I’ve been wanting to publish an article like this since November but I waited a little bit for developers to launch other new interesting and useful WordPress plugins besides the ones that I gathered till then. There are a few types of plugins that you often see, for examples the ones related to social networks, but most of the ones that you’ll find here have a very particular utility and plugins like them are not seen very often.
Transform your WordPress website into a thorough-bred online store. Delivering enterprise-level quality & features whilst backed by a name you can trust. Say hello to WooCommerce.
Are you a visual person? Do the four letters “HTML” send you running for the hills; but you still want to create beautiful blogs like the pros? Then this is the plugin for you!
Ultimate TinyMCE will expand the default array of buttons in the visual tinymce editor, giving you the power to visually create your pages and posts. No need for mucking about in HTML and CSS. Continue reading
Magazine WordPress themes have been the topic of interest for a lot of people, because of the way they can present content in a beautiful, clean way and also blend advertisements pretty well into the design. Though they have changed a lot in the last years, magazine themes preserve the same key features through which they have to deliver the content to the visitor, give him the information that he needs so that he can find it easily like he would do it in a newspaper.
In this article there are 41 free and premium WordPress magazine themes, approximately half free, half premium. I’ve selected only the free themes that a regular person would actually use and ignored the ones that are outdated and ugly looking and besides them I’ve also put in the article premium themes because of their superior quality. If you consider they are worth the money, you can buy them. I’m using premium themes for some time and I’ve never been disappointed cause they give you a very detailed documentation and support.
A few interesting WordPress plugins have been released in the last three months and here we are with an article featuring these cool ones from the sea of plugins that appear in the WordPress plugin directory.
The plugins that you will find here are for various purposes and for various people. Don’t expect them to be for exclusively for designers or developers, they are firstly for bloggers.
Edit, preview changes and save all your project’s CSS stylesheets live in the browser. A CSS live Editor that allows you to preview realtime CSS changes and then save the CSS back while keeping dated backups. Continue reading
WordPress gives you the opportunity to create a portfolio easily with the help of a theme specially designed for this. By using a portfolio WordPress theme you can create and administrate a showcase of your work with little effort no matter what you do for a living. If you’re a developer or designer it is likely that you’ll create from scratch your own portfolio, designing and coding it, but if you’re a photographer, architect or anything else you will need one of these WordPress themes, free or premium, according to your budget and your needs.
Free themes
Good free portfolio WordPress themes are hard to find, to be more specific, quality ones, but I’ve selected a few of them, the ones that actually deserve some attention.
AutoFocus+ is a clean and simple WordPress theme developed for photographers looking to showcase their work. A slight departure from the original verision, AutoFocus+ takes things a bit further by providing stronger markup, better browser support, and Theme options that enable you to customize various elements of the theme without ever touching code. It’s also designed on an 800px, 8 column grid which truly allows your images to shine. This new version also boasts a sharper typographic approach with a 22px baseline grid, and a Garamond/Helvetica (Times/Arial for you PC users) font stack that’s much easier to read. I’ve also ported over the back-end to Thematic, one of (if not) the strongest WordPress theming frameworks to date. That means AutoFocus+ and Thematic come together to make for a pretty slick theme that can be used for almost any type of site.
Features
– 8 Different Styles/Colors
– New User Profile Fields – add Facebook, Twitter, Skype, etc.
– Advanced Theme Options Panel – Control everything from one location.
– Updated design using CSS and new CSS3 elements.
– ColorBox image popup for Portfolio items.
– Author Details box with list of their posts – all in one place!
– Custom color for author comments.
– New Contact Form:
– JQuery Form Field Validation
– Users can send themselves a copy of email.
– Animated thamk-you message when email successfully sends.
– Connect your Twitter account and show latest posts.
– Social Media icons – button links provided for 16 popular social media types. Easy to add from Theme Options Panel.
– Automatic image resizing for Portfolio items – same as previous versions of BlueBubble.
– Support for Search Engine Optimization in Theme Options – add Meta content and more! Continue reading
If you’re tired of all the WordPress themes with rich graphics that would slow the site down or clutter it you can choose a simple but not simplistic WordPress theme, a minimalistic one that will satisfy your needs.
In this article you will find the best free minimalist WordPress themes that have been released so far and I’m sure you’ll find what you want in here if you’re a minimalist enthusiast.
MagZine WordPress Theme
MagZine is a magazine styled WordPress theme that is easy to use and configure.
Features
Magazine Style
Easy to Configure Category Shows Up
Auto Generated Thumbnail
Support WordPress 2.7 Feature / Threaded Comments
Main Graphics / Photo Section
Configure-able within Theme Options
Satoshi WordPress Theme
Satoshi is a clean and minimal portfolio WordPress theme that’s ideal for showcasing project work.
It comes with a range of professional page templates including a custom front page, a stylish blog design, a portfolio page, and a fully functional contact form.
It’s also packed with other great features such as drop-down menus, Google Analytics integration, and the ability to easily upload your own logo. Continue reading
