Category: Content Management Systems

ClassicPress v1 was released on 5^th March 2019 and has now been shared onto Product Hunt, which is a website that lets users share and discover new products.

Check it out and cast your vote!

I’ve decided to go all in on ClassicPress; I moved all my sites across to it a little while ago and have also created new versions of my plugins specially for it.

If you want to use ClassicPress I also have you covered with series on installing it and migrating to it.

For those who don’t know, ClassicPress is a hard fork of WordPress 4.9; the last version before the horrendous Gutenberg block editor was forced out by Automattic (WordPress.org is ostensibly a community-led open source project, but Gutenberg was decided upon and forced by Automattic without engaging with the community).

ClassicPress has a petitions site where the community can vote on what features are added to or changes made to ClassicPress. ClassicPress is intended to be a community-led project where no-one person can dictate changes; to this end additional directors have recently been added to the board.

This is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

All of the plugins I have created for ClassicPress have been created to support translations. I only speak English so the plugins currently only ship with English vailable; pot files are included in the plugins /languages folder which can be used to translate the plugin using software such as PO Edit.

In addition, I have a translation website which can be used to translate plugins without needing to install any software. To request a language be added for translation, visit my community site and ask for the language to be added.

This is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

Over the course of this series, I have announced all of the plugins I have created for ClassicPress. I have created a Community site where I will provide support.

Whether you have a bug report, feature request, question or want to translate the plugin, this site is the place to go.

This is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins series which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is a brand new one written specially for ClassicPress; Loop Injection.

Functionality

Allows content to be injected before, within and after the loop. All content is configurable via an admin settings page; perfect for adverts.

Each of the three content locations can be activated individually; location within the loop is configurable.

Shortcodes are supported in Loop Injection; allows Snippets to be used.

Demo

The advert five posts down on the homepage and archives has been inserted using this plugin.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

This is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins series which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is a brand new one written specially for ClassicPress; Add Twitter Cards.

Functionality

Use Add Twitter Cards to attach rich photos to Tweets, helping to drive traffic to your website.

Options allow:

• Card Types of Summary or Summary With Images.
• Excerpt or first 200 characters of post added to card.
• Thumbnail or first post image will be added to card.
• Integrate with [Floating Featured Images](https:/development.azurecurve.co.uk/classicpress-plugins/floating-featured-image/) for card image.

Demo

You can see this plugin in action by Tweeting this, or any other post, using the available sharing buttons.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

This is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is a fork of someone elses plugin which I initially created a long time ago, but am now releasing it for others to use; URL Shortener.

Functionality

This plugin allows a fucntion call to be placed on a post or page to display a short URL.

The structure of the short URL is configurable via the plugins Settings page.

Demo

Both this site and azurecurve|GP Table Reference make extensive use of this plugin.

Short URLs are automatically generated for every post, page and custom post type on post creation. Custom short URLs can be assigned to all posts.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

This is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is an existing one which has been brought up to coding standards; Toggle Show/Hide.

Functionality

The Toggle Show/Hide shortcode allows content to be hidden until the user clicks the link. Default settings for the toggles can be set via the plugins Settings page, although these can be overridden on any toggle by setting parameters.

Demo

The Toggle Show/Hide plugin is used in numerous places on this site; the Buy My Books section on the sidebar is probably the easiest place to see this in action.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

This is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is an existing one which has been brought up to coding standards; Timelines.

Functionality

The Timelines plugin allows a timeline of events to be created using a custom post type and displayed using a timeline shortcode.

Demo

You can see the timeline in action on my Experience page.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.

This is part of the azurecurve ClassicPress Plugins which introduces the plugins I have available for ClassicPress.

The plugin I am going to cover in this post, is an existing one which has been brought up to coding standards; Theme Switcher.

Functionality

Theme Switcher allows users to switch between different themes using the supplied widget; example uses would be to allow them to change mode between light and dark themes.

Demo

This site uses Theme Switcher to allow users to Change Mode between light and dark; you can try this using the Change Mode widget in the sidebar.

Download

The plugin can be downloaded via my Development site.