plugins to Improve the Usability of WordPress Blogs
WordPress is a quality platform that many of us use. It is very popular and has much to offer. In fact, there are almost too many options in terms of plugins and widgets to add to our blogs. These may make our sites look great and add value to what we are offering, but they can bloat the blogs making them slow to load and at times producing a cluttered look and other problems.The good news is that there are plugins that address this problem and improve the performance and user friendliness of our blogs. Since usability is an essential for maximum profitability these are well worth considering. Here are 10 plugins that will surely improve the usability of your WordPress blog.1. Lightbox 2: Images can make or break a blog as you well know from your experience with your own blog and from your perusal of other blogosphere stops. This nifty plugin uses Colorbox to overlay images in a lightbox. One advantage is that your users can view larger images without being taken to another page, streamlining their experience which they will most definitely appreciate. With this plugin you also have the option of auto-lightboxing all the images.2. WP-Print: ...
Aug 20, 201084

WordPress Video Lightbox Plugin – Display Videos and Images in a Fancy Lightbox Overlay

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WordPress Video Lightbox Plugin – Display Videos and Images in a Fancy Lightbox Overlay
The WordPress Video Lightbox plugin allows you to embed videos on a page using lightbox overlay display similar to the one shown below. This plugin can be used to display images, flash, YouTube, Vimeo, iFrame etc in a lightbox overlay. The embedded videos can be viewed on iPhone and iPad too. The plugin uses the PrettyPhoto JQuery Library.Click on the image below to see how the video pops over in a lightbox overlay.[video_lightbox_youtube video_id="G7z74BvLWUg" width="640" height="355" anchor="http://www.tipsandtricks-hq.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/wp-video-lightbox-demo.png"]Little Background Previously I was using another plugin to display my Vimeo videos in a lightbox overlay but recently Vimeo changed their video embed code to use HTML5 in an effort to make the videos playable in iPhone and iPad. Unfortunately, the other plugin wasn't working with this change and I was getting the following error on all my embedded Vimeo videos:Sorry, this video does not existTo get around the problem I created this plugin and tweaked the prettyPhoto JQuery library so it works with the new Vimeo video embed code. When you use this plugin to embed videos it will play your YouTube or Vimeo videos on iPhone and iPad too! Download WP Video LightboxDownload the WP Video Lightbox Plugin from here. InstallationUnzip and Upload the ...
Jul 17, 201062

Affiliate Link Manager/Cloaker Plugin – Revolutionize Your Affiliate Marketing

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
Affiliate Link Manager/Cloaker Plugin – Revolutionize Your Affiliate Marketing
The Affiliate Link Manager plugin allows you to automatically convert specific keywords from your blog posts and pages into your affiliate links. It also cloaks the affiliate link and gives it a prettier and shorter alias.This affiliate link cloaker plugin can also convert keywords from your sidebar widget text and comments into your affiliate links.The affiliate link cloaker plugin will revolutionize how you approach your affiliate marketing business by allowing you to automate the repetitive tasks (learn more on why use a link manager).Affiliate Link Manager/Cloaker FeaturesSome key features of the WordPress Affiliate Link Manager/Cloaker Plugin include: Automatically Convert Keywords into Affiliate Links Assign one or more keywords to a an affiliate link, and the plugin will automatically scan your blog post and pages for those keywords and convert them into your affiliate links. You can easily reverse the operation with one click (very useful when you stop being an affiliate). Cloak Your Affiliate Links It will make your external and affiliate links appear to be on your site. The links will look short and pretty too. Set Keyword Conversion Limit You can set the maximum number of automatically inserted links per post or page so the blog posts do not look spammy. Apply Common Customizations Customize ...
Jun 12, 2010101

WP PDF Stamper Plugin – Stamp Your eBooks with Customer Details to Discourage File Sharing

