New and updated WordPress plugins – 2009/11/23

Visual Editor Font Size allows you to change the font in the visual editor write field.

Once you install a plugin, you will be able to increase and decrease the font size via a box on the write screen.

This setting doesn't affect the font size your users will see. It affects only you.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Nikolay Bachiyski
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 5/5 (5 votes)
• : 9.594
• : click here

With Time Release, you set your blog to publish a post after some period of inactivity. You edit and create Time Release posts in the usual way, but you mark it as “Time Release”. After a few days, if you haven’t posted any new stories, then the Time Release posts will start to be published.

Features

• Displays a single post after n days of inactivity
• Posts with a date in the future aren't published until that date has passed
• Notifies author by email when a post has been published

Bugs should be reported in the comment section of the author's page.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Erigami Scholey-Fuller
• : 22
• : 2.0.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 5/5 (2 votes)
• : 1.254
• : click here

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• :
• : 22
• :

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : /5 ()
• :
• :

To see examples of how to use this plugin, please visit http://blog.idealmind.com.br/wordpress/embed-object-wordpress-plugin-youtube-flash/

Embed Object plugin - you can easily embed flash objects and YouTube videos in your wordpress blog. You can use it in posts and pages, and you can use any attribute that you want, like FlashVars and wmode, and others.

Para ver exemplos de como usar este plugin, visite http://blog.idealmind.com.br/wordpress/embed-object-wordpress-plugin-youtube-flash/

Embed Object plugin - com este plugin você pode inserir objetos flash e vídeos do youTube facilmente em seu blog. Você pode usá-lo em posts e em páginas, com qualquer atributo que você quiser, como FlashVars, para passar parâmetros ara o flash, e wmode, para transparência do background.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Wellington Ribeiro
• : 22
• : 2.0.2 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 5/5 (2 votes)
• : 5.875
• : click here

Embed, where you want, a scrolling message on your blog.

• add a scrolling (or fixed) text in your wanted direction (right to left, left to right, bottom to top, top to bottom or fixed) in a choosen section of your page,
• possible customization : change height, width, font-size, direction, speed, background color (or image), text color, stop on mouse over,
• define precisely where to show it (multiple choice available) : everywhere, on the homepage, on pages, on search page, on single pages, on archive pages, on categories pages,
• internationalization of the plugin,
• XHTML conform,
• tested and working on IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari,
• the marque will be shown only where your page will be load ;).

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Pierre Sudarovich
• : 22
• : 2.0 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 5/5 (4 votes)
• : 11.646
• : click here

This plugin gets images from your flickr account and displays them in an array styled with a little CSS3 and jQuery, which degrades nicely in older browsers. Also opens photos in the prettyPhoto lightbox.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Josh Betz
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.67/5 (3 votes)
• : 3.134
• : click here

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• :
• : 22
• :

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : /5 ()
• :
• :

Featured Posts Slideshow shows as many post's images as you want. It's a very nice and powerfull Javascript Slideshow. It displays a certain image for every Post of a category that you have defined. You can slide through your Slideshow with the help of nice navigation buttons. The images are directly linked to the specific Wordpress post. You have a powerfull Administration Area to adjust the Category, the number of Posts, the width and height, and many colours for the Slideshow!

• Images from as many Posts as you want
• Navigation through left and right buttons
• Image for every different Post
• Powerfull Administration for Posts and Styles of the Slideshow
• Javascript Effects between sliding through Posts
• Images are linked directly to the specific Post

Check out the DEMO at Webdesign

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Dennis Nissle, IWEBIX
• : 22
• : 2.6 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 2.33/5 (6 votes)
• : 14.321
• : click here

Bit.ly Retweet is a fine, high-performance and careful resource plugin with internal cache for Bit.ly shorten links.

Features

• j.mp url support
• No database & settings necessary
• Store the short Bit.ly link in the WordPress cache

Mode of operation

Add the function code <?php the_tweet_link() ?> to the desired location in your single.php template.

Example

<?php if (function_exists('the_tweet_link')) { ?>
  <a href="<?php the_tweet_link() ?>">ReTweet</a>
<?php } ?>

Very simple.

