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It's Episode 455 with plugins for Collecting Tithes Controlling the Elements, Sticking it to the Top, and ClassicPress Options. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
PayPal Donation, Granular Controls For Elementor, Sticky Menu (or Anything!) on Scroll and other ClassicPress options in Episode 455
John's Intro:
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Show Art:
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Johns Rant:
Its episode 455 and I am still looking for more participation from you the producers this year as the sword of Damocles is still hanging over the show. Keep the feedback coming….. This is #15 of 52 episodes for 2020..
If you would like to join me as a guest host on the show please reach out to me at john@wppro.ca You can also go to https://wppluginsatoz.com/guesthost/
We are Now 15 weeks into 2020 and we're 3 weeks into the isolation/lockdown game and while my life has not really changed aside from not being able to go out for my weekly beer at the pub on show day. The rest of the world is facing some real changes many people have suddenly found out that life is allot harder than they though it was.
In some places we are heeded towards a dystopian future and in others people and communities are pulling together to deal the challenges placed in front of them. As a race humans will survive and we will move into our new future but many sections of society will never be the same again. Many people have discovered that what they though was important such as plastic bags and political correctness fall to the side as soon as their life is in danger.
We now have a new term that is becoming normal, after all it takes about 2 weeks to develop a habit and about a month to solidify it. The new term is “Social Distancing” and it is anything but Social it is “Anti-social Distancing” but it is becoming the new norm
So Relax people take a breath and realize that while our world is now changed forever we will get though it. Save your sanity and your Amygdala and find out why your not gonna die by listening to the No Agenda Show
I have some news from the world of WordPress for you today as well as some great plugins.
Let get to the fun we have today.
WordPress News and Info
Proposal to Add a Consent API to WordPress, Feature Plugin Available
https://wptavern.com/proposal-to-add-a-consent-api-to-wordpress-feature-plugin-available
WordCamp Europe 2020 Is Moving Online This Summer
https://wptavern.com/wordcamp-europe-2020-is-moving-online-this-summer
Jetpack Re-launches Search Feature as Standalone Service
https://wptavern.com/jetpack-re-launches-search-feature-as-standalone-service
Coronavirus: 20+ WordPress Community Leaders Share Their Struggles, Measures, and Missions in the Time of the Pandemic
https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/wordpress-vs-coronavirus/
How to use redirects on your WordPress site
https://xneelo.co.za/insights/how-to-use-redirects-on-your-wordpress-site/
WordPress Security Audit: 8 Steps For Securing WordPress Website
https://securityboulevard.com/2020/04/wordpress-security-audit-8-steps-for-securing-wordpress-website/
Donor – Support
Show Producers
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I'd like to acknowledge all the producers who have supported the show in the various ways over the last week.
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Angel Lemus of https://www.koadigital.com/
This week's Executive Producer/'s are:
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All these small subscriptions really help the show out.
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Or something I may not have thought of.
ClassicPress Options
ClassicPress is a fast growing fork of WordPress that is starting to come into its own. ClassicPress is focused on Business Websites runs fast and is looking pretty good. There are a few plugins specifically for ClassicPress and all plugins for WordPress 4.9.9 work well on it. I do believe it has a future.
One thing I am looking forward to in the ClassicPress World is the expansion of the number of ClassicPress specific plugins and their own repository. Currently there are not a lot of ClassicPress specific plugins but I do know it is going to grow and I'll have to expand this segment then. Who knows, it could take over the whole show.
This week for ClassicPress I have:
News:
Plugins for ClassicPress
https://classicpress.club/2020/02/16/plugins-for-classicpress/
This is a pretty good article of information for those movinng to ClassicPress.
ClassicPress Forks — WordPress plugins modified for ClassicPress
https://cpforks.com/
General info:
Congrats to
WordPress superstar Jeff Starr's free WP plugins have just surpassed 1 million users. Most notably, more than 500,000 of those users are from his “Disable Gutenberg” plugin. Just sayin'.
Twitter quote “Feeling grateful: my collection of free #WordPress plugins just surpassed 1 million users :)”
https://twitter.com/perishable/status/1240811965494132738
side note to this the total active installs of plugins blocking Gutenberg is
roughly 8 million that says allot about what people think i believe.
ClassicPress Plugins
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Just a note for my ClassicPress listeners please send me info to help keep the ClassicPress section full.
Random Links to ClassicPress supporters
ClassicPress Resources:
For some up to date news on ClassicPress check out the ClassisPress Club news
https://classicpress.club/
An alternate forum for the non-techies.
