Menu Icon plugin

The Menu icon plugin provides an easy way to add icons to your custom menu. Once you’ve activated the Menu icon plugin in Plugins > All, you’ll see an option to select an icon to add to a menu item. Set up custom menu 1. Go to Appearance > Menus 2.  Add a menu title…Continue Reading Menu Icon plugin

Print Post and Page Plugin

The Print Post and Page plugin optimize your posts and pages for printing which allows your readers easily print your posts or pages. When a reader clicks on the Print icon on a post the Print options loads in a pop up window. Your readers can use these options to print your post or page….Continue Reading Print Post and Page Plugin

Akismet plugin

Akismet is a spam commenting service designed to reduce comment and pingback spam. It checks the content of the comment anonymously with an online server, to determine whether it is spam or not. All comments considered spam automatically placed by Akismet in a spam queue where it is held for a month and then deleted….Continue Reading Akismet plugin

Pixabay Plugin

The Pixabay plugin is a quick and easy tool to find quality public domain images from Pixabay and upload them to your site with just one click. Below is an example of an image inserted using Pixabay plugin. Using Pixabay Once you have activated the Pixabay plugin in Plugins > All you use it as…Continue Reading Pixabay Plugin

Site Stats (Jetpack)

Site Stats tells you how many visitors your site gets, and what posts and pages are most popular.  To access you need to enable the Site Stats module in the Jetpack plugin. Set up Site stats Once you’ve activated the Jetpack plugin you activate Site Stats as follows: 1.  Go to Jetpack > Settings. 2. …Continue Reading Site Stats (Jetpack)

Milestone (Jetpack) Widget

The Milestone (Jetpack) widget provides an easy way to create a countdown either to or from a given date. It is added to Appearance > Widgets when the Extra Sidebar Widgets module in the Jetpack plugin is activated. Here is an example of what the Milestone widget looks like: Settings Once you add the widget to your sidebar in Appearance…Continue Reading Milestone (Jetpack) Widget

Goodreads (Jetpack) Widget

The Goodreads (Jetpack) widget allows you to feature your Goodread books in your sidebar. It is added to Appearance > Widgets when the Extra Sidebar Widgets module in the Jetpack plugin is activated. Here’s what it looks like when it’s added to a blog sidebar: Settings Once you add the widget to your sidebar in Appearance > Widgets, you’ll see…Continue Reading Goodreads (Jetpack) Widget

Flickr (Jetpack) Widget

The Flickr (Jetpack) Widget makes it easy to show your latest Flickr photos in your sidebar. To work your photos must be set to public on Flickr. It is added to Appearance > Widgets when the Extra Sidebar Widgets module in the Jetpack plugin is activated. Here’s what it looks like when it’s added to a blog sidebar: Settings…Continue Reading Flickr (Jetpack) Widget

Featured Video Plugin

The Featured Video Plugin works like featured images but a video is displayed in place of a post or page’s featured image. To get started you need to activate the Featured Video Plugin in Plugins > All. The feature video can be added: Using the video URL By uploading a video Set Featured Image Featured video…Continue Reading Featured Video Plugin

Simple Google Search Plugin

Simple Google Search plugin replaces the default WordPress search engine with search powered by Google. Once you’ve activated the Simple Google Search plugin in Plugins > All you set it up as follows: 1.  Go to Custom Google Search Engine 2.  Click on ‘Sign in to Custom Search Engine‘ and log in with your Gmail account. 3. …Continue Reading Simple Google Search Plugin