Documentation

• Bit.ly Retweet documentation in German
• Follow us on Twitter for updates

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Sergej Müller
• : 22
• : 2.7 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.43/5 (7 votes)
• : 1.935
• : click here

This plugin quite simply allows you to use the Ctrl-S keyboard command commonly used in many software products to save a document.

When a post or page hasn't been published, pressing Ctrl-S on your keyboard will save the page/post as draft, if it has been published, then it will be updated.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : SignpostMarv Martin
• : 22
• : 2.5 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.25/5 (4 votes)
• : 717
• : click here

If getting an API key is beyond the skill set or desires of your users, but they still want to be able to have a Google map, this plugin is the answer. It adds a button to the visual editor that allows them to use the link from Google Maps to embed a plugin. Blog administrators can set defaults for width, height, marginwidth, marginheight, frameborder, and scrolling properties for the embed code. Users can override these defaults when they are creating a post or page. Power users can directly enter a shortcode in a post, page or widget. Shortcode should be entered in the following format:

[cetsEmbedGmap src=http://maps.google.com/?ie=UTF8&ll=37.0625,-95.677068&spn=53.609468,107.138672&z=4 width=350 height=425 marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 scrolling=no]

This version adds a quicktag to the html editor, opens the larger map in a new window, and defaults to map view instead of sat view.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Deanna Schneider
• : 22
• : 2.7 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.64/5 (22 votes)
• : 22.616
• : click here

Allows you to embed and use Typekit fonts in your WordPress website without having to edit your theme.

Typekit offer a service that allows you to select from a range of hundreds of high quality fonts for your WordPress website. The fonts are applied using the font-face standard, so they are standards compliant, fully licensed and accessible.

To use this plugin you need to sign up with Typekit, install this plugin and then either configure some Typekit selectors or define your own CSS rules. Typekit selectors provide a quick and easy way to get fonts enabled on your site. Using your own CSS rules (as explained in Typekit's Advanced tips) gives you more control and lets you access additional attributes such as font-weight. This plugin allows you to create your own CSS rules that use Typekit fonts without the need to edit/upload CSS style sheets.

Detailed instructions are available on the plugin's settings page.

Compatible with WordPress Multisite.

This plugin is designed to function securely with both WordPress and WordPress Multisite. When the JavaScript Embed Code is entered on the settings page, the user account id is extracted from the embed code and the correctly formed Typekit Embed Code is included in the site header, so it is not possible to use the Embed Code field to include arbitrary JavaScript. The Custom CSS field is also filtered, and doesn't allow any HTML code to be entered.

If the website is using HTTPS/SSL, the SSL version of the Typekit embed code is automatically used instead.

See the Typekit Fonts for WordPress Plugin home page for further information.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : OM4
• : 22
• : 3.1 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.73/5 (11 votes)
• : 27.086
• : click here

This plugin creates a short URL from the blog post permalink and stores it in the database. The URL is displayed below the blog post along with a link to twitter that passes the short URL on.

You can use all short URL services that offer an API. Here are a few:

• http://lin.io/
• http://unrelo.com/
• http://bit.ly/
• http://u.nu/
• http://tinyurl.com/

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : GentleSource
• : 22
• : 2.5 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.67/5 (3 votes)
• : 1.550
• : click here

Give the RSS url of your Picasa album(s) to the Picasa for Wordpress widget to display them in your sidebar(s).

• add slideshow widget(s) in the sidebar(s) section of your page,
• you'll can change the width of your slideshow (the height will be automatically adjusted), the background color, the autoplay feature, if only registered users can see it, if you want to show the legend,
• internationalization of the plugin,
• XHTML conform,
• tested and working on IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari,

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Pierre Sudarovich
• : 22
• : 2.0 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4/5 (6 votes)
• : 11.153
• : click here

RSSPhoto is a Wordpress plugin to display photos from RSS and Atom feeds. It includes a widget for easy addition to a sidebar, or it can be configured by shortcode to display on any page. Easy theme integration is also possible. RSSPhoto includes jQuery-powered, cross-browser compatible slideshow as well as static image display.

RSSPhoto uses the built-in Wordpress functions to parse RSS and Atom feeds (which are based on SimplePie). A cache directory, writable by the server, is required for thumbnail storage. The GD library is required for generating thumbnails.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Spencer Kellis
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3/5 (6 votes)
• : 4.971
• : click here

This plugin will let you easily embed Google maps in your posts. It will produce clean XHTML code without any iframe.

