WordPress Plugins A to Z Episode 350 Facebook Events, Scheduled Posts
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It's Episode 350 and we've got plugins for Facebook Events, Scheduled Posts, Responsive Menus, Scheduled Tweets, Post Reading Progress and Using Excel Tables directly in WordPress. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
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John
And first up I have
Facebook Events
https://wordpress.org/plugins/xt-facebook-events/
The lowdown:
Occasionally you might find the need to display FaceBook events on a website with this plugin you can display them using a widget or a shortcode on a page/post. It seems to work pretty decently check it out
Rating 4 dragons.
Marcus
Last Scheduled Post Time
https://wordpress.org/plugins/last-scheduled-post-time/
One thing that I don't like about WordPress scheduled posts function is that it never tells me when the next upcoming post is where I need it most, within the editor's screen. This plugin shows the date & time of the last scheduled post in the publish box, so you always know when the next scheduled post is coming out, letting you plan for the next one accordingly. This plugin also comes with a shortcode [next-scheduled-post] to show the next scheduled post in your theme.
Rating: 4 out of 5
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Our next couple plugins for you are
John
Responsive Menu
https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-menu/
The Lowdown:
Every once in a while you might be faced with the need to create a responsive menu. It is pretty redundant these days with mobile ready themes but once inn a while I have a client who has an older theme and is not yet ready to do a complete theme swap and needs a responsive menu.
This plugin helps solve that problem for you in a simple way to allow some extension to the life of the theme while preparing a budget to replace the theme properly. Check it out it pretty decent.
Rating 4 Dragons
Marcus
Scheduled Tweets
https://wordpress.org/plugins/scheduled-tweets/
If you use tools like Hootsuite or Buffer scheduled Tweets lets you compile and schedule a series of tweets and their respective links, images and hash tags. Once you set up the plugin with your Twitter credentials, you are able to use it right out of the box to create your own Twitter publishing machine. Very easy to setup and use. A great solution for those that use Twitter frequently. The difference between this plugin and those that tweet out your latest posts is that this plugin is completely post independent. It is a tweet scheduler that runs fully independent of any content.
Rating: 5 out of 5
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Our last couple plugins today are:
John
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Post Reading Progress
https://wordpress.org/plugins/post-reading-progress/
This plugin allows to display reading progress of single article using horizontal progress bar. You can customize following plugin options:
define which post types should be supported
top, right, bottom and left position display
setting progress bar height
hiding progress bar after reading complete
two autohide bar animations (slide, fade out)
setting background and foreground progress bar color
All customizable options are available under settings -> readings section.
Rating 3 Dragons
Marcus
Excel tables
https://wordpress.org/plugins/interactive-excel-tables/
This is a very unique plugin that I just had to check out on behalf of a client project. It gives you the opportunity to import an Excel file directly into WordPress. You insert the file in via shortcode after you set it up in the Excel Tables tab within the admin screen. It not only imports and displays the excel file very nicely, but it allows editing of the file as well. A great solution for those that want to use Excel tables directly in WordPress without having to convert them to ugly HTML tables.
Rating: 4 out of 5
Closing out this Episode The Plugins we covered where:
John’s Plugins: Facebook Events – 4, Responsive Menu – 4, Post Reading Progress – 3
Marcus’ Plugins: Last Scheduled Post Time – 4, Scheduled Tweets – 5, Excel tables – 4
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