10 new WordPress plugins you might want to test
The wonderful community of WordPress developers constantly provides us with interesting new themes and plugins. I have scanned the most recent WordPress plugin releases and came up with a list of 10 plugins definitely worth taking a look at.
Keep in might that these are new releases and so, their stability and status should be considered as BETA. You might want to test them on a backup server before going live. The descriptions listed here are those submitted by the plugins’ authors and do not necessarily express my views.
1. WP Content Slideshow
WP Content Slideshow shows up to 5 Posts in a very nice and powerfull Javascript Slideshow. On the left side of the Slideshow it displays an image for every post. On the right side, there are all the titles (and a small description under the title) of the posts. The Slideshow highlights the active post and repeats automatically after getting to the 5th post. You have a powerfull Administration Area to adjust the category, the number of posts, the width and height, and many colours for the Slideshow!
Download: WP Content Slideshow
Compatibility: 2.6+
2. Sidebar Generator
Now you can create as many sidebars as you need for any page you want. Thats right, page/post specific sidebars. You can easily seperate your site into sections, or make every single page have specific sidebar content on it. Great for CMS sites.
Download: Sidebar Generator
Compatibility: 2.8.0+
3. WordPress Tabs Slides
Tabs and Slides (in post/page) Plugin gives you the ability to easily add content tabs and/or content slides. The tabs emulate a multi-page structure, while the slides emulate an accordion-like structure, inside a single page!
Download: WordPress Tabs Slides
Compatibility: 2.5+
4. Custom Login Page
With the Custom Login Page, you can change the background image of your login page, the background image/color of your login form div, the main logo image of your login page, and add custom CSS. All through a simple interface. Remember to view the Help tab at the top of the settings page of the plugin.
Download: Custom Login Page
Compatibility: 2.0.2+
5. Featured Page Widget
Allows you to feature pages on your sidebar using an excerpt of the page and a text or image link to the page.
Download: Featured Page Widget
Compatibility: 2.8 – 2.8.4 (maybe 2.8.5)
6. Ecwid Shopping Cart
Ecwid is free full-fledged shopping cart that can be easily add to any blog. It offers the performance and flexibility you need, with none of the hassles you don’t.
Download: Ecwid Shopping Cart
Compatibility: 2.7+
7. SubHeading
This plugin uses a custom field to allow subheadings to be added to both posts and pages. The custom sub heading field is re-positioned so that it is displayed directly below the main title.
Download: SubHeading
Compatibility: 2.8.2+
8. ShowTime Slideshow
Displays all pictures attached to a post/page as a slideshow. Simple setup. This plugin requires Adobe Flash, reverts nicely to default WordPress gallery if Flash is not found. Choose among high quality transitions. Ken Burns (pan&zoom) and many other effects. Full Screen mode.
Download: ShowTime Slideshow
Compatibility: 2.7+
9. Quick Adsense
Quick Adsense is an Ads management Wordpress plugin. It offers a quicker & flexible way to insert Adsense or any Ads code into a blog post. Besides, it can randomly place the Ads anywhere within a post. It comes with a simple setting page, and it does not overwhelm you with complicated customizable options.
Download: Quick Adsense
Compatibility: 2.5 – 2.8.4 (maybe 2.8.5)
10. Members
Members is a plugin that extends your control over your blog. It’s a user, role, and content management plugin that was created to make WordPress a more powerful CMS. The plugin is created with a components-based system — you only have to use the features you want.
Download: Members
Compatibility: 2.8+
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Great list, I might try the first one. Also, have a look at your number 8 and number 9 because it’s the same plugin repeated! Thanks!
Thanks palmamod. Problem has been fixed.
Some really new plugins you’ve got here! Never heard of most of them. Great research, Alex.
@Farrhad
You should also check out WP Tag Ads (http://www.wptagads.com/)
WP Tag Ads is an advertising solution tailored for WordPress bloggers, ads are displayed based on the “post tags” you assign to a post on your blog.
Wow, very useful post.
Wow! I am very much interest with the first two plugins for my blog.
By the way, will the theme of my blog not altered or go crazy when I install the first two plugins? Will the theme make an automatic adjustment?
