episode 177 w/plugins for Login Limits, Page Management, Username Changer, Custom Admin Help Tabs, Floating Sidebars
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WordPress Plugins from A to Z Episode 177
It’s episode 177 and we’ve got plugins for Login Limits, Page Management, Username Changer, Custom Admin Help Tabs, Floating Sidebars and a cool new plugin to add your own widgets into the admin dashboard. All coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
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*WordPress Plugins Reviewed by John**
Limit Login Countries
- Version: 0.6.2
- Author:Dirk Weise
- Last Updated: 7 months ago
- Requires WordPress Version: 3.5.0 or higher
- Compatible up to: 3.7.1
- Downloaded: 698 times
- WordPress.org Plugin Page »
- Plugin Homepage »
https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-login-countries/
The Lowdown
Ok so you have a website and you don't need worldwide visitors and only want to limit it or maybe you're tired of hack attempts from china and Taiwan. It uses Maxmind’s Geolite database and you can run in whitelist or blacklist mode. Be aware that this is not always an accurate way to block but it will help cut down on the crap.
rating 3 dragons
Username Changer
- Version: 2.0.2
- Author:Daniel J Griffiths
- Last Updated: 3 months ago
- Requires WordPress Version: 3.0 or higher
- Compatible up to: 3.4.2
- Downloaded: 7,609 times
- WordPress.org Plugin Page »
https://wordpress.org/plugins/username-changer/
the Lowdown:
ok so you have been told that Admin is a really bad user name and maybe you are ready to change to laundryJock to something more professional for a user name. well the one thing WordPress does not have built in but should is an easy way to change your username. There are dozens of tutorials out there that will show you how to do it with phpMyadmin but the easy way is to simply add this plugin and then go to your profile and change it.
rating 5 dragons.
Strx Magic Floating Sidebar Maker
- Version: 1.4.1
- Author:Strx
- Last Updated: 2 years ago
- Requires WordPress Version: 2.0 or higher
- Compatible up to: 3.3.2
- Downloaded: 26,101 times
- WordPress.org Plugin Page »
- Plugin Homepage »
https://wordpress.org/plugins/strx-magic-floating-sidebar-maker/
the Lowdown
So you have seen those great sites with long content and the sidebar that is always right there for accessing whatever they are promoting or an easy menu for your visitors. Well the creation of it has never been easier
rating 4 dragons
WordPress Plugin Reviews From Marcus Couch
Swifty Page Manager
- Repository page:Swifty Page Manager at WordPress.org
- Plugin Home page:Swifty Page Manager Home Page
- Current version: 1.0.1
- Last Updated: 2014-06-04
- Requires: 3.8
- Tested up to: 3.9.1
- Downloads all time: 34
- Average rating:
- Number of ratings:
Swifty Page Manager Overview:
Swifty Page Manager – makes creating and managing your pages easy.
As you might have noticed, managing the pages of your WordPress site isn’t very intuitive out of the box. It shows you how the pages of your WordPress site are positioned and related to each other in a so called page tree view. It allows you to manage the page settings (such as name, status etc.) in a very intuitive way.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Better Admin Help Tabs
- Repository page:Better Admin Help Tabs at WordPress.org
- Plugin Home page:Better Admin Help Tabs Home Page
- Current version: 1.0
- Last Updated: 2014-06-04
- Requires: 3.3
- Tested up to: 3.9.1
- Downloads all time: 12
- Average rating: 5
- Number of ratings: 1
Download Better Admin Help Tabs
Better Admin Help Tabs Overview:
Allows creation and placement of Admin Help Tabs (those pull down tabs at the top of some admin pages) on any page or post, including custom post types.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Custom Dashboard Welcome Panel Widget Sidebar
- Repository page:Custom Dashboard Welcome Panel Widget Sidebar at WordPress.org
- Plugin Home page:Custom Dashboard Welcome Panel Widget Sidebar Home Page
- Current version: 0.6
- Last Updated: 2014-06-04
- Requires: 3.0.1
- Tested up to: 3.9.1
- Downloads all time: 29
- Average rating: 5
- Number of ratings: 2
Download Custom Dashboard Welcome Panel Widget Sidebar
Custom Dashboard Welcome Panel Widget Sidebar Overview:
“Building admin widgets gives us the opportunity to let designers take a stab at changing the administratoin interface. With such a large community the admin changes could have a lot more potential if we give designers and average users the ability to truely customize their entire site.
This plugin also adds a shortcode ‘user’ which lets you show and hide text in the welcome panel and thoughout your installation to different roles and capabilities. For example, you can add a text widget to the dashboard welcome panel widget like this:
[user capability=””delete_posts””] This is only shown to users that have delete posts capability [/user] [user capability=””editor””] This is only shown to users that have editor capability [/user]”
Rating: 5 out of 5
Plugins Overview:
John’s Plugins: – Limit Login Countries – 3, Username Changer– 5, Strx Magic Floating Sidebar Maker– 4
Marcus’ Plugins: Swifty Page Manager – 4, Better Admin Help Tabs – 3, Custom Dashboard Welcome Panel Widget Sidebar – 5
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