Yesterday Matt Jones of Storefront Themes announced via his blog that his Rocket Dashboard plugin is now available for free download! We like free, a lot, so we thought we’d take a few minutes and check out just what Rocket Dashboard has to offer. Rocket Dashboard is a plugin that offers a fresh take on the WordPress dashboard, updating some of the colors as well the icons. It’s pretty simple but it certainly gives the dashboard a fresh new skin. I thought I’d install in on my personal blog just to see how much of a difference it makes.

My internship with WP Daily is over in 8 days.  That’s hard to believe.  Someday’s I feel like I’ve worked here for over a year but most days it feels like I’ve just begun.  I’m learning on a constant basis about writing, editing, WordPress, plugins, best practices, openness, community and more. It’s been challenging as a relative newcomer to this whole scene but that challenge has also been what has made this internship so sweet. I’ve been coached, called out, pushed, corrected, applauded and accepted by the WP Daily team.  They don’t settle for poor work, they hold each other […]

I’m back with yet another review for you guys.  This time we’re taking a look at WPpreset, which was submitted to us just a few days ago. We’ve covered other systematic installation options before so don’t be surprised when we start comparing WPpreset to another option that got both a positive review and feedback about a month ago, WProller. WPpreset prides itself on the time it can save you on your multiple installs and setups of WordPress. In fact their demo video shows you how to set up a WordPress install with all of your preferred plugins and such in […]

I was tasked with reviewing the MyCurator plugin from the folks over at TargetInfo and I’ve got to say, I don’t get it. I’ve watched the four and half minute intro video three times, read through the entire site twice and all MyCurator seems like is a RSS reeder with some slick options for posting other people’s content to your own blog.