Category: Plugins

11 Best WordPress Testimonial Plugins 2018

Testimonials are essential in building trust with potential customers. If you are buying some product or service then you need some positive things about the service provider. Then we are looking for previous testimonials or reviews about that provider. So here we are created a list of best testimonials plugin for you.

1. Testimonials Widget

[wpplugin title=”Testimonials Widget” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/testimonials-widget/assets/banner-772×250.jpg” image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/testimonials-widget/assets/icon-128×128.jpeg” plugin_author=”Axelerant” plugin_author_url=”https://axelerant.com/” plugin_ratings=”86″ plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/testimonials-widget/reviews/” plugin_download=”50,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/testimonials-widget.3.4.2.zip” plugin_tested=”4.8.4″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonials-widget/”] Testimonials Widget lets you randomly slide or list selected portfolios, quotes, reviews, or text with images or videos on your WordPress site. You can insert Testimonials content via shortcode, theme functions, or widgets with category and tag selections and having multiple display options such as random or specific ordering.

2. Testimonial Rotator

[wpplugin title=”Testimonial Rotator” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/testimonial-rotator/assets/banner-772×250.jpg” image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/testimonial-rotator/assets/icon-128×128.png” plugin_author=”Hal Gatewood” plugin_author_url=”Hal Gatewood” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/testimonial-rotator/reviews/” plugin_download=”40,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/testimonial-rotator.zip” plugin_tested=”4.9.1″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-rotator/”]Finally a really simple way to manage testimonials on your site. This plugin creates a testimonial and a testimonial rotator custom post type, complete with WordPress admin fields for adding testimonials and assigning them to rotators for display. It includes a Widget and Shortcode to display the testimonials.

3. Easy Testimonials

[wpplugin title=”Easy Testimonials” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/easy-testimonials/assets/banner-772×250.jpg?rev=1101417″ image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/easy-testimonials/assets/icon-128×128.png?rev=1101417″ plugin_author=”Gold Plugins” plugin_author_url=”https://goldplugins.com/” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/easy-testimonials/reviews/” plugin_download=”40,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/easy-testimonials.zip” plugin_tested=”4.5.0″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-testimonials/”]

4. Strong Testimonials

[wpplugin title=”Strong Testimonials” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/strong-testimonials/assets/banner-772×250.png” image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/strong-testimonials/assets/icon-128×128.png” plugin_author=”Chris Dillon” plugin_author_url=”https://strongplugins.com/” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/strong-testimonials/reviews/” plugin_download=”30,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/strong-testimonials.2.28.4.zip” plugin_tested=”3.7″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/strong-testimonials/”]A flexible testimonials plugin that works right out of the box for beginners with advanced features for pros, backed by strong support.

5. Testimonial Basics

[wpplugin title=”Testimonial Basics” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/testimonial-basics/assets/banner-772×250.jpg” image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/testimonial-basics/assets/icon-128×128.jpg” plugin_author=”Kevin Archibald” plugin_author_url=”http://kevinsspace.ca/” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/testimonial-basics/reviews/” plugin_download=”9,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/testimonial-basics.4.3.5.zip” plugin_tested=”4.6″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-basics/”]Testimonial Basics is a full featured testimonial management plugin.

6. WP Testimonials with rotator widget

[wpplugin title=”WP Testimonials with rotator widget” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/wp-testimonial-with-widget/assets/banner-772×250.png” image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/wp-testimonial-with-widget/assets/icon-128×128.png” plugin_author=”WP Online Support” plugin_author_url=”http://www.wponlinesupport.com/” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-testimonial-with-widget/reviews/” plugin_download=”8,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-testimonial-with-widget.zip” plugin_tested=”3.1″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-testimonial-with-widget/”]Many CMS site needs to display client’s testimonial on their website. WP Testimonial Plugin with Widget allow you to add testimonial
from wp-admin side same like you add post, which allows you to display testimonials on your website the easy way.

7. Handsome Testimonials

[wpplugin title=”Handsome Testimonials” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/handsome-testimonials/assets/banner-772×250.png?rev=1544537″ image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/handsome-testimonials/assets/icon-128×128.png?rev=1544536″ plugin_author=”Ristretto Apps” plugin_author_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/handsome-testimonials/” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/handsome-testimonials/reviews/” plugin_download=”3,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/handsome-testimonials.zip” plugin_tested=”4.0″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/handsome-testimonials/”]Handsome Testimonials by Ristretto Apps lets you easily display attractive and eye catching testimonials on your site that evoke your customer’s trust, made easy with Handsome Testimonials by Ristretto Apps. Handsome Testimonials by Ristretto Apps gives you, the WordPress user, super-powers with the ability to magically create great looking testimonials right from the get-go. The plugin comes with modern testimonial designs that can be highly customized.

