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	<title>The WordPress Classroom » Blog</title>
	
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		<title>WordPress Plugin Releases for 5/25</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 23:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plugins Flickr Blog This to Draft Post will make a draft post to your &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-525"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
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<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/flickr-blog-this-to-draft-post/"><strong>Flickr Blog This to Draft Post</strong></a> will make a draft post to your blog instead of publishing via Flickr&#8217;s &#8220;Blog This&#8221; function.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ice/"><strong>Ice Visual Revisions</strong></a> adds revision tracking to the visual editor.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/minify/"><strong>Minify</strong></a> automagically concatenates JS and CSS files that are output in wp_head() and wp_footer().</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cloudflare/"><strong>CloudFlare</strong></a> ensures your WordPress blog is running optimally on the CloudFlare platform.</p>
<p><a href="http://jetpack.me/"><strong>Jetpack</strong></a> supercharges your self-hosted WordPress site with the awesome cloud power of WordPress.com.</p>
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		<title>A Freshly Redesigned Plugin Directory</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 20:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The official WordPress.org Plugin Directory has received a rather significant redesign. With over 19,000 plugins &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/a-freshly-redesigned-plugin-directory"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The official <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/">WordPress.org Plugin Directory</a> has received a rather <a href="http://wordpress.org/news/2012/05/plugins-refreshed/">significant redesign</a>. With over 19,000 plugins listed, the team took some time to revisit this highly popular destination for the millions of folks using <a href="http://wordpress.org/">WordPress</a>.</p>
<p>Right off the bat, you should notice a new ability to to mark your preferred plugins as Favorites. Each plugin page now has a new Support tab populated with the plugins&#8217;s support thread, and a super-handy chart showing you the resolved vs. open thread count so you can see at a glance how well supported a plugin is. Finally, there is much more focus on the authors this time around and some improved styling over all.</p>
<p>What do you think of the newly redesigned plugin directory?</p>
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		<title>WordPress Plugin Releases for 5/21</title>
		<link>http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-521</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 16:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plugins Config Constants allows you to modify WP_DEBUG and other wp-config.php constants directly in &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-521"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/config-constants/"><strong>Config Constants</strong></a> allows you to modify WP_DEBUG and other wp-config.php constants directly in the WordPress admin rather than manually editing them.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/password-protected/"><strong>Password Protected</strong></a> is a very simple way to quickly password protect your WordPress site with a single password.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/"><strong>Redirection</strong></a> allows you to manage 301 redirections and keep track of 404 errors without requiring knowledge of Apache .htaccess files.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/statpress-community-formerly-statcomm/"><strong>StatComm</strong></a> provides realtime statistics on your blog, collecting information about visitors, spiders, search keywords, feeds, browsers, OS and more.</p>
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		<title>WordPress Plugin Releases for 5/17</title>
		<link>http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-517</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 05:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plugins Monster Widget provides a quick and easy method of adding all core widgets &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-517"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/monster-widget/"><strong>Monster Widget</strong></a> provides a quick and easy method of adding all core widgets to a sidebar for testing purposes.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://bad-behavior.ioerror.us/"><strong>Bad Behavior</strong></a> complements other link spam solutions by acting as a gatekeeper, preventing spammers from ever delivering their junk, and in many cases, from ever reading your site in the first place.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yepty/"><strong>Yepty</strong></a> is yet another pay per click advertising plugin.</p>
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		<title>WordPress Plugin Releases for 5/13</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 May 2012 22:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plugins Add To Post allows you to add additional content to either the start, &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-513"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-to-post/"><strong>Add To Post</strong></a> allows you to add additional content to either the start, end or both areas of your blog posts.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/rewrite-rules-inspector/"><strong>Rewrite Rules Inspector</strong></a> is a straightforward WordPress admin tool for inspecting your rewrite rules.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp2cloud-wordpress-to-cloud/"><strong>WP2Cloud</strong></a> seamlessly integrates with Amazon S3 to provide high availability, high reliability, quick and easy disaster recovery, and serving content in a highly scalable fashion.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.fastsecurecontactform.com/"><strong>Fast Secure Contact Form</strong></a> lets your visitors send you a quick e-mail message and blocks all common spammer tactics. Additionally, the plugin has a multi-form feature, optional extra fields, and an option to redirect visitors to any URL after the message is sent.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yepty/"><strong>Yepty</strong></a> is yet another pay per click advertising plugin.</p>
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		<title>WordPress Plugin Releases for 5/9</title>
