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Plugins are used to extend the core functionality of WordPress. The majority of plugins are written by WordPress community members and are provided freely to the community. We've pre-selected a handful of useful and popular plugins.
 
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Please feel free to take a look and try them out on your site. If you see an interesting feature on a WordPress site that you'd like to reproduce on your own site [http://rails.evergreen.edu/contact/?site=ac-computing-help&recipient=acadcomphelp&tt=true&subject=Email%20from%20the%20Help%20Wiki please let us know]. We may already have installed a plugin for it.
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Please feel free to take a look and try them out on your site. If you see an interesting feature on a WordPress site that you'd like to reproduce on your own site [https://help.evergreen.edu/contact/ac/index please let us know]. We may already have installed a plugin for it.
  
 
===Getting Started===
 
===Getting Started===
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To use the plugins below you will need to be the administrator for your site. After you have logged in, go to the "Plugins" tab in your Dashboard. This will show you a list of all currently available Active and Inactive plugins. To activate a new plugin, click on the "Activate" link next to its name.
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To use the plugins below you will need to be the administrator for your site.
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# After you have logged in, go to the '''Plugins''' tab in your Dashboard. This will show you a list of all currently available Active and Inactive plugins.  
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# click on the '''Activate''' link to activate a new plugin.
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# Note the link to the plugin's home page. This is a great place to get instructions on how to use the plugin.
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# Most plugins come with their own '''settings/option page'''. This will usually appear in the '''Settings''' tab in your Dashboard after the plugin is activated or in a separate section at the bottom of all your Dashboard tabs.
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===Important===
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Only activate those plugins which you are actively using. Plugins consume server resources and sometimes conflict with one another.
  
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Most plugins come with their own settings/option page. This will usually appear in the "Settings" tab in your Dashboard after the plugin is activated or in a separate section at the bottom of all your Dashboard tabs.
 
 
===About plugin support===
 
===About plugin support===
 
Please keep in mind that although these plugins may work today, they are not guaranteed by the plugin developers and may not stay current with the latest release of WordPress. We do our best to test all plugins before making them available on blogs.evergreen.edu but they may need to be removed if they pose a security threat or stop functioning after a WordPress update.
 
Please keep in mind that although these plugins may work today, they are not guaranteed by the plugin developers and may not stay current with the latest release of WordPress. We do our best to test all plugins before making them available on blogs.evergreen.edu but they may need to be removed if they pose a security threat or stop functioning after a WordPress update.
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===Still didn't find what you were looking for?===
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See [[Requesting New Wordpress Plugins and Widgets]]
  
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===Media Plugins===
 
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flv-embed/    FLV Embed]'''    Allows for full screen video embed of .flv files.
 
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/kimili-flash-embed/    Kimili Flash Embed]'''    Allows for the embed of .swf files.
 
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-gallery/    NextGEN Gallery]'''  WordPress image gallery plugin.
 
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-public-uploader/    NextGEN Public Uploader]''' Allows public upload of images. ''Available by request only'' 
 
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*'''[http://www.channel-ai.com/blog/plugins/quicktime-embed/    QuickTime Embed]'''  Allows for embedding various flavors of quicktime. This is what Evergreen curricular sites are using to embed enhanced podcasts.
 
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ustreamtv/    UStreamTV]'''    Allows embedding video content from UStream.
 
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/    Viper's Video QuickTags]'''    Adds the quick video embed icons to the editor. Note: vipers-video-quicktags.php should be installed in mu-plugins, everything else goes in plugins.    ''availability: networkwide
 
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* '''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-gallery/ Flickr Gallery]''' Quickly and easily incorporate your Flickr photos and galleries into your WordPress pages and posts.
 
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordtube/    wordTube]'''    Media Center Manager
 
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpaudio-mp3-player/    WP-audio]'''  Creates a nice embedded audio player.
 
  
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-rss-widget/    Better RSS Widget]''' Allows for more control of rss feeds as a widget. Also lets you embed feed in post or page see instructions. ''Available by request only''
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/   Contact Form 7]'''    A contact form that works.
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/really-simple-captcha/   Really Simple CAPTCHA]'''    created to work with Contact Form 7
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tdo-mini-forms/    TDO Mini Forms]'''    allows for advanced uploading of files by community members. This plugin was installed for the Evergreen student audio projects and is not be available for general usage. ''available by request only''
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===Social Networking and Communication Plugins===
 
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*'''[http://simple-press.com/    Simple:Press]'''  Discussion forum plugin. ''Available by request only''
 
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable/    Sociable]'''    Allows for easy sharing of posts on social networks.
 
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*'''[http://subscribe2.wordpress.com/    Subscribe2]'''  Enable subscribers to receive email of each new post to your site.
 
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* '''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/ WP PostRatings]''' Adds an AJAX rating system for your WordPress blog's post/page.
 
  
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/event-calendar/    Event Calendar]'''
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===Appearance and Content Plugins===
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* wiki-append
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-table-reloaded/    WP-Table Reloaded]'''    WP-Table Reloaded enables you to create and manage tables in your WP's admin area.
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* movabletype-importer
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* wpcat2tag-importer
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*'''[http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/unfiltered-mu/    Unfiltered MU]'''    prevents WordPress from stripping <iframe>, <embed>, etc. tags from users' posts.    ''Available by request only''
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===Networkwide Plugins===
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Plugins are already activated on all blogs.evergreen.edu sites
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* rss-importer
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* wordpress-importer
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* SafeCSS    replaced WP2 css editor plugin
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*'''[http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/sitewide-privacy-options-for-wordpress-mu    Sitewide privacy options]'''
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*'''[http://wikis.evergreen.edu/techdocs/index.php/Akismet_Spam_Filtering_-_Wordpress    Akismet]'''    key hard coded into akismet.php for multi site usage
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*Avatars    Allows the ability to attach a profile picture to a user account
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  [[category:Wordpress Plugins]]
 
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Latest revision as of 16:01, 14 August 2017

Plugins are used to extend the core functionality of WordPress. The majority of plugins are written by WordPress community members and are provided freely to the community. We've pre-selected a handful of useful and popular plugins.

Please feel free to take a look and try them out on your site. If you see an interesting feature on a WordPress site that you'd like to reproduce on your own site please let us know. We may already have installed a plugin for it.

Getting Started

To use the plugins below you will need to be the administrator for your site.

  1. After you have logged in, go to the Plugins tab in your Dashboard. This will show you a list of all currently available Active and Inactive plugins.
  2. click on the Activate link to activate a new plugin.
  3. Note the link to the plugin's home page. This is a great place to get instructions on how to use the plugin.
  4. Most plugins come with their own settings/option page. This will usually appear in the Settings tab in your Dashboard after the plugin is activated or in a separate section at the bottom of all your Dashboard tabs.

Important

Only activate those plugins which you are actively using. Plugins consume server resources and sometimes conflict with one another.

About plugin support

Please keep in mind that although these plugins may work today, they are not guaranteed by the plugin developers and may not stay current with the latest release of WordPress. We do our best to test all plugins before making them available on blogs.evergreen.edu but they may need to be removed if they pose a security threat or stop functioning after a WordPress update.

Still didn't find what you were looking for?

See Requesting New Wordpress Plugins and Widgets


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