• add an embed Google map in your post by using this syntax [map:http://permalink_to_your_Google_map 640 480] "width" (640 in the example) and "height" are optional parameters. You can use px or %,
• it could be a recorded map or any other map you're consulting (some complicated map can't be shown) some examples are availables on my blog,
• double-click or use your scrolling mouse button to zoom on,
• internationalization of the plugin,
• XHTML conform,
• tested and working on IE6, IE7, IE8, Firefox, Opera, Chrome, Safari,

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Pierre Sudarovich
• : 22
• : 1.5 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 2.92/5 (12 votes)
• : 33.744
• : click here

WP Bannerize is an Amazing Banner Manager. In your template insert: <?php if(function_exists( 'wp_bannerize' )) wp_bannerize(); ?>, use new shortcode featured or set it like Widget. Remember: This software is free. You don't need to donate money to support it. Just talk about it.

FEATURES

• Localized for Italian, English, Spanish, Portuguese, Belorussian, Dutch, Polish, German, Turkish and Russian
• Manage image, Adobe Flash movie, HTML/Javascript and free text
• Create your list (group/key) Banners image/Adobe Flash movie/URL/Free HTML
• Drag & Drop order
• Quick switch button to enable/disable banner
• Show your banners list by PHP code, Wordpress shortcode or Widget
• Customize output by 'Settings' in admin area
• Customize CSS Rules for frontend layout
• Tools panel with Function and Shortcode Editor
• Set random, limit and catories filters
• Standard Wordpress interface improvement
• "nofollow" attribute support
• Click Counter engine for stats
• Impressions and Max Impressions
• CTR (Click-through rate)
• Date Time schedule
• Wordpress Admin Contextual HELP

WHAT'S NEWS IN 3.0 RELEASE

• Added insert banner by URL
• Added insert banner by Free HTML
• Added insert banner from Media Gallery
• Added quick switch button to enable/disable banner
• Added Server Date/Time information
• Added click count on Flash Movie
• Added no_html_wrap arguments for avoid WP Bannerize HTML
• Added frontend stylesheet, predefined or custom
• Added 'no banner to display' HTML/message settings
• Added Tools menu with Function and Shortcode Editor, Database utility
• Improved HTML contextual Help
• Improved Code and HTML layout
• Improved HTML output
• Fixed shortcode
• Fixed several minor bugs
• Updated Fancybox Javascript Library
• Deprecated shortcode name "wp-bannerize"
• Deprecated HTML output - see documentation for detail

HOW TO

Check the new "Function and Shortcode Editor" in Tools section.

When you insert a banner you can assign it to a group (or key). In this way, for example, if your theme layout is a 3 columns, you can insert in left sidebar:

<?php if(function_exists( 'wp_bannerize' ))
          wp_bannerize('group=left_sidebar'); ?>

in right sidebar:

<?php if(function_exists( 'wp_bannerize' ))
          wp_bannerize('group=right_sidebar'); ?>

In addition WP Bannerize provides a filter by category, for example:

<?php if(function_exists( 'wp_bannerize' ))
          wp_bannerize('group=right_sidebar&categories=13,14'); ?>

The code above shows banners only for the categories 13 or 14, for the "right_sidebar" group key.

or in your post:

[wp_bannerize group="adv" random="1" limit="3"]

The default HTML output for above code is:

<div class="wp_bannerize adv">
  <div>
    <a href=".."><img src="..." /></a>
  </div>
  <div>
    <a href=".."><img src="..." /></a>
    <div class="description">[description]</div>
  </div>
  ...
</div>

params:

* group               If '' show all groups, else show the selected group code (default '')
* no_html_wrap        Display only link and image tag, No WP Bannerize wrap HTML (default '')
* random              Show random banner sequence (default '')
* categories          Category ID separated by commas. (default '')
* limit               Limit rows number (default '' - show all rows)
* before              HTML Tag before banner (default '<div>')
* after               HTML Tag after banner (default '</div>')

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Giovambattista Fazioli
• : 22
• : 3.1 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.26/5 (54 votes)
• : 82.216
• : click here

This dashboard widget provides a simple notepad. The widget settings allow you to choose which roles can edit the notes, and which roles can merely read them. Version 1.30 also adds support for custom roles and integrates with the Members plugin for role settings.

