Category Archives: plugins

WP Auctions 3.7

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Owen

photo credit: walknboston There’s a new version of WP Auctions in town, the plugin that turns your WordPress blog into an fully fledged auction site.The new version has some new features, like the ability to customise the automated emails sent … Continue reading →

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Cutting down the extra bits

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Owen

Here’s an interesting plugin. It’s called WPlite and lets you hide extra bits from your Administration menu. If you’re preparing a site for someone else to use, then having all the menu options that WordPress provides can be a bit … Continue reading →

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NextGen Gallery Plugin

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Owen

What plugin do you use to display your photos? One of my favourites is one called NextGEN Gallery Plugin which lets you upload and store photos and even display them on a slide show on your blog. The plugin allows … Continue reading →

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100 Million Plugin Downloads

Posted on July 9, 2010 by Owen

Have you ever downloaded a WordPress plugin? Well, that’s a bit of a silly question isn’t it; if you’ve ever used WordPress you’ve bound to have downloaded a plugin or two; especially one of the more essential ones like Akismet. … Continue reading →

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Speed up your site with WP Super Cache

Posted on June 18, 2010 by Owen

Here’s a plugin you really need to know about if you have a popular site. It’s called WP Super Cache and is the best way to handle a surge of traffic that could bring your servers to their knees. The … Continue reading →

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New version of WP Auction Lite

Posted on June 5, 2010 by Owen

I’ve just dropped another version of WP Auctions Lite, to correct a small bug that was displaying a warning message whenever a page is loaded. It’s quite fortunate that WordPress supports the ability to tell you automatically if there’s a … Continue reading →

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Using reCAPTCHA to stop spam on your WordPress blog

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Owen

Image via CrunchBase Akismet does a brilliant job of keeping your blog free from spam, but sometimes, just sometimes you need that little bit more. This is where a service called reCAPTCHA can come in handy. It’s a pretty cool … Continue reading →

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Article Workflow Plugin

Posted on May 16, 2010 by Owen

Every wanted to turn your WordPress site into a collaborative article publishing platform? Well, that’s what the Article Directory Plugin does. Here’s the blurb from the plugin: Article Directory Plugin for WordPress allows contributors to add articles to your WordPress … Continue reading →

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New version of WP Auctions Lite

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Owen

There’s a new version of WP Auctions Lite, the free plugin for WordPress that lets you sell things right on your blog. It’s a bit like auctioning things on eBay, except you don’t have to pay any fees for listing, … Continue reading →

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Delving into Affiliate Treasure

Posted on May 4, 2010 by Owen

WordPress Affiliate Pro is an interested tool that can turn your WordPress blog into a money-making engine. It lets you set up keywords and affiliate links, then automatically scans your blog and turns your posts and pages into potential gold … Continue reading →

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