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The Most Awesome Social Widget Plugin for WordPress

Erica — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 13:59:40 +0000

I can’t take credit for finding this plugin. I was surfing Google+ and saw WPMU.org had mentioned/featured it. I fell in love immediately. And now, I’m sharing it with you! Enter WP Mashsocial Widget Plugin. It is so easy to use and combines the ‘like’ and follow boxes and widgets for all the popular networks. [...]

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WordPress Security Plugins and Tips

Erica — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 14:19:13 +0000

It seems WordPress site hacks are at an all-time high. I spend hours each week cleaning sites for clients. People hunt me down at conferences looking for ‘the gal who cleaned my site’ thanks to recommendations from people I’ve helped. Thing is, cleaning up junk code isn’t something I love to do. And really, I’m [...]

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Genesis Simple Edits Plugin – Modify Post Meta

Erica — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:20:43 +0000

I’m a huge fan of the Genesis framework and all the child themes from Studio Press! I’d even venture to say they’re my favorite themes to use and modify so when a client asks for recommendations, I send them to StudioPress Themes for WordPress first. My only complaint about the framework thus far has been [...]

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Accept Guest Posts With These WordPress Plugins

Erica — Fri, 22 Jul 2011 12:51:41 +0000

While many bloggers accept guest posts, it’s normally an every-once-in-awhile thing and you just ask to have the post emailed to you, never having to worry about allowing the guest writer access to your blog’s dashboard. But, what happens when you want to allow people to submit stories anytime, or even testimonials? You [...]

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Plugin Notes – A WordPress Plugin for Site Admins

Erica — Mon, 18 Jul 2011 18:29:44 +0000

After an emergency support ticket showed up in my email this weekend, I decided it was time to find a solution to a growing problem… clients updating plugins that we’ve modified to fit their needs. The problem is, once a plugin is updated, the modifications are overwriten and whatever function we’d worked so hard to [...]

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Is WordPress The Right CMS for Classified Ads Websites?

Erica — Wed, 18 May 2011 16:02:55 +0000

WordPress is a free blogging and publishing tool that is powered by MySQL and PHP. Many linux web hosting services and other web hosts come with pre-installed scripts such as WordPress. Check with your web host provider to find out if it is included in your plan. WordPress has many features including a large website [...]

Is WordPress The Right CMS for Classified Ads Websites? is a post from: EricaSays.com.

Get StudioPress’s Genesis Pro Plus All Themes Package before the price goes up!

Erica — Thu, 05 May 2011 15:59:04 +0000

My favorite WordPress framework company is about to raise their prices. While StudioPress’s Genesis Pro Plus All Themes Package is currently $249.95, it will soon be raised to $299.95 (or more). While that will still be an amazing deal for this framework and 30+ child themes, the $50 savings now is a treat not to [...]

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Using Pretty Link Pro to Shorten and Cloak Affiliate Links

Erica — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:40:54 +0000

Affiliate marketers know, those money-making links can be half a mile long! Not only are they cumbersome, they’re unprofessional looking. Some marketers even worry about having their links hacked and replaced with someone else’s affiliate ID… The solution for this is a $37 premium plugin for WordPress called Pretty Link Pro. Yes, there is a [...]

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Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin for WordPress

Erica — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 20:21:11 +0000

This plugin is the easiest way to get a custom navigation link without hardcoding the navigation menu. Maybe you want to link to Twitter from your nav bar, but you don’t know how? Create a page, then use the settings this plugin puts in your page/post editor to redirect that page. You can choose from [...]

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