		<link>http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-59</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 16:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plugins Ad Code Manager allows you to manage your ad codes through the WordPress &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-59"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ad-code-manager/"><strong>Ad Code Manager</strong></a> allows you to manage your ad codes through the WordPress admin in a safe and easy way.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://www.foxy-press.com/"><strong>FoxyPress</strong></a> is a custom plugin made to integrate FoxyCart e-commerce functionality into your WordPress website.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-google-connect/"><strong>Simple Google Connect</strong></a> is a framework and series of sub-systems that let you add any sort of Google based functionality you like to a WordPress blog.</p>
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		<title>WordPress Plugin Releases for 5/5</title>
		<link>http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-55</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 May 2012 19:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plugins SPD Shortcode Slider is a jQuery featured content slider controlled completely by shortcodes &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-55"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spd-shortcode-slider/"><strong>SPD Shortcode Slider</strong></a> is a jQuery featured content slider controlled completely by shortcodes for easy template integration.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yepty/"><strong>Yepty</strong></a> is yet another pay per click advertising plugin.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://bad-behavior.ioerror.us/"><strong>Bad Behavior</strong></a> complements other link spam solutions by acting as a gatekeeper, preventing spammers from ever delivering their junk, and in many cases, from ever reading your site in the first place.</p>
<p><a href="http://sharexy.com/get_sharexy"><strong>Sharexy</strong></a> is a powerful social sharing, bookmarking, and blog monetization tool.</p>
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		<title>WordPress Plugin Releases for 5/1</title>
		<link>http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-51</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 21:40:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plugins Simple Google Connect is a framework and series of sub-systems that let you &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-51"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-google-connect/"><strong>Simple Google Connect</strong></a> is a framework and series of sub-systems that let you add any sort of Google based functionality you like to a WordPress blog.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-coming-soon/"><strong>WP Coming Soon</strong></a> adds a coming soon page with a countdown clock.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/email-log"><strong>Email Log</strong></a> allows you to log all emails that are sent through WordPress.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/keyring/"><strong>Keyring</strong></a> provides a very hookable, completely customizable framework for connecting your WordPress site to an external service.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/loginradius-for-wordpress/"><strong>Social Login for WordPress</strong></a> lets your users log in and comment via their accounts with popular ID providers such as Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, Live, and over 15 more.</p>
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		<title>WordPress Plugin Releases for 4/27</title>
		<link>http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-427</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plugins I Recommend This allows your visitors to simply recommend or like your posts &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-427"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/i-recommend-this/"><strong>I Recommend This</strong></a> allows your visitors to simply recommend or like your posts instead of commenting.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-breaking-news-email/"><strong>WP Breaking News Mail</strong></a> allows you to send an email to your subscribers each time a post is published in one or more categories.</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://akismet.com/"><strong>Akismet</strong></a> filters out your comment and track-back spam for you, so you can focus on more important things.</p>
<p><a href="http://jetpack.me/"><strong>Jetpack</strong></a> supercharges your self-hosted WordPress site with the awesome cloud power of WordPress.com.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-to-any/"><strong>Share Buttons by Lockerz / AddToAny</strong></a> helps people share, bookmark, and email your posts &amp; pages using any service, such as Facebook, Twitter, Google, StumbleUpon, Digg and many more.</p>
<p><a href="http://sharexy.com/get_sharexy"><strong>Sharexy</strong></a> is a powerful social sharing, bookmarking, and blog monetization tool.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/shortcoder/"><strong>Shortcoder</strong></a> is a plugin which allows users to create a custom &#8220;shortcodes&#8221; and store HTML, Javascript and other snippets in it.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.aakashweb.com/wordpress-plugins/super-rss-reader/"><strong>Super RSS</strong></a> is a jQuery based RSS reader widget, which displays the RSS feeds in the widget in an attractive way.</p>
<p><a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/twitter-avatar-reloaded"><strong>Twitter Avatar Reloaded</strong></a> adds a new field to the comment form to get the user’s Twitter usrename and uses it to replace the Gravatar with their Twitter avatar when the comment is displayed.</p>
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		<title>WordPress Plugin Releases for 4/23</title>
		<link>http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-423</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2012 18:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matt Wolfe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[New plugins Donate Ribbon places a black &#8220;Donate&#8221; ribbon in the upper right corner of &#8230; <a href="http://www.thewpclassroom.com/wordpress-plugin-releases-for-423"><span class="meta-nav1"></span></a>]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h3>New plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/donate-ribbon/"><strong>Donate Ribbon</strong></a> places a black &#8220;Donate&#8221; ribbon in the upper right corner of your blog with the option to set the link and link title.</p>
<p><a href="http://halfelf.org/plugins/rickroll/"><strong>Rickroll</strong></a> changes all of your embedded YouTube videos to Rick Astley&#8217;s &#8220;Never Gonna Give You Up.&#8221;</p>
<h3>Updated plugins</h3>
<p><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/exploit-scanner/"><strong>Exploit Scanner</strong></a> searches the files on your website, and the posts and comments tables of your database for anything suspicious. It also examines your list of active plugins for unusual filenames.</p>
<p><a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/html5-mp3-player-with-playlist/"><strong>HTML5 MP3 Player with Playlist</strong></a> allows you to easily use the HTML5 audio element to enable audio playback in most browsers, with playlists.</p>
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