The increasing ability to customize individual pages, posts and sidebars is advancing more and more rapidly.
These are great advances, but they also make it more complicated. Managing plugin and theme compatibility is not becoming simpler for the new user.
Elmot, as I said, you should first test these plugins on a demo/test server, not go live with them right from the start. I cannot tell you if they are going to work or not on any given theme.
Blog Wrangler, I do believe that from a point on, these plugins that add certain CMS-like functionality are no longer intended for the “new user”. WordPress in its most basic form is for the new user, enough to open his mind to new ways of managing content. Later on they can start exploring new possibilities too.
The unlimited sidebar thing is what intrigues me the most. Lemme try it and then maybe share with you my experience with it.
There’s a lot of useful information here. Good job. However, do you have any tips on how to change font style and size in Swift Themes for WordPress?
Thanks,
Peter
Decent collection. I also use some more like similar posts…it has amazing matching capability and if you have used your tags carefully, you can have a much greater user engagement. Wp-cumulus – fotating animated tag cloud is another one. I don’t use it anymore coz of space requirements but it is pretty cool. Tweetmeme or topsy retweet buttons, and social bookmarking plugins are also a must haves. I recently added post rating system plugin. It is also simplified and pretty good. Thanks for the info By the way.
Wow ! These plugins are really important for every bloggers.
Love this list and have my eye on about two of these. It will really enhance the functionality of my blog. Thanks!
I am in the process of building my portfolio from scratch into wordpress. First time doing so. These plugins will help! I was just asking myself 10 minutes ago how to add ads randomly in posts. Love it!
I have heard of the shopping cart listed above + . ShowTime Slideshow – thanks!
Thanks for this list of plugins, I haven’t seen quite a bit of them before. More than anything else, some of them are more about cutting more complicated tasks out than adding functionality (Quick AdSense, Custom Login Page, etc.).
Thanks, it is really good plugins
Thanks for sharing your knowledge about wordpress plug in. This will certainly optimize my blog for several reasons. However, I’m wondering if you could find “limitpost” plug in for post round up.
Thanks for sharing your tips regarding wordpress plug in.I learned one more new tips i.e. WP content slideshow, I had never heard about this process and rest of technique I have already use. Now I am going to use WP Content Slideshow.
Great list of plugins! I will try a few of them
The Members plugin have always intrigued me. I’ve always wanted to build a membership program
Thank you so much for those great plugins
I have found the “Theme My Login” plugin extremely helpful, allowing you to customize the look of the login. A new feature also allows you to have admin moderation of site registrations.
http://www.jfarthing.com/wordp.....gin-plugin
Highly recommended.
Hi guys
Thanks for sharing plugins. Some are new for me since I didn’t encounter some of them. I want to try the first one.
Kind Regards
Sam
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Have you seen “Find Me On” from Jeremy Anticouni (CBS Tech News radio host) yet? Very cool plug in for links to your social networking sites. Check out http://jeremy.am/wordpress-plugins/find-me-on/
Thanks for this list, great stuff!!
Thank you for sharing these! I’m rather new to the blogging world so everything helps!
I’ve also found “Find Me On” and “SexyBookmarks” very helpful plugins. Find Me On allows you to link your blog readers to YOUR other online profiles (Twitter, facebook, LinkedIn, you name it!). SexyBookmarks provides an easy (and “sexy”) way for your readers to SHARE your content on other online services.
Nice list, I am going to try the feature page plugin, the others are not suitable for my blog now.
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Excited to try these out! Thanks!
Being the plugin testing junky i am I have to first say great post.. and secondly I have to try a couple of these out, especially the shopping cart one.
nice overview. Thankx!
good share (: thanx (:
Wow, Really great job.I liked following plugins for my WP blogs.
Side bar generator
Ecwid Shopping Cart
Quick adsense
Members
I thank you a lot for collecting all the information and placing in blogsessive post.
Thanks for Custom Login Page plugin! It’s just what I’ve been looking for. I was always wondering how some sites make their custom login page in Wordpress.
You ABSOLUTELTY forgot PODS: http://pods.uproot.us
This is real CMS for WP.. Drupal has to step back now