Wordpress Plugins

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This as got to be one of my favourite plugins for WordPress . It makes managing your ads such a simple process and with the latest version(2.0) you can set start and expire dates for each banner ad. Using this with the Shifter focus function makes dropping Banners into posts a really simple exercise. Adrotate features the [...]

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This plugin by ulfben just goes from strength to strength.I have had the Wp-dTree plugin installed on this site for a long time and have not come across any other dynamic menu system that works straight out of the box. In the latest version ulfben as added the following. New option: “shut down unused trees” (performance!) [...]

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Having tried out a few social networking plugins I have always found that they have slowed my sites down. But not one to be put off I have installed the Sociable Plugin by Joost de Valk now so far I have not had issues and the number of options are quite impressive. Power up your site through [...]

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Up until now the only costs I have incurred for this site have been for the hosting and the Shifter Theme.This is due mainly to the amount of free plugins and support that the WordPress community offer. I was looking for a way to import csv files into WordPress and could not find anything without spending [...]

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WP-o-Matic enables administrators to create posts automatically from RSS/Atom feeds.I use this on another Shifter site of mine to drag the latest additions from iTunes. Its not a bad plugin though I can not get to grips with the custom template option though I think this is more to do with my ability then any [...]

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This is the plugin that generates the tree menu for the categories section. Simple to use download,unzip ,copy to you web server then drag the wp-categories to your sidebar.  On this site I have hacked the code so that the posts are in entry order rather then in date descending order.I did this to give a [...]

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