#plugin reviews

My New Favorite Must-Have Plugin: Google Captcha

In the past, I have strongly recommended the Captcha plugin by BestWebSoft, as one of my few recommended plugins, but recently I became aware of Google Captcha (reCAPTCHA), also by BestWebSoft, and find it even easier to use. This is the plugin I will use on every site I create to help reduce spam and increase security.

Instead of having to read an impossible to decipher combination of letters…

Plugin Review: Instagram Feed – Love it!

I was recently handed this design to code with a section for an Instagram feed. Although the design was beautiful, I really wasn’t looking forward to adding all that code to pull in the image feed and then stylizing the incoming pictures and making sure they were responsive. It would be a lot of work. But then I stumbled upon this: Instagram Feed.

As advertised, it was super simple to set up.…

Best WordPress Slider Plugin: Smart Slider 2 – Tutorial

Finding a good slider plugin for WordPress is more difficult than it should be. Here are my requirements:

My slider requirements

Must be responsive

Should be able to edit text separately from image

Should not use “posts”

Should allow HMTL

Should be able to link to whatever I want (no restrictions to only linking to post or image)

Easy to use

FREE (or at least have a free usable option)

Is that…

I’m a busy person like I’m sure you are. I don’t have time to spend all day designing a newsletter and keeping up with Constant Contact or MailChimp accounts for myself. I’m not trying to sell anything here, I’m just trying to spread my message about the…