Getting Creative with WordPress Plugins

It's Episode 561 and we have plugins for Plugin Comparing, Number Notes Shortcodes, User Using Notes, No Bad Bots, Captchinoo Captcha, Kinda Friendly Captcha… and ClassicPress Options. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!

WordPress Plugins Compare Diff, Optimizer Shortcodes – Phone Number, User Notes, No-Bot Registration, Captchinoo, Admin Login Page Protection with Google Recaptcha, Friendly Captcha for WordPress……. and ClassicPress options on Episode 561.

John's Intro:

This is a value for value show and I look forward to everyone providing some value back.

Before I get started, you will want to hang around to the end of the show for our Q & A segment with Amber…. and to those listening on the podcast, you may want to check out the YouTube version which has some great discussions before the show starts…

Amber's Rant:

This is #20 of 52 episodes for 2022! Hello and good day to all and to all a grand day! Hopefully it's sunny out there for some of you who listen to us – I honestly feel a bit like I'm back in Seattle – it NEVER gets sunshine there!

Although lots of rain is good the for fish, so that's something. I hope everyone is remembering to find time to get outside, and time to spend with friends and family! Personally, I've got a D & D game going with some friends and my oldest daughter every other week – total highlight of each month are those games! And of course, we all get rid of our phones and don't bother with the socials while we are playing, 'cause that helps with healthy brain meats.

May you, my friends, find a way to spend time humanizing with those you like as well.

Winter is leaving… Summer is coming…

(Winter is coming from Game of Thrones spoof for those who don't get it like my husband)

We have some news from the world of WordPress for you today as well as some great plugins.

News this week:

WordPress Vulnerability Report – May 11, 2022 – There's a few to look at this week for ‘no known fix' – and a lot that are on the ‘patched' list as well!

A few from the No Known Fix List you might recognize: Amazon Link, IMDB info box, Quotes llama, BannerMan, Easy FAQ with Expanding Text. Be sure to check this list against your site!

WPSiteSync shuts down, commercial extensions now available on GitHub – WPSiteSync is a content syncing plugin from DesktopServer, and they have now discontinued support for its free, core plugin and commercial extensions. This allows users to sync specific content like posts and pages, without having to migrate the entire database. It's been 9 months since the last update, and more than a year since the last release. For those who use this plugin, I would suggest looking for a good replacement.

WordPress community attributes declining market share to performance issues, increased complexity, and the lagging full-site editing project – I kind of agree with this. WordPress does seem like it's getting more complex, and the old hands are basically having to start at the beginning again to learn the new full site editing tools in a whole new way. There is a lot of talk about this in the WordPress community in places across the various platforms. I think that is a good thing – perhaps there will be no more removal of choices…