When I last wrote about my favorite new plugins in July, there were approximately 10,500 plugins in the official WordPress Plugin Directory. Four months later, that number has reached nearly 12,000! The following is a list of the best I’ve found from these new plugins, be sure to check them out:
After reading about Jason Cohen’s latest startup, I started thinking about the plugins I install in every WordPress blog I run and what I recommend to my clients. Below are a list of my must-have plugins for pretty much any blog, take a look:
Getting and implementing user feedback is critical to building a great business. Fortunately for us, there are many great options to perform quick and easy usability tests using a variety of online tools.
As SEO becomes an increasingly important part of web development, it’s important to make sure your website conforms to the correct standards to help improve your search ranking. This is an area where you should be willing to spend some money, as the results are often well worth it in terms of increased traffic and customer conversions.
Facebook, the second largest site on the internet, reports that over 30% of it’s active users access the site from their mobile devices, and that mobile users are twice as active as non-mobile users. As cell phones become more and more prevalent in our digital society, the need for a mobile-friendly website is a must for many businesses.
The real beauty of WordPress is the immense community of developers behind it. Several plugins are created and added to the official plugin directory every single day, which now catalogs nearly 10,500 in all! Here is a list of some of the best new ones.
While working on my latest project, a custom WordPress theme framework, I came across the need to record screencast tutorials that go over the features of my app. Using a web-based app means you don’t have to download bulky files (usually just a small Java plugin), and you can use it on whatever operating system you’re working on. This was key for me, as I would need to record videos on both my Windows XP desktop and my Macbook Pro.
Sharebar adds a dynamic and fully customizable vertical box to the left of a blog post that contains links/buttons to popular social networking sites. For wide blogs, a vertical bar with popular sharing icons appears on the left of your post. If the page is resized, the vertical bar disappears and a horizontal sharebar appears under the post title.
The jCollapisble plugin takes any nested list (OL or UL that have children) and coverts it into collapsible threads. This is especially useful to create simple threaded comments on a blog or nested posts in a forum without having to modify the backend code.
When brainstorming ideas for a new website, product or tool, it’s easy to get caught up in the excitement or rush of creativity that comes with creating something new. It’s important to use this rush to motivate yourself and actually create something, however it’s even more important and necessary to take a step back, breathe, look at things objectively and make a plan of action.
DevGrow is a journal on web design, development and usability written by Monji Dolon.