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WP PDF Stamper Plugin – Stamp Your eBooks with Customer Details to Discourage File Sharing
1. Are you selling eBook(s) from your WordPress site?2. Are you concerned that one of your customers might upload your eBook on a file sharing site and you will lose sales?3. Would you like to automatically stamp the footer of your PDF eBooks with the customer's personal details (e.g. name, email, address) upon purchase to discourage sharing?If you have answered "yes" to all of the above then the WP PDF Stamper plugin will be the perfect solution for your site.Plugin SummaryThe WP PDF Stamper plugin allows you to dynamically stamp a PDF file with the customer’s details (e.g. name, email, address etc.) upon purchase. The stamper then sends the stamped copy of the PDF file to the customer via email. If you are wondering why it is important to stamp the PDF eBook before giving it to your customer then this page is for you.Additionally, you can password protect the stamped PDF files with the customer's email address and encrypt the PDF files to prevent users from being able to copy, modify or print the content of the file.Plugin FeaturesBelow are just some of the notable features of the WP PDF Stamper Plugin: Easy Installation Easy installation like any of our other ...
May 19, 201031

Plugins to Speed Up Your WordPress Site

Categories: Site Optimization Tips, Wordpress, Wordpress Plugin
Plugins to Speed Up Your WordPress Site
Speeding up your WordPress blog goes a long way to improve its popularity. As the website loads faster, your visitor enjoys browsing, driving high traffic and generating revenue. While there are many proven ways to boost a site's performance (a lot of these are explained in the WordPress Optimization Tips and Tricks post), in this article we will take a look at some WordPress plugins that allows you to perform critical front-end and back-end optimizations, within the comfort of your WordPress dashboard.In the first section of this article I have listed the well known WordPress caching plugins and my recommendation. The next section has a list of few nice utility type plugins which you might find useful (depending on your situation). Please note that you don't need to install all of the plugins listed here on your site (Just pick whatever fits your needs).Top WordPress Caching Plugins W3 Total Cache A lot of people still use the WP Super Cache plugin. WP Super Cache is a nice plugin but have you tried the W3 Total Cache plugin yet? If you are using a WordPress caching plugin and you have never tried the W3 Total Cache then you seriously need to give this ...
Mar 24, 201070

WP CSV to Database Plugin – Import Excel file content into WordPress database (MySQL)

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WP CSV to Database Plugin – Import Excel file content into WordPress database (MySQL)
WP CSV to Database plugin allows you to insert CSV file content into WordPress database. Useful when you want to bulk upload data from your CSV file (e.g. product details) to the WordPress database (MySQL) in one go.If you didn't know what a  CSV file is then you can learn more from Wikipedia. You can use Microsoft Excel to enter all your data and then save the file as a CSV file.Many of my WordPress Shopping Cart users have requested me to add an option so that they can bulk upload their product details into the database from a CSV file (really useful when you have hundreds of products). Hopefully this plugin will satisfy that need and in addition you will be able to use it to bulk upload any data into your WordPress database to save you time and effort. Installation of the PluginUnzip and Upload the folder 'wp-csv-to-db' to the '/wp-content/plugins/' directory Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPressUsage of the Plugin Access the plugin's User Interface in the WordPress dashboard under the "Settings" menu after installation and do the following:Specify the general options. Specify the input file (Upload the CSV file or specify the location of a pre-uploaded CSV ...
Mar 23, 201011

WordPress Affiliate Mailer Plugin

Categories: Wordpress Plugin
WordPress Affiliate Mailer Plugin
This is a quick post to let the users of the WordPress Affiliate Software know that the developer over at www.rapidsuccesspartners.com have developed a useful little plugin that extends the functionality of the WP Affiliate Platform plugin.Basically, if you want to send emails to all your affiliates then the only option the affiliate platform offers at the moment is to get an email list (comma separated) of all your affiliates from the "Affiliate Emails" tab and use your email management software to do the actual sending of the email. So, if you want to send emails to your affiliates from the WordPress dashboard then you can download this WP Affiliate Mailer plugin and use it.I hope this will be of some use to some of the users who have requested me to include a similar feature in the product.
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