8. Testimonial

[wpplugin title=”Testimonial” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/testimonial-free/assets/banner-772×250.png?rev=1758433″ image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/testimonial-free/assets/icon-128×128.png?rev=1758433″ plugin_author=”ShapedPlugin” plugin_author_url=”http://shapedplugin.com/” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/testimonial-free/reviews/” plugin_download=”4,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/testimonial-free.zip” plugin_tested=”4.0″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/testimonial-free/”]Testimonial is a Clean, Easy-to-use and Powerful Testimonials Management System for WordPress. This plugin will help you to display easily attractive and eye catching Unlimited testimonials, reviews or quotes in multiple ways anywhere (like post, page, custom template, sidebar, widget) of your site using shortcode.

9. Testimonials

[wpplugin title=”Testimonials” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/super-testimonial/assets/banner-772×250.png” image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/super-testimonial/assets/icon-128×128.png” plugin_author=”Themepoints” plugin_author_url=”http://themepoints.com/” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/super-testimonial/reviews/” plugin_download=”3,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/super-testimonial.zip” plugin_tested=”3.8″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/super-testimonial/”]Testimonials is an easy to use plugin that allows users to add Testimonials to the sidebar, as a widget, or to embed testimonials into a Page or Post using the shortcode. Testimonials also allows you to insert a list of all Testimonials or output a Random Testimonial. Testimonial is 100% responsive for all devices.

10. WP Testimonial Widget

[wpplugin title=”WP Testimonial Widget” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/wp-testimonial-widget/assets/banner-772×250.jpg?rev=1748070″ image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/wp-testimonial-widget/assets/icon-128×128.jpg?rev=1748070″ plugin_author=”Stark Digital” plugin_author_url=”http://www.starkdigital.net/” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/wp-testimonial-widget/reviews/” plugin_download=”2,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/wp-testimonial-widget.zip” plugin_tested=”4.0″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-testimonial-widget/”] Using WP Testimonial Widget, you are able to manage the testimonials for your website. You can specify the number of testimonials to be displayed on your site on page or post or in widget. You can also use quicktag to insert shortcode. You can also re-order the testimonial by drag and drop UI. Now you can categorized your testimonial by adding category in to it. CSS can be uploaded in back end by setting menu.

11. BNE Testimonials

[wpplugin title=”BNE Testimonials” image_large=”https://ps.w.org/bne-testimonials/assets/banner-772×250.jpg?rev=1408518″ image_thumbnail=”https://ps.w.org/bne-testimonials/assets/icon-128×128.png?rev=1408517″ plugin_author=”Kerry Kline” plugin_author_url=”https://www.bnecreative.com/” plugin_ratings=”” plugin_ratings_url=”https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/bne-testimonials/reviews/” plugin_download=”5,000″ plugin_download_url=”https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/bne-testimonials.zip” plugin_tested=”4.5″ plugin_url=”https://wordpress.org/plugins/bne-testimonials/”]BNE Testimonials makes it easy to add Testimonials and Reviews to any Page using a shortcode or in a sidebar (widget area) using the provided widgets. Each testimonial includes a title, image, tagline, website URL, and message. You can also separate your testimonials into different groups (categories). BNE Testimonials will inherit the styling from your theme – just install and get to work adding your testimonials and reviews!

11 Useful Page Builder & Shortcodes Plugins For WordPress

1. Visual Composer for WordPress

visual composer plugin

2. Siteorigin Page Builder

siteorigin page builder plugin

3. Drag and Drop Builder Plugin

drag and drop builder plugin

4. Minimax – Page Layout Builder

minimax page layout builder plugin

5. SYMPLE SHORTCODES

symple shortcodes plugin

6. Shortcodes Pro

shortcodes pro plugin

7. Shortcodes Ultimate

shortcodes ultimate

8. Styles with Shortcodes for WordPress

styles with shortcodes for wordpress

9. WordPress Shortcodes

wordPress shortcodes plugin

10. Ether Content Builder WordPress Plugin

ether content builder wordpress plugin

11. Content Builder

content builder plugin

WordPress 3.5 Beta 1

WordPress 3.5 is set to be launched in December. Before its release, beta version has been released. It is quite obvious that the beta version is not meant to be run on production site. Here the work is still in progress and beta version has been made available just to let the users know what new features are there for them. The developers can run the beta version locally on their computers, work on various modules and they can suggest if some bugs or problems are there and in a manner the developers can help the wordpress team to make the new version successful.