“Must Have” Plugins List
https://forums.classicpress.net/t/must-have-plugins-list/1163
To find a listing of ClassicPress specific plugins check out this link https://forums.classicpress.net/t/plugins-built-specifically-for-classicpress/1011?u=codepotent there is currently 37 42 49 50 plugins here and growing. I look forward to the day they have their own repository. I can still recall WP when it had a small repository.
CodePotent's plugin directory
https://codepotent.com/classicpress/plugins/
WordPress plugins
PayPal Donation
https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-paypal-donation/
The Lowdown:
With the new world Order upon us and many groups like churches not meeting currently they still need those Tithes/Donations and I have been approached a couple times in the last week to add this functionality to their sites. After helping and explain how they can get a PayPal account setup, I used this simple plugin to create some simple buttons for their site.
It is easy to set up and configure and allows you to place buttons everywhere you want the, .
Rating 5 Dragons.
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sent in by: Angel Lemus
Granular Controls For Elementor
https://wpfavs.com/plugins/granular-controls-for-elementor
https://wordpress.org/plugins/granular-controls-for-elementor/
What he has to say:
Custom controls for Elementor Page Builder.
Granular Controls for Elementor brings additional “custom” controls to Elementor Page Builder plugin.
Hi John this is a fantastic Plugin and this is why I love it, this has been one of my complaints with Elementor–exiting from a page you are working on to go directly back to the Dashboard TOO MANY CLICKS— this is the feature that makes this so great:
—– The Exit Point can now be set to the Dashboard, the current page/post/library edit screen, the pages list, posts list or library list. Also it gives you the option to leave the page you are working on and created a new tab that brings the root dashboard!! Fantastic. It saves time and it is so cool
The rest of the Features
Keep all accordions closed on page load.
Turn off Elementor dashboard widget
Apply a preset color skin to the editor panel
Apply the Elementor UI hack #2 as seen in the video above.
Set any Section or Column to appear after a certain time – Delayed Content
Schedule visibility of any Section or column for a given time period (Days & Hours) – Scheduled Content
Parallax option for sections. Additional controls added.
Particles option for sections.
Elementor Library Templates as the Admin Dashboard Welcome Notice Page.
Draggable Editor Bar with 1 click exit to Dashboard + a View Live Page button that opens in a new tab
Exit Point button text can now be changed to custom text.
Rating 4 Dragons
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Sent in by: Angel Lemus
Sticky Menu (or Anything!) on Scroll
https://wordpress.org/plugins/sticky-menu-or-anything-on-scroll/
What he says:
John if you look at this training video which is where I got this from he explains what it does and it si much easier too understand than reading what it does.
https://youtu.be/1cScCjyAwJE
Fast forward to 31:50 he is making a left positioned vertical menu (something I am doing right now and I found this tutorial very helpful this guy is really good at design and using Elementor.
But here is the official description from the plug in website:
Description
The Sticky Menu (Or Anything) On Scroll plugin for WordPress allows you to make any element on your pages “sticky” as soon as it hits the top of the page when you scroll down. Although this is commonly used to keep menus at the top of your page, the plugin allows you to make ANY element sticky (such as a Call To Action box, a logo, etc.)
A little bit of basic HTML/CSS knowledge is required. You just need to know how to pick the right selector for the element you want to make sticky, and you need to be sure it’s a unique selector. Sometimes a simple selector like “nav”, “#main-menu”, “.menu-main-menu-1” is enough. Other times you will have to be more detailed and use a more specific selector such as “header > ul:first-child” or “nav.top .menu-header ul.main”.
Rating 4 Dragons
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Enter for your chance to win either the Event Espresso 4 Everything License or the Event Espresso 4 Developer license.
Event Espresso is a flexible event registration, ticketing, and calendar plugin for WordPress. This plugin can handle a variety of events from organizing an annual conference for your company, holding training courses to teach CPR, hosting art or painting classes, or planning an event to raise money for a nonprofit.
Event Espresso can make your event registration and ticketing with WordPress enjoyable, easy and profitable. The best events registration and ticketing features come standard in the core WordPress events plugin plus fantastic support.
Both support licenses are valued at $300 and the coupon is good for one redemption. You choose which version best suits your needs.
For more about this plugin check out the Interview with Seth Shoults
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Closing out this Episode the Plugins I covered were:
John’s Plugins: PayPal Donation – 5, Granular Controls For Elementor – 4, Sticky Menu (or Anything!) on Scroll – 4
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