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It's Episode 458 with plugins for Photo Galleries, Peeking into your server, and ClassicPress Options. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
Responsive Photo Gallery, Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery, Server Info WP and other ClassicPress options in Episode 458
John's Intro:
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Show Art:
Angel Lemus of https://www.koadigital.com/
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Johns Rant:
Its episode 458 and I need 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 #18 of 52 episodes for 2020..
As we are 18 weeks into 2020 and 6 weeks into the isolation/lockdown game, however the storm seems to be passing and just like I remember after a cat 5 Typhoon when I was a kid looking outside and everything was a mess and people started to emerge from their shelters and begin the process of rebuilding the mess. You can feel the collective breath that the storm is over emerge into the sunshine and begin the process of rebuilding life. Whatever that life is going to look like in this brave new world.
Relax folks take a breath, go for a walk, build a garden and realize that while our world is now changed forever we will grow again and thrive. Save your sanity and your Amygdala and find out why your not gonna die by listening to the No Agenda Show
I do have more show spaces coming up for guest hosts, 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/
Let get to the fun we have today.
WordPress News and Info
Before we jump into the news, a couple observations about WordPress.
I used to be on the bandwagon of always using the latest and greatest of WordPress mainly because for many years they made improvements that actually made sense. It seems however the last couple years the “improvements” changes that have been forced down our thought have not always been the best.
There is an update out this week that addresses some bugs and security fixes and while most of my sites auto updated that which is ok I have a couple site that I do all updates manually because even the point updates will sometimes break the sites.
I had hoped with this update they would remove that stupid function of auto setting the editor to full screen but it does not seem that way. guess I will have to start testing the 5.4 update and report back.
News this week:
How to White Label WordPress
https://www.elegantthemes.com/blog/wordpress/how-to-white-label-wordpres
Or use a plugin Like While Label CMS https://wordpress.org/plugins/white-label-cms/
WordPress Plugin Bug Opens 100K Websites to Compromise
https://threatpost.com/wordpress-plugin-bug-100k-websites-compromise/155230/
WordPress 5.4.1 — Released as well as past versions updates
https://wordpress.org/news/2020/04/wordpress-5-4-1/
WordPress 5.4.1 Addresses 7 Security Issues and Fixes Several Bugs
https://wptavern.com/wordpress-5-4-1-addresses-7-security-issues-and-fixes-several-bugs
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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:
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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 52 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
I have some gallery plugins today due a a project I was working on.
Responsive Photo Gallery
https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-photo-gallery/
The Lowdown:
This was the first gallery I checked out and it was looking pretty good until I needed it to display a single column image and then I needed to go pro for that otherwise a pretty good plugin. so this one failed due to the need for having to go pro otherwise looks good if you ok with 2 or 3 column images.
Rating 4 Dragons
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Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery
https://wordpress.org/plugins/photo-gallery/
The Lowdown:
If your looking for a great free image gallery plugin that is pretty flexible check this one out. This plugins pretty much gives you everything you need importation of images control over thumbnail sizes created the images displayed.
Rating 5 Dragons
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Server Info WP
https://wordpress.org/plugins/server-info-wp/
The Lowdown:
In a shared hosting environment you will sometimes need some additional server info to find out what is happening. with this plugin you can now see a bit more about your server that you normally would You can get an up time status, what software your server is running, its IP address where in the world it is located.
get some PHP info the versions you are running, how much memory is being used you limits ect
and more
Rating 5 dragons
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Enter The Contest to Win!!:
Contests Powered by Simple Giveaways who kindly provides us with the premium version for our contests.
We have a winner Martin has won the license. Send back the email you received to get your key.
We have a winner for the license for Event Espresso.
Congrats to Martin for winning 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 We covered were:
John’s Plugins: Responsive Photo Gallery – 4, Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery – 5, Server Info WP – 5
Reminders / Commercial / Promotions:
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