You can display the contents of your notepad using a template tag and/or shortcode. The widget permissions apply to these tags as well: only users with permission to read the notes will see the notes on the front end. You can use div#dashboard-notes in your theme's CSS file to style the notes.

Translations

• Belorussian (be_BY) by FatCow.
• Bulgarian (bg_BG) by SiteGround.
• German (de_DE) by Guido Kerkewitz
• Swedish (se_SV) by Rabatt

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Stephanie Leary
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.84/5 (19 votes)
• : 19.925
• : click here

GD Star Rating plugin allows you to set up rating and review system for posts, pages and comments in your blog. You can set many options for displaying the rating stars, and add widgets into the sidebars for displaying top ratings and other statistics generated by the plugin. Plugin includes advanced settings panels that will allow you to control many aspects of rating. Plugin also supports multi ratings along with thumbs based ratings. Plugin supports use of cache plugins and dynamic loading of data using ajax.

Supported languages: english, serbian, spanish, hindi, german, italian, french, ukrainian, belorussian, russian, polish

About Plugin Support

Plugin is provided for free, and that is not going to change. But support is not free anymore. Currently available tutorials on official website will remain there, but all new tutorials and much more are available only through premium support on Dev4Press website.

Reasons for Premium Support | Support on Dev4Press | Support Policy

Basic Information

Premium Support | Plugin Home | FAQ | Features | Twitter

Using the Plugin

Tutorials | Advanced | User Guide | Database Layout |

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Milan Petrovic
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.57/5 (305 votes)
• : 784.391
• : click here

This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, it's much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content.

Related Links:

• Plugin Homepage
• Changelog
• Plugin and sitemaps FAQ
• Support Forum

This release is not compatible with the new multisite feature of WordPress 3.0 yet. The plugin will remain inactive as long as this feature is enabled. If you are using this feature, try out the new Beta version which fully supports multisite mode as well as network activation!

This release is compatible with all WordPress versions since 2.1. If you are still using an older one, use version 2.7.1 instead.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Arne Brachhold
• : 22
• : 2.1 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 4.6/5 (2875 votes)
• : 6.902.887
• : click here

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• :
• : 22
• :

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : /5 ()
• :
• :

WP to Twitter posts a Twitter status update from your WordPress blog using your URL shortening service to provide a link back to your post from Twitter.

Make a Pledge at Fundry.

The plugin supports a default message template for updating or editing posts and pages, supports your custom post types, and also allows you to write a custom Tweet for each post which says whatever you want, using a selection of custom shortcodes to generate your text.

Additional features include:

• Use tags as Twitter hashtags
• Use alternate URLs in place of post permalinks
• Support for Google Analytics

Any status update you write which is longer than the available space will automatically be truncated by the plugin. This applies to both the default messages and to your custom messages.

Credits:

Contributions by Thor Erik, Bill Berry and Andrea Baccega. Some code previously contributed is no longer in this plug-in. Other bug fixes and related citations can be found in the changelog.

Translations:

• Italian: Gianni Diurno [2.3.14]
• Lithuanian Nata Strazda [2.3.8]
• Simplified Chinese: HostUCan [2.3.8]
• Traditional Chinese: HostUCan [2.3.8]
• Belarussian: Alex Alexandrov [2.3.8]
• Ukrainian: Alyona Lompar [2.3.3]
• Spanish: David Gil Pérez
• Russian: Burkov Boris
• French: Frédéric Million
• Estonian: Raivo Ratsep
• Dutch: Rene at WPwebshop
• Romanian: Jibo
• Danish: Rasmus Himmelstrup
• Brazilian Portugese: Matheus Bratfisch
• Japanese: kndb

New translations are always welcome! The translation file is in the download.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Joseph Dolson
• : 22
• : 2.9.2 (partial) or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.77/5 (150 votes)
• : 729.939
• : click here

PS : You must upgrade from Wp-Insert 1.7.3 to a 1.7.4 before upgrading to Wordpress 3.2+ or you will lose your Admin menu. In case you have upgraded Wordpress already, upgrading Wp-Insert via FTP will fix the issue.

