How’s everyone’s Tuesday going? It seems to be going well for some plugin developers today. There’s quite a few new and updated plugins to share on today’s roundup. I took a look at the Polaroid Slider Lite plugin and it has some pretty cool slide effects and I like the layered photo design of it. Check it out! Here’s the rest of the plugins for ya:
Easy Digital Downloads Gets Updated to v1.6
Today, we’re super stoked to announce the release of Easy Digital Downloads v1.6 and we’ve spent over two months perfecting this release. If you’re not too familiar with Easy Digital Downloads, it’s a plugin built by Pippin Williamson who leads the development of the project and Chris Christoff and I are Core Developers of the plugin; our aim is to make selling digital downloads through WordPress super easy! We have dozens of extensions built to enhance the base functionality of Easy Digital Downloads. Version 1.6 brings so many awesome new features, here are just a few:
Responsive Sliders with the Soliloquy Plugin
When used properly, sliders can be helpful. I’m hard pressed to find a site these days that doesn’t have one. But coding up a slider module can be very difficult. And now that responsive design is all but mandatory, it’s even more so. That’s why Thomas Griffin built Soliloquy. Responsive and Easy What really jump out for me are the layers the plugin is built on. On the surface, it’s really easy to get started with your first slider. Thomas even brags that it can be done in 60 seconds. (In my experience, it’s more like a minute and a half…) […]
Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 3.16.2013
What an awesome WordCamp Atlanta 2013! I had an awesome time getting to know lots of people that I knew digitally. It was really cool seeing this great community in action. It’s because of this awesome community that I get the pleasure to share these awesome new plugins with you. Keep building the community guys! I hope the rest of you have a great time at your respective WordCamp!
Storing Encrypted Data In The WordPress Database
Today security and privacy are becoming more and more important. We’re not only hearing about password leaks but leaks of sensitive information. Servers will always get hacked, this can’t be avoided. But encrypting the data stored on those servers can drastically reduce the damage. In this article, I will discuss how to store and retrieve encrypted data in the WordPress database. Before doing so, I will discuss the difference between hashing and encryption along with a few other considerations. Hashing vs Encryption In WordPress, we use hashing a lot as part of our security. Nonces, which I covered in a recent […]
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