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"Awesome Author box that you'll fall inlove with! Give identity to your blog posts, pages and custom post types! Author Box Lite creates responsive profile and latest posts box to increase reader engagement. This also automatically add google+ profile authorship."

"Control the appearance of WordPress post excerpts This plugin adds several improvements to WordPress' default way of creating excerpts. Keeps HTML markup in the excerpt (and you get to choose which tags are included) Trims the excerpt to a given length using either character count or word count Only the 'real' text is counted (HTML is ignored but kept) Customizes the excerpt length and the ellipsis character that are used Completes the last word or sentence in an excerpt (no weird cuts) Adds a read-more link to the text Ignores custom excerpts and use the generated one instead Theme developers can use the_advanced_excerpt() for even more control (see the FAQ) Most of the above features are optional and/or can be customized by the user or theme developer."

"My WP Backup is the best way to protect your website in the event of server loss, data corruption, hacking or to migrate your WordPress data easily. My WP Backup is the best way to protect your data and website in the event of adverse server events, data corruption, hacking and more. With the option to create whole site backups or database backups and have them delivered via FTP, Dropbox, and Google Drive, you can sleep easy knowing you're protected."

"View changes made by users within WordPress. See who created a page, uploaded an attachment or approved an comment, and more. Simple History shows recent changes made within WordPress, directly on your dashboard or on a separate page. The plugin works as a log/history/audit log/version history of the most important events that occur in WordPress."

"12 Most Useful WordPress Custom Post Types Tutorials WordPress allows you to create your own custom content types. These content types are called custom post types. You can use them to add custom content like products, reviews, recipes, etc. In this article, we will share the 12 most useful WordPress custom post types tutorials. "

"Launcher is the perfect WordPress plugin for anyone launching a new product, website or service. Stun visitors with one of our beautiful, ready-made templates or create your own. Build anticipation with timers, contact forms and other promotional features."

"It's been a while since I pulled a plugin list post, so here is one just to get our groove back on. Before we take it too far though, I'd urge you to spare a few minutes, and check out these other lists: 20 Best Social Media Plugins for WordPress, 20 Great Admin WordPress Plugins, 40 Must-Have WordPress Plugins, and 10 BuddyPress Plugins You Must Have, among others. That aside, how about we drop the anchor and set sail? Good. To make loyal customers out of your readers, you have to keep wowing them with more of your awesome content. After all, creating content like a god won't mean jack if no one can find it long after it has disappeared from your front page. So stop losing visitors left, right and center, and actively engage them with more content - more related content that will keep readers from exiting your site from the entry post. Good news is with the right related post plugin, you can direct users to more of your content, and keep them on your site longer, which - if you're wondering - increases your chances of making a sale. In this post, we will unveil a few select related post plugins for WordPress, so you can drive user engagement, boost your page impressions, and hopefully net those elusive sales. Enjoy and share your favorite related posts plugins at the end! Let's start with…"

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Launch a blog. Create some content. Make money. Sounds pretty great, right? Many of us have read about all those high-end bloggers like Neil Patel, Jon Morrow, and Pat Flynn who seem to have done just that.

"Create custom notification and alert bar for marketing promotions, alerts, increasing click throughs to other pages and so much more. WP Notification Bars is a custom notification and alert bar plugin for WordPress which is perfect for marketing promotions, alerts, increasing click throughs to other pages and so much more."

"Unless you've been hiding under a (presumably delightfully comfortable) rock for the past few years, you will have noticed the extraordinary rise in the popularity of podcasting (one billion podcast subscriptions was passed way back in 2013). And being the enterprising type, you're ready to wade in and grab the opportunity that podcasting presents with both hands. As a WordPress site owner, you'll be delighted to hear that podcasting and WordPress go hand in hand. To save you the unnecessary hassle and effort that can be involved with integrating podcasts with your WordPress site, we've rounded up seven of the top podcasting plugins out there for you to consider below. By the end of the piece, you're sure to have found a solution to suit your needs. Before we crack on to the list though, let's cover some background on podcasting itself. A Brief Overview of Podcasting Podcasting's history goes back further than blogging itself. Although its roots lie in the 1980s indie radio boom, the modern format become popular in 2004 through platforms such as Odeo. During that time, the iPod was the dominant force in online media consumption. Developers and radio enthusiasts were on the lookout for a way to easily add their programs to the device and Apple's 2005 integration of podcasts in iTunes set the ball rolling in earnest. Since then, podcasts have been created by every conceivable media outlet and organization on earth and opened the door for many individual voices. Some of the most popular podcasts have been entertainment-based. The Ricky Gervais Show, for example, started life as an incredibly popular podcast with roots in traditional radio. Due to its success, the show grew into an HBO series with multiple spinoff shows starring various cast members. Other popular podcasts explore a diverse range of topics with standout examples including This American Life, The Joe Rogan Experience, The Nerdist, and Radiolab. The more technically inclined amongs

"In the previous tutorial I showed you how to style the posts on your main blog page according to their category, creating color coding by category. A lot of sites that use this technique also take it further by adding distinct styling to each section of their site, in a way that co-ordinates with the styling on the main blog page or home page. You can just use a simple color scheme or add completely different styling to each section, maybe with a different logo or branding for different parts of your organisation, or even a different layout. An example is the London Times website, which uses a different color for each section of its site. The front page uses these colors in a banner above each post, as shown in the screenshot:"

Shrink, track and share any URL on the Internet from your WordPress website. You can now shorten links using your own domain name (as opposed to using tinyurl.com, bit.ly, or any other link shrinking service)! In addition to creating clean links, Pretty Link tracks each hit on your URL and provides a full, detailed report of where the hit came from, the browser, os and host. Pretty Link is a killer plugin for people who want to mask their affiliate links, track clicks from emails, their links on Twitter to come from their own domain, or generally increase the reach of their website by spreading these links on forums or comments on other blogs.

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A list of free WordPress Theme Frameworks to help you find best solution that will suit your development style and practices. The list of themes / frameworks range from completely striped down themes to ready to use frameworks which require almost no programming to create customized look.

Over the last couple of weeks we've been through the process of creating a stylish blog design in Photoshop, coding it up into a static HTML and CSS concept, and now we'll put the whole thing together as a fully working WordPress theme. Follow this step by step walkthrough of the various WordPress theme files, and see how the HTML is split up and injected with PHP tags to provide the complete blogging functionality.

As a developer, one of my favorite things about WordPress is its built-in functions, which allow you to easily manipulate and extend WordPress with just a few lines of code. WordPress functions are an essential component of WordPress theme development; once you understand how they work, it's easy to create your own custom WordPress themes.