"Super simple but powerful widget that allows adding single or multiple images to your widget positions, using native media uploader. Super simple but powerful widget that allows adding single or multiple images to your widget positions, using native media uploader. You can add caption for each image to act as testimonial, or you can use it as banner advertising module because its not being blocked with Ad Blocker. It doesn't load any javascript on front end so its super fast. Use drag and drop to rearrange images."

"Add reviews and testimonials to your website and easily display them in posts, pages or widgets using search-engine-friendly Schema markup. Add reviews and testimonials to your website and easily display them in posts, pages or widgets using a search-engine-friendly Schema markup. This plugin will output reviews using Schema.org markup to help search engines like Google identify and integrate the reviews with your listing."

"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."

"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."

"Shortcake makes using WordPress shortcodes a piece of cake. Used alongside add_shortcode, Shortcake supplies a user-friendly interface for adding a shortcode to a post, and viewing and editing it from within the content editor. Once you've installed the plugin, you'll need to register UI for your shortcodes. For inspiration, check out examples of Shortcake in the wild."

"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."

"In this article, we'll look at how you can add your own custom links to the bar with code so you can quickly access parts of the front and backend of your site with ease. This will be a simple enough task, all we need is one function: add_node(). I recommend taking a look at what the Codex has to say about it, I'll show you the basics using a couple of examples."

"Protect your WordPress site by hiding vital areas of your site, protecting access to important files, preventing brute-force login attempts, detecting iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security) gives you over 30+ ways to secure and protect your WordPress site. On average, 30,000 new websites are hacked each day. WordPress sites can be an easy target for attacks because of plugin vulnerabilities, weak passwords and obsolete software."

"The Wordfence WordPress security plugin provides free enterprise-class WordPress security, protecting your website from hacks and malware. Wordfence starts by checking if your site is already infected. We do a deep server-side scan of your source code comparing it to the Official WordPress repository for core, themes and plugins. Then Wordfence secures your site and makes it up to 50 times faster"

"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…"

"Make comments management easier by applying some of the simple hacks the Yoast team uses. Make comments management easier by applying some of the simple hacks the Yoast team uses. This plugin adds some small hacks around core WordPress comments to make them more bearable: Cleaner comment notification emails. The option to disallow comments below a certain length. The option to redirect first time commenters to a thank you page. An input field on the comment edit screen to change the comment parent ID. Links in the admin comments section to email individual commenters. A button in the WP toolbar to email all the commenters on a post. See the screenshots to get an even better idea of the plugins functionality."

"Send a 'thank you' email to your blog's commenters. Thank Me Later sends 'thank you' emails to your commenters. Simply write a message saying thanks and it will be emailed after a time of your choice -- 5 minutes, a day, a month, whenever!"

"Bloom, Popup Maker, Popups, PopupAlly, Popup by Supsystic Optimizing conversion rates is the number one priority for most digital marketers. Attracting and 'hooking' a future loyal follower can be an art form - one that baffles the best of us. Fortunately, there are a vast amount of tools to help you achieve your goals; especially within the WordPress community. In this article we're going to explore the cream of the crop. More specifically, we're going to dive into the world of popup plugins. Once we're done with that, we'll move on to explore how you can make the most of your new popup plugin and maximize conversion rates on your WordPress website. Let's get cracking! What Is An Opt-in Popup? Opt-in popups are a proven way to convert visitors into loyal followers. Opt-ins enable visitors to enter contact information for subscribing to a newsletter or requesting more details about a particular subject. Popups you say? But they're annoying as hell, right? Marketing tools can be tiresome - there's no doubt about it - but in the hands of a great fisherman, the correct bait can be the key to his or her success. Only you can decide if the results are worth the method. With that said, let's get straight onto exploring the top popup plugins for WordPress."

"Accessible AJAX Comments This is a plug-in derived from the Accessible AJAX comments library built for the WordPress Theme Accessibility Pattern Library (https://github.com/wpaccessibility/a11ythemepatterns/tree/master/comment-form-with-js-aria) Please make pull requests or raise issues in the WP Accessibility pattern library, unless the issues are specific to the plug-in implementation. "

"Wishlist, s2Member, WPMU Membership, Paid Memberships Pro, Digital Access Pass Having a membership area on a website might not just be a good idea, but a necessity. If you decide to add one on your website, you'll want to carefully consider your requirements as not all membership plugins are the same. Choosing the right plugin requires research on the various features offered and the implementation approach used by the respective developers. Below is our list of the top 5 WordPress Membership Plugins along with a short review of their key features."

"WPML, Easy Translation Manager for WordPress, Google Language Translator, Multilingual Press Here's a riddle for you: how can you create a very appealing site with a responsive design that still sends your visitors away at first glance? As the Internet is becoming more accessible around the world, more eyes will be on your site. And if your visitors don't understand English, they are going to look for a way to translate your copy (I guess I should have given you a longer time to ponder the riddle). If your visitors literally can't read your copy they're certainly not going to stick around your site just for the pretty interface. If you're a world news site, you are going to want to cater to your non-English speaking readers as well. And what if you aren't trying to cater to a worldwide market? Remember that the many people in the United States use English as a second-language and would much prefer to read something in their native language… So in the spirit of continuing my series of reviewing my favorite plugins, let's take a look at some of the best language translation plugins that the WordPress community has to offer."

"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."

"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. "

"Allows you to add and remove featured images from admin post lists. Works with AJAX and magic for your image assignment pleasure. Easy Featured Images allows you to assign featured images to posts much more efficiently, especially if you have a number of posts to go through. Normally you have to visit the edit page of each post, launch the media window and upload/assign the image. With the plugin enabled you can do this from the post list screen. Everything words via AJAX so images are assigned instantly, without having to wait for pages to load. It uses the regular WordPress media box making the plugin 100% WordPress awesome."

"Rollback (or forward) any WordPress.org plugin or theme like a boss. Quickly and easily rollback any theme or plugin from WordPress.org to any previous (or newer) version without any of the manual fuss. Works just like the plugin updater, except you're rolling back (or forward) to a specific version. No need for manually downloading and FTPing the files or learning Subversion. This plugin takes care of the trouble for you."