By Ryan Imel on July 1, 2011
Today’s Daily Plugin tweaks the WordPress Dashboard a bit. And by a bit I mean it’s a change you will definitely notice when you activate it. Today’s plugin moves the admin menu to the top of the page and enables drop downs on the menu.
By the way, if you love The Daily Plugin, and would like to become a producer for a few episodes (yup, credits worthy of IMDB), we’ve made it so you can! Just visit this page and see the “Wheelbarrow” image and instructions for more.
The video is embedded at the top of this post’s page, with more about the plugin below.
Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu
Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu will move your WordPress Dashboard menu from the left, where it normally sits, to the top of your screen. The horizontal menu will also include drop downs, so you can jump directly to pages you’re looking for when you hover.
As I said in the video, this drastic change is a bit too much for me. But, I can see the appeal it might have to some people. Try it out, maybe it’s for you!
Video recorded with version 3.5.4 of Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu, running WordPress 3.1.3.
About the plugin author
Ozh Richards is a well know WordPress and plugin developer. Most recently he wrote a book called Professional WordPress Plugin Development with Justin Tadlock and Brad Williams. You can check out our interview with all three of them here.
Is your plugin worthy?
If you would like to see your plugin featured on an episode of The Daily Plugin, send your plugin information over to dailyplugin@wpcandy.com. We’ll see you tomorrow for another Daily Plugin!
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By Ryan Imel on July 1, 2011
Peering into my crystal ball this morning, I divined a couple of truths about the current state of WordPress 3.2 development. Since you’re all very close, personal, and intimate friends of mine, I’ll share with you my findings:
- There are no longer any remaining tickets tied to the 3.2 milestone on the WordPress Trac.
- When I concentrate very hard, this Monday the 4th seems like the most likely day for a release.
You might have guessed by now that I’m not a magic gypsy. Fair point. In reality core developer Andrew Nacin mentioned both of these items on Twitter last evening. Regarding Monday, specifically, he said:
Free software + Independence Day. Discuss. In the USA that could mean fireworks and open source goodness may coincide on Monday. So for just the Americans reading: don’t go blowing off that upgrading finger!
Is everyone ready for the next release of WordPress? What feature(s) are you most excited for?
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By Ryan Imel on July 1, 2011
At the end of this month (yes, this one) WordCamp Fayetteville will happen. Two days of events are planned over the weekend of July 30 and 31, with a traditional conference from 8-5 on Saturday and a non-traditional unconference on Sunday where all the speakers will also be there to teach. Just in case everything doesn’t sink into your brain on Saturday, they will force it in on Sunday.
Gently, of course.
Saturday’s “State of WordPress” keynote presentation will be given by Jane Wells. Also cool, the after party will be treated to DJ Chaz Bizar who will provide tunes for the night.
Oh, and WordCamp Fayetteville is in Arkansas. Which is one of the United States. On Earth. So that headline isn’t silly, it’s incredibly accurate.
Silliness aside, who’s planning on attending Fayetteville?
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By Ryan Imel on June 30, 2011
Today’s Daily Plugin is called Blog Update Reminder, and could serve as a handy reminder system whether you run a multi-author blog or you blog on your own. It attempts to solve the problem of forgetting to blog on a given schedule.
The video is embedded at the top of this post’s page, with more about the plugin below.
Blog Update Reminder
Blog Update Reminder adds a settings screen to allow you to set a span of time for each of your authors. If the authors don’t contribute to the blog in that given span of time, they will be emailed a reminder to blog.
Video recorded with version 1.0.1 of Blog Update Reminder, running WordPress 3.1.3.
About the plugin author
This is actually WordPress developer Samantha Gruskin‘s first plugin! Wish her congrats in the comments, and check out her site.
Is your plugin worthy?
If you would like to see your plugin featured on an episode of The Daily Plugin, send your plugin information over to dailyplugin@wpcandy.com. We’ll see you tomorrow for another Daily Plugin!
Posted in The Daily Plugin | Tagged Plugins |
By Ryan Imel on June 30, 2011
Max Foundry, which has in the past primarily concerned themselves with developing and releasing WordPress plugins, has entered into the commercial theme space this week with their new theme Liftoff, a landing page theme.
It seems just about everyone is getting into the commercial theme space these days. Do you think the theme industry is still booming, or is there no room for those jumping in now?
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