The WordPress team concentrated on improving the already existing WordPress features and removed features that are no longer popular in the new version.

New features of WordPress 3.5:
  1. Appearance: The appearance has been made more appealing which is helpful for the new developers. The welcome screen now consists of the facility to customize the site where we can change the Site title & tagline, colors, background image, front page display at one go. The ‘change your theme completely’ link directly redirects to the Themes page from where we can select the theme totally customized by a developer. Here we have the option to write a first blog post, add a new about page, modify widgets, create or modify existing WordPress navigation menu and link to the new overhauled WordPress Media manager.

    A new color picker. And the all-HiDPI (retina) dashboard have also been added.
  2. Media : Media in a new and more sleeky look has been made available with the new version.
  3. Accessibility: Keyboard navigation and screen reader support have both been improved.
  4. Plugins: We can browse and install plugins marked as favorites on WordPress.org, directly from the dashboard.
  5. Mobile: It’ll be easier to link up your WordPress install with mobile apps available in wordpress database, as XML-RPC is now enabled by default.
  6. Links: The Link Manager has been removed from the wordpress sidebar in new installs because they were obsolete. A plugin named ‘Link manager is available to manage the links. In WordPress 3.5, the Link Manager (which some use to build blogrolls) will be disabled by default. If we have links when we update, it’ll still be there. But we can use this plugin to ensure it will always be there, even if we update to a later version of WordPress or remove all of the current links.

    There are even more under the hood changes with the new WordPress 3.5 version, but most probably you won’t even notice them.

Changes relevant for developers in wordpress 3.5:

  • External libraries updated: TinyMCE 3.5.6. SimplePie 1.3. jQuery 1.8.2. jQuery UI 1.9 (and it’s not even released yet). They have also added Backbone 0.9.2 and Underscore 1.3.3, and one can use protocol-relative links when enqueueing scripts and styles.
  • WP Query: We can now ask to receive posts in the order specified by post__in.
    • XML-RPC: New user management, profile editing, and post revision methods. We’ve also removed AtomPub.
  • Multisite: switch_to_blog() is now used in more places, is faster, and more reliable. One can now use multisite in a subdirectory, and uploaded files no longer go through ms-files (for new installs).
  • TinyMCE: API support for “views” has been added which is used to offer previews and interaction of elements from the visual editor.
  • Posts API: Major performance improvements when working with hierarchies of pages and post ancestors. Also, one can now “turn on” native custom columns for taxonomies on edit post screens.
  • Comments API: Search for comments of a particular status, or with a meta query (same as with WP_Query).
  • oEmbed: They have added support for a few oEmbed providers, and they now handle SSL links.

Along with all this, a brand new theme has also been introduced named “Twenty twelve”. It has been made available for download on WordPress Theme Directory (http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/twentytwelve). The 2012 theme for WordPress is a fully responsive theme that looks great on any device. Features include a front page template with its own widgets, an optional display font, styling for post formats on both index and single views, and an optional no-sidebar page template. One with a custom menu, header image, and background has been shown below.

Smart About Me Widget for WordPress

“Smart About Me Widget” displays the ‘About Me’ content added by WordPress Admin.

The content is shown on your wordpress blog sidebars.With this plugin you can add your ‘About Me’ content with your profile links of social networks e.g. Facebook, Twitter, Google, LinkedIn, Digg, YouTube, etc.

How to Install

  1. Upload smart-about-me-widget to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Head over the the widgets settings page and enable Smart About Me Widget

Screen Shots

  • Widget options :

  • Viewing the Widget :

You can download this plugin from wordpress repository. Download

Smart Recent Post Widget for WordPress

Smart Recent Post plugin contains a widget for showing off the recent posts from your wordpress blog.

With this plugin you can choose number of posts to display, display featured image, dimensions of featured image, posts order, select the categories also. We are working on the advanced feature in this widget and will adding more options in the next version.

How to Install

– Upload smart-recent-post to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
– Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
– Head over the the widgets settings page and enable Smart Recent Post

Screen Shots

You can download this plugin from wordpress repository. Download