Powerful Database Cleanup Plugin for WordPress

SweepPress is an easy-to-use plugin for WordPress, built around 28 different Sweepers for database cleanup, support for WP-CLI and WP REST API, the ability to create sweep jobs that can include one or more sweepers, and that can be scheduled to run periodically, and other useful tools for database clean up and optimization.

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Time to dive in to the meat and potatoes of plugin depravity!

Off we go….

WordPress Plugins

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John's Plugin

WP Google Fonts

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-google-fonts/

The Lowdown:

Looking for an easy way to find Google Fonts. This is a plugin for you and when you use it with the next plugin I cover you can embed those fonts easily into your site.

Rating 5 Dragons

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Amber's Plugin

DarkMySite – WP Dark Mode

https://wordpress.org/plugins/darkmysite/

The Lowdown:

This is a nifty plug'n'play for giving your front end a dark mode option. No settings or anything, and the toggle on the front end is rather pretty! It shows up on the bottom right corner of your site just out of the way.

I always prefer to do my work in Dark Mode, I find it saves my eyes. Although, I have had a bit of a hard time finding dark mode options for the front end of the site that does not mess with the pictures on your site – I tried this one, and it seems to mostly leave your pictures alone.

There is a slight dark haze that falls over your pictures when the user turns on dark mode. While this may not seem like a major issue, after all dark mode is generally used by those like me who are doing so to save their eyes – it could cause an issue if brightness and vibrancy is a main reason for having your pictures on your site in the first place.

I like this plugin, it works well and seems to play well with others. So long as brightness and vibrancy of colours is not part of the reason for your images on your site, this one will work well for you!

Rating 4 Dragons

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John's Plugin

Local Google Fonts

https://wordpress.org/plugins/local-google-fonts/

The Lowdown:

An easy way to embed Google fonts onto your website to help speed it up a bit and to avoid the GPDR

Rating 5 Dragons

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Amber's Plugin

AIPress

https://wordpress.org/plugins/aipress/

The Lowdown:

This is a plugin that is supposed to help you to generate post content.

The first thing that happened when I activated it, was I got this message:

‘The plugin generated 168 characters of unexpected output during activation. If you notice “headers already sent” messages, problems with syndication feeds or other issues, try deactivating or removing this plugin.'

Since this is just my sandbox site, I decided to try playing around with the plugin anyways. You will find the dashboard for this plugin on the left hand side in your main menu as ‘AIPress'.

At the top of the dashboard there is a place to enter in your Open API Key. I didn't initially see anything about that in the description, though it is in the Q&A area.

I decided at this point to opt out, I didn't feel like signing up for an API key to use this, and I didn't like that it was creating unexpected output simply by being activated.

I have found plugins like this don't always delete themselves fully when you deactivate and delete them, though after double checking I saw that yes, the plugin did indeed fully delete all the files from the site. So that is a good thing.

I'm not sure what to think of this plugin…

Rating 3 Dragons

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We Interrupt the Meat and Potatoes of Plugin Depravity Edition to bring you our Donations Segment and to thank our Producers!

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Thank you, now back to the Meat and Potatoes of Plugin Depravity Edition!

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John's Plugin

Back to Normal Widgets

https://wordpress.org/plugins/back-to-normal-widgets/

The Lowdown:

Back to Normal Widgets” is a simple plugin that restores the classic widgets settings, screens and disables the block editor from managing widgets.

With this plugin activated, you can continue to use the traditional widgets settings screens to add and customize widgets on your WordPress site. The block editor will no longer be able to manage widgets, and the ‘Customize' menu item and button will be removed from the WordPress dashboard.

There is no configuration required – simply install and activate the plugin to restore the classic widgets settings screens and disable the block editor for widgets.

Rating 4 Dragons
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Amber's Plugin

Codecorun – Other Installation Details

https://wordpress.org/plugins/codecorun-other-installation-details/

The Lowdown:

This plugin is a really helpful free plugin! It's another plug'n'play, no settings. Although if you want to change the date setup, you can do so through the general settings of your site – however this will affect your entire site.

