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New version of WP Auction Lite

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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 new drop of a plugin you’re using. It’s easy for me to push out a new version regardless of whether it’s a feature change or a bug fix.

It’s a great little plugin that lets you sell anything you like, from coconuts all the way to Lipovox. Give it a try if you want to turn your blog into a fully fledged auction machine. If you like it, you may even want to consider purchasing WP Auctions Pro, the premium version with a bunch more features.

Article Workflow Plugin

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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 blog. You have the control to allow or reject the article and publish it on your web site. Add customizable content to your WordPress blog in the shortest period of time. From user-friendly customization options to easy content creation process, Your Articles Directory prides itself in content authoring for your users… regardless of technical limitations. Our unique Article Directory System allows you to backfill your WordPress Blog with targeted content.

I think I might try this out on ManxVoice, once I’ve finished what I have planned for it. I actually know someone working on a site cataloguing weight loss stories, I’m pretty sure he’ll find that useful too.

New version of WP Auctions Lite

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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, for winning or for anything at all. Here are some of the features of the plugin:

  • Host as many auctions as you like.
  • Upload an image for your auction.
  • Use PayPal to accept payments.
  • Easily Edit, End or Delete your auctions.
  • Use HTML to describe your auctions, you can even include video!
  • Set a specific end date and time, down to the second.
  • Sleek AJAX popup to show your auctions.
  • Easy to use backend admin area to manage your auctions.

You can use the plugin to sell anything you want on your blog, from shoes to cars, from diamonds to that secret list you made of foods that burn fat. And the best thing is that it won’t cost you a cent. Check it out today!

Delving into Affiliate Treasure

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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 mines by replacing replacing those keywords with your affiliate links. It’s all done automatically and transparently meaning that you don’t have to do any work yourself. There’s no code to write and no manual changing of links, just let the plugin do the work for you.

So, let’s say for example that you have a blog with a few hundred pages talking about the hazards of modern day life. With one click you can turn all the sentences with the words free life insurance quote into a link that goes to a site you want. Or, let’s say you have a dance blog that talks about all aspect of dancing. You can set up the plugin so that every time you use the term: pointe shoes, it takes you to an affiliate shop where you can earn a commission on what’s being sold.

Sounds promising? Try WordPress Affiliate Pro today!

Send eCards from WordPress

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Did you know that you can use WordPress to set up an Ecards site? Well, you can, using a plugin called WP Ecards, a plugin designed to turn one of your blog pages into a fully fledged eCards engine. You get to create eCards from any of the pictures in your WordPress Media Gallery, and the plugin will let users send messages and invitations to anyone they want.

It’s an interesting application and one that can help increase the stickiness of your website. So, if you have a number of graphical assets you want to turn into eCards, check this plugin out. It could make a huge difference to your website.

WP Auctions 3.5

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We’ve just dropped a new release of WP Auctions, the auction plugin for WordPress. This new version has some great features; and the best one is the fact that we’ve turned away from using a custom image uploader to using the built-in WordPress one. This means that you can automatically use any image in the Media Library, and any plugins that tie into it.

It’s a great little plugin and worth a try. Regardless of whether you’re selling a car, or your services to help someone find the best life insurance, running an auction could be a fun way to generate interest in your service or product. It’s not expensive, so give it a whirl.

Turn your bog into a shopping cart

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There’s a plugin that lets you turn WordPress into a fully fledged shopping card. It’s called WP e-Commerce and lets you define a number of products you have for sale. It adds a shopping card process to your blog as well as payment facilities through a number of different providers. It can be used for a variety of different products, from books, to CDs, from the best weight loss pill to shoes.

Check it out if you want to turn your blog into an ecommerce store, this might be just what you were after.

WordPress eStore Plugin

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Ever had the need to sell eBooks online? Well, there’s a great plugin that lets you do this: the WordPress eStore. So what does the plugin do? Here’s a short synopsis:

In a Nutshell… this sleek WordPress shopping cart plugin allows you to sell any form of digital products and services from your wordpress blog securely with complete automation. What I mean by complete automation is that once you set it up the whole process (The buying and the delivering of the product without revealing the real URL of the product) works on its own

That’s a pretty powerful product, and a plugin I probably wouldn’t mind paying for. You can use it to sell eBooks for example, about any topic you like, from web programming all the way to how to get the best auto insurance quote around. Check out WordPress eStore

Hiding the work in progress

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I just got a question from a friend who asked me if it’s possible to customise a new theme while keeping her WordPress site available to normal visitors on the old theme. I didn’t think this was possible, so my first instinct was to suggest using Maintenance Mode to put the site offline while she’s customising the theme. I’ve used this plugin extensively in the past, but it was always involved in the creation of a new site; and she didn’t really want to expose her user to any downtime.

That’s when I came across Theme Test Drive. It’s a plugin that lets Administrators see and customise one theme, while everyone else uses the standard theme. It’s particularly useful if your new theme has dirty tricks like hidden links or links to the “best colon cleanser” site that you really prefer search engines not to see. It’s a great addition to a WordPress developer’s arsenal and comes very well recommended.

Where can I find popular plugins?

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There are a hundreds if not thousands of different plugins you can deploy to your WordPress blog, but if you’re looking for the cream of the crop, there’s no better place to look than the WordPress Most Popular Plugin Page, which shows the plugins that have been downloaded most often. This includes plugins such as All in One SEO Pack and Google XMl Sitemaps, two plugins I always deploy on any WordPress site I push out.

The list of available plugins is as long as the distance from here to the gulf shores alabama, but if you look at the most popular plugins, you can get a good idea of what other people out there are using. Check out the top ones.