WP-INSERT by Smart Logix : The ultimate wordpress plugin Wp-Insert is the most powerful yet easiest to use wordpress ad management plugin which does a lot more than ad management. Wp-Insert can manage your feeds, google analytics, blog editing and even make editing your themes easier for you. All from within a well contained and easy to use interface. Features Manage Ads Multiple Ad Network Support. (You can now run any ad-network along with adsense or any other network) In post ads - Allows you to insert your ads around and inside your content

• Allows copy/past of html, adsense and other ads code
• Insert Ads above the content
• Insert Ads below the content
• Insert Ads in the middle of the content (Automatically adjusts to the length of content eliminating ads on short posts)
• Insert Ads to the left of the post
• Insert ads to the right of the post
• Option to show/hide ads on Home Page
• Option to show/hide ads on Archive/Category/Tag Pages
• Option to fiter ads from specified posts/pages (With Popup picker for selecting the posts / pages)

• Option to control each and every ad

  10 ad widgets at your disposal

• Go to the widgets page under "Appearance" and place the widgets onto the sidebars you want the ads to appear onto

• Option to style the Ads

• Support for upto three different Ad networks all delivering at the same time

  20 custom ad areas compatible with all themes.

• Now insert Ads anywhere on your site.

• Indivigually control each ads.

• Try different ad sizes and positions easily.

  Run adsense ads along with yahoo, adbrite, chitika or any other ad network without interfering with the terms of each network.

Manage Privacy Policy

• Readymade Adsense Compatible privacy policy for your site.
• Create a Privacy policy page without even typing a Word.
• Assign Privacy Policy to an existing page or create one automatically.
• WYSIWYG Editor to finetune the Privacy Policy to your requirements.

Manage Terms and Conditions

• Readymade general Terms and Conditions for your site.
• Create a Terms and Conditions page without even typing a Word.
• Assign Terms and Conditions to an existing page or create one automatically.
• WYSIWYG Editor to finetune the Terms and Conditions to your requirements.

Manage Pages

• Reorder Pages using a drag and drop interface.

Manage Feeds

• Your logo in your feeds
• Insert Ads into feeds
• Link your feeds to feedburner (Experimental)
• Subscribe via Email widge
• Subscribe to feed widget

Manage Tracking Codes

• Insert Google Analytics tracking onto all you blog pages instantly
• Paste other tracking code into the header or footer of your blog

Manage WYSIWYG editing

• Replace TINY MCE with FCK EDITOR
• Disable auto formatting done by wordpress (Stops the annoying autoformatting done by wordpress. You can now write your posts as you intented to write it. Also allows you to paste in javascript etc easily into your posts/pages)
• WYSIWYG Category description Editor
• WYSIWYG Excerpt Editor

Syntax Highlighting

• Syntax HighLighting for theme editor
• Syntax Highlighting for plugin editor
• Different highlighting for different file types
• Syntax Highlighting for Code snippets in posts and pages
• Syntax Highlighting for Code in post and pages using shortcodes and custom fields.

Miscellaneous Options

• Several miscellaneous Options

All these features in an easy to use and novice user friendly interface which can still cater to the geekiest of webmasters.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Namith Jawahar
• : 22
• : 2.7 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.86/5 (44 votes)
• : 100.355
• : click here

(( WP Twitter )) is a plugin that creates a integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account by giving you the following functionality:

• It will post a tweet when you have created a new post on your Wordpress blog and when you have updated a post.
• Widget for displays yours latest tweets in your WordPress blog.
• A BookMarklet what opens a small window that makes it easier follow and update your Twitter from anywhere.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Fabrix DoRoMo
• : 22
• : 2.5 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3/5 (11 votes)
• : 15.132
• : click here

My Page Order allows you to set the order of pages through a drag and drop interface. The default method of setting the order page by page is extremely clumsy, especially with a large number of pages. The plugin also installs a replacement widget that exposes all the options of the wp_list_pages template function.

Big Update!

My Page Order has been out since WP 1.5 (2006) and hasn't really changed since then. As of version 2.8.6 of the plugin I'm breaking backwards compatibility to add new features like a replacement widget. Keep using version 2.8.3 if you are not on WP 2.8 yet.

• Author
• Version
• Requires WP version

• : Andrew Charlton
• : 22
• : 2.8 or higher

• WordPress.org rating
• Downloads
• Plugin homepage

• : 3.83/5 (233 votes)
• : 453.631
• : click here