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The Best Social Media Sharing Plugins for WordPress. Social media has been integrated into every part of our internet experience.

The Best Social Media Sharing Plugins for WordPress

Whether you are viewing a video on YouTube or reading an article on CNN, you will see a section on the page that allows you to share content through social media services. The reason websites promote social media sharing is because so much traffic can be generated from it. In my recent article “How To Leverage Social Media On Your Blog“, I pointed out that traffic from social media services is second only to traffic from search engines. If that is not enough to convince you to add social media sharing buttons to your websites, listen to some of the facts that Alicia Lawrence from Search Engine People published a few months ago: The reality for website owners in 2014 is that if you do not place social media sharing buttons on your website, you are less likely to have your content shared by others.

10 Top Quality Plugins for Creating Custom WordPress Forms. While most WordPress themes come with built-in contact forms, it’s often better to create your own with a plugin. Creating your own allows you to tailor the look and feel you want for your site, add any extra fields – really, just have total control over your forms. There are many free and premium form plugins that offer a range of different features depending on what you need. If you’re after something basic it’s best to go with a free plugin like Contact Form 7, while a premium plugin such as GravityForms or FormCraft will provide a more comprehensive, flexible and customizable forms experience. Before we get stuck in, it’s worth mentioning that you can create and style beautiful forms with our Upfront themes. Types WordPress plugin - Easy Custom Post Types. 6 Top Custom Post Types Plugins for WordPress. With custom post types, you can turn your standard WordPress website into a fully-fledged content management system.

6 Top Custom Post Types Plugins for WordPress

On top of that, custom post types will also enable you to introduce some uniqueness on your site, and help it stand out from all the others. In short, when done right, custom post types help grab your visitors’ attention, and improve their overall reading experience. But: How to Get Started with Google's Free Nik Plugins for Photography. Google made its Nik Collection plug-ins completely free.

How to Get Started with Google's Free Nik Plugins for Photography

The plugins work with photo editing software, such as Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom, Affinity Photo, and GIMP 2 on platforms as diverse as Windows and OS X (and Linux with WINE). This article covers the basics of the Nik plug-ins, and some configuration tips for GIMP. Run Windows Applications on Linux (or Mac) with WINE Run Windows Applications on Linux (or Mac) with WINE Read More Where are the Nik Plugins? Nik Software developed the plugins for professional photographers – it originally cost over $500. The 47 best Photoshop plugins. In this article we've lined up some of the best Photoshop plugins available for Adobe Creative Cloud's photo editing giant.

The 47 best Photoshop plugins

Photoshop is an amazing tool – capable of producing sublime images, high-quality video and very passable renders for 3D art. All this power offers a world of possibilities – but occasionally it's worth adding a few optional extras to get the most out of your investment. There's a plethora of plugins available for PS users, but we've selected the best of those that you can download and use straight away. Maven Plug-ins. What are Maven Plugins?

Maven Plug-ins

Maven is actually a plugin execution framework where every task is actually done by plugins. Maven Plugins are generally used to : create jar filecreate war filecompile code filesunit testing of codecreate project documentationcreate project reports A plugin generally provides a set of goals and which can be executed using following syntax: mvn [plugin-name]:[goal-name] The Best WordPress Social Media Plugins Of 2016. Social media has become a pretty big thing.

The Best WordPress Social Media Plugins Of 2016

Because of this, it’s very important for bloggers to integrate social sharing buttons on their blogs. By integrating social bookmarking and sharing buttons, you will give your readers the ability to quickly share your blog posts on their favorite social networking sites. Benefit of Geo-locator Plugin. Mobile applications have become a pivotal need for any business that wants to deliver efficient and intelligent solutions to its customers.

Benefit of Geo-locator Plugin

There’s a high demand for mobile applications that support both offline as well as online functionalities. With the rise in usage of smartphones based on different mobile operating systems, developers look for a platform that eases the mobile app development roadmap.