Once installed, this plugin will record the following of each and every plugin for you and display it in your plugins dashboard area where you go to update:

• Displays the installation date of the plugins
• Displays the last deactivation date of the plugins
• Displays the last reactivation date of the plugins
• Displays the user who installed the plugins

For those who need to troubleshoot a website, this can be a very useful plugin! Not so useful if you are new to the site you are trying to troubleshoot though – the plugin can only record plugins that have been installed and activated after this plugin has been installed.

Rating 5 Dragons

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ClassicPress

…A little about ClassicPress for those who aren't sure: ClassicPress is WordPress frozen at version 4.9. Once WordPress moved to 5, they added in a whole lot of new folders, and the experimental additions to the Core started in earnest. ClassicPress is literally the Classic version of WordPress. A few plugins have been made over the years for just ClassicPress, though all Plugins compatible with WordPress 4.9 should work for ClassicPress.

To any ClassicPress user listening right now: I challenge you – yes YOU – to write a review of your favourite, or least favourite ClassicPress plugin, and send it into us! You can do so by hitting us up at https://wppluginsatoz.com/submit-plugin-review/!

…And feel free to add more to this section by reaching out to me at amber@wppro.ca.

ClassicPress Resource Section:

This information is like Fruit Cake! It doesn't wither away and will still be good years down the road so it's great for learning! This is no longer ENTIRELY true as ClassicPress has voted to fork WordPress 6.0. This section is true for now, although we are thinking that it is going to change pretty soon… When they release the forked version, I will be sure to update this section.

…We have thrown some ClassicPress Resources in here for you – and they appear to have stuck like well cooked pasta! Glad you made it to this part of the notes since we only mention it lightly on the show – If we missed something, let us know!

…Learn more about ClassicPress 1.4.0 RC2:
…https://forums.classicpress.net/t/classicpress-1-4-0-rc2-release-notes/3785?fbclid=IwAR3wGK5IW8ssJ-XC4k7IiZMBtSjUTVN2pexk6ATCRvuMN-Fn-McOy-XJJv8

…ClassicPress Tutorials on their site:

…https://www.classicpress.net/category/tutorials/

…ClassicPress's “Must Have” Plugins List:

…https://forums.classicpress.net/t/must-have-plugins-list/1163

…ClassicPress Repository!!

…https://directory.classicpress.net/plugins They now have 71 plugins (and counting!) available.

…WordPress Plugin Section compatible with ClassicPress:

…https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/classicpress/

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Hey Amber and John,

Happy New Year!  Really liking the new layout for the show and the variety of plugins you are reviewing.  Wishing you both a great year for 2023.

Keep up the good work.

Sharron

Stuff and reminders about Stuff:

Meetups:

Nothing new has been set out yet, it all depends on how moody our Island is going be this winter and how much snow/rain we get – no sense having a meetup if the main highway gets washed out again!

Keep an eye here for the next Meet Up, eventually we will get it going!

Random:

Remember you can check out our Show Notes on our site wppluginsatoz.com! There is extra information to grab up there that we don't even speak out loud on the show!

Today's Plugins we covered were:

John’s Plugins:

• WP Google Fonts – 5
• Local Google Fonts – 5
• Back to Normal Widgets – 4

Amber's Plugins:

• DarkMySite – WP Dark Mode – 4
• AIPress – 3
• Codecorun – Other installation details – 5

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Canada

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Q & A Time with Amber – Catch this info on our YouTube Channel

If you have questions you would like to have asked on the show, send them in to me at Amber@WPPro.ca – let's see if we can stump my dad!

• What kind of files would be likely to exist in files that WordPress labels ‘unexpected'?

• Where would you look to find out if any of the ‘unexpected files' were nefarious?

I have a couple more questions for my dad just after the closing credits, for those listening elsewhere, you will have to make your way over to the YouTube's!

Questions asked after closing credits:

• When you uninstall a plugin, are there any ‘out of the way' places you should check for stray files that didn't delete?
• Is there a possibility that a plugin file could insert itself so deeply that removing it breaks other plugins or your site? What should you do then?

One more time for the ways to contact us!

Our Brick and Mortar Address – just in case you decide to send along a gift!
(Especially art if you enjoy drawing – no matter what age!)

WP Plugins A to Z
C/O John Overall
20-754 E Fairview Rd.
Victoria, BC  V9A 5T9
Canada

Fastest way to contact us:

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• My website: http://www.johnoverall.com/
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• Email: john@wppro.ca

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