Recommended Plugins

This page includes various WordPress plugins we recommend. Some of these plugins enhance Weaver, but most are one’s I’ve found especially useful for building websites.

Widget Saver Plugin

I’ve just discovered a plugin called “Widget Saver“. If you switch themes, then switch back to the original, your widgets will have been “lost” from the widget areas, and “saved” in the Inactive Widgets box.  Widget Saver adds a “Save … Continue reading

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Easy Theme Updater Plugin

Admittedly, upgrading Weaver Plus or Beta versions of Weaver has required some manual steps – until now! I’ve discovered a plugin that will let you update/upgrade a theme or plugin from a .zip file upload. Here’s the scoop: Upload and … Continue reading

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Plugin Recommendation: WPaudio MP3 Player

I have literally spent uncounted hours looking for the perfect MP3 player for sites. I finally found one I can recommend as a simple to use, great looking player: the WPaudio MP3 Player plugin. It couldn’t be simpler to use. … Continue reading

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Events Manager Extended – Calendar Plugin

I haven’t posted about any great plugins lately, but I just found a totally terrific calendar/events manager plugin called Events Manager Extended that I think must be the best calendar/events manager available. It is especially great when used with Weaver … Continue reading

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WPMS Mobile Edition

I’ve just discovered an essential plugin: Word Press Multi Site Mobile Edition – it automatically provides an alternative Mobile Theme version of your site. Don’t let the Multi Site in the name mislead you – this plugin works equally well … Continue reading

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Header-Footer Plugin

I have a new plugin to recommend: Header and Footer. The plugin’s description underplays what it does. It allows you to insert code into the <HEAD> section of your site, as well as at the very end (footer – but … Continue reading

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New Forum

There’s a new WP Weaver support Forum! While the Twenty Ten Discussion page was working for support, that method has some issues – mostly that you can’t easily scan what others have asked about. So the new forum should help … Continue reading

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Dynamic Widgets

I just got a question from a Weaver user: “I would like to have different widgets show in my sidebars depending on which page is being displayed. How do I do that?” Weaver can’t help you, but there is a … Continue reading

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New Comment Plugin – Spetacu.la Discussion

We’ve just switched to a new plugin to handle the display of comments on this site. It is called Spetacu.la Discussion, and to my taste, really cleans up the default display of comments provided by the default Twenty Ten theme … Continue reading

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Internationalization

Weaver has been designed so that its visitor pages will display properly in your native language by using the translation files from the default Twenty Ten theme. This page has instructions for: Displaying the visitor part your web site in … Continue reading

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