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WordPress 3.6 is not quite ready for production sites yet, but WPML 2.8.2 is out already, with full compatibility for upcoming WordPress 3.6 features. The major new feature in WordPress 3.6 is the post formats. This is a new (and much improved) GUI that makes the existing post formats feature

Sliders continue to dominate as one of the most requested features in WordPress websites, so it’s no surprise that there are a good number of slider plugins available. We’ve already reviewed others in the past, but today it’s the turn of Revolution Slider. Revolution Slider is a product from ThemePunch, an

WordPress theme framework Genesis has just been updated to version 2.0 Beta. Since it’s a beta version, you would do well to test it out and get used to it, however it’s not recommended that you use it on a live site yet. Genesis 2.0 utilizes HTML5 to provide a

In this post we take a look at some of the best auction plugins for WordPress. With these plugins you can build a full featured auction website with WordPress. WPAuctionSoftware WP Auction Software is a plugin having a free and a pro version. You can run a complete auction website

Among several eCommerce plugins in WordPress, WooCommerce is reckoned among the best. Started in 2011 by a team of professionals, WooCommerce is basically a fork of JigoShop eCommerce plugin licensed under GPL. WooCommerce, as such, continues to be licensed under GPL. There are themes, extensions and add-on plugins that are

There is no point in having an array of locks at your disposal, if you do not use them, or don’t know how to use them to safeguard your property. In the case of information, especially your private information, a heavy duty lock is what you need at all times.

The first thing to do is to create the function. To do so, paste the following code into your functions.php file: ?php function author_excerpt (){ $word_limit = 20; // Limit the number of words $more_txt = 'read more about:'; // The read more text $txt_end = '...'; // Display text

Simply paste the following code into your function.php file, where you generally enqueue scripts and styles. Line 4 shows how to use the wp_localize_script() function. function prefix_enqueue_custom_script(){ wp_register_script( 'prefix_custom_script', plugin_dir_url( __FILE__ ) .'js/custom-script.js', array( 'jquery' ) ); wp_enqueue_script( 'prefix_custom_script' ); wp_localize_script( 'prefix_custom_script', 'prefix_object_name', array( 'upload' = __( 'upload', 'textdomain' ),

If you have a website with lots of valuable content, turning it into a membership-based site can make it a very lucrative business for you. There are loads of use-cases for membership plugins, and there are quite a number of such plugins as well. Here are the best ones we’ve