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Hi there ! On this page we want to give you give you some information about the WordPress Plugin Guide itself; which WordPress theme we used, an overview of all plugins used and other modifications done.

Theme used

Let’s start with the theme we are using here at WPPG, it is the Streamline theme from StudioPress. First let’s see if you can recognize it :) , check the image below :

Streamline theme from StudioPress

As you can see, all graphics and colors have been changed, a new menu implemented, sidebars changed, footer has changed completely, and we modified the Featured Content Gallery plugin which is used on the frontpage. Also lot’s of icons were added to posts and drop-down menu’s (using the Category Icons plugin), and to all sidebar items (we just love icons!).

Besides the Streamline theme StudioPress has a great theme collection (currently 14 themes (Nov 2009) and still growing !), and a very active support forum where members can ask questions regarding WordPress and the StudioPress themes. With the development of this theme we had some questions too, and the same day we got answers on our questions, a big thumbs up! You can checkout the StudioPress website here.

Plugins used

Here the list of the plugins we are using at WPPG :

  • Akismet – the well known antispam plugin from WordPress founder Matt Mullenweg
  • Category Icons – this plugin adds the icons next to the plugin title, and also the small icons in the dropdown menu. [read review]
  • Comment Info Detector – this plugin enables you to detect your commenter’s info and show their country flag, web browser, operating system automatically
  • Contact Form 7 – contact form plugin, simple but easy & useful
  • Datafeedr Random Ads – plugin which allows you to simply and easily show random ads anywhere in your template files or using widget
  • Exec-PHP – executes code in your posts, pages and text widgets
  • Featured Content Gallery – this plugin is used to create a customizable rotating image gallery anywhere within your WordPress site. It is modified a bit to create round corners and text on the right side
  • GD Star Rating – this plugin allows you to set up advanced rating and review system for posts, pages and comments in your blog using single, multi and thumbs ratings. [read review]
  • Google Integration Toolkit – this plugin integrates Google services (Analytics, Webmaster Tools, etc.) with your blog
  • Google XML Sitemaps – this plugin generates an XML sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask, Google, Bing and Yahoo!
  • Limit Login Attempts – this plugin limits the rate of login attempts, including by way of cookies, for each IP
  • Lock Out – this plugin locks users out from accessing your website while performing upgrades or maintenance to your website, while still allowing certain user roles access.
  • NoFollow Free – this plugin removes the nofollow tag from your blog’s comments with a lot of options customizable
  • Pretty Link – shrinks, tracks and shares any URL on the Internet from your WordPress website
  • Re.place – custom regexp search and replace contents
  • Recent posts with excerpts – a widget that lists your most recent posts with excerpts
  • Relevanssi – this plugin replaces WordPress search with a relevance-sorting search
  • Search Meter – keeps track of what your visitors are searching for
  • Secure WordPress – little basics for secure your WordPress-installation
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Icons used for WPPG are made by these great designers :

If you have any suggestions which can improve the quality of WPPG please let us know by using the contact form, your input is highly appreciated !