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Plugins

Behance Project Feed

A very light-weight WordPress Plugin that will allow you to display a responsive image gallery of your Behance projects on any page or post using a simple shortcode.

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Notice Boxes with Shortcodes

This plugin allows you to make notice boxes (styled content boxes of different colors) to display different messages via shortcodes. This is a feature that many clients have asked me in the past.

Themes

Simplicity

Simplicity is an creative flat retina WordPress theme. It has customizable header, smoothly loading elements, masonry pages, portfolio layouts,…

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StartUp

A versatile multi-purpose responsive theme that comes with a visual builder.

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News

The WP Avengers dashboard

So far the WP Avengers dashboard did a lot of buzz, but didn’t show anything. Now we know what their dashboard should look like.

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Apply Filters: a new podcast for web developers

A podcast I’ll subscribe to, looking forward to learn more about web development. Via Poststat.us.

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Tips & Tutorials

The WPLift Guide to Prevent Content Scraping in WordPress

Content scrappers are annoying, here is how to fight them.

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Free vs Premium plugins for a multilingual site

A good overview of the plugins you can use to translate your WordPress site.

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About the Author

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Mirko Humbert

Mirko Humbert is the editor-in-chief and main author of Designer Daily and Typography Daily. He is also a graphic designer and the founder of WP Expert.