WP Plugin Reviews

The Ozh Admin Drop Down Menu is the first plugin I install and activate on my blogs. It is a bit of a personal preference but I prefer the admin menu at the top with nice drop downs.

This plugin offers you a chance to shape the top of the admin menu in quite a few ways. I tend to install it and ignore the options but they are worth a look.

Rating: 5/5

Version Reviewed: Ozh Admin Drop Down Menu 3.3.6

Plugin Page: http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-admin-menu-drop-down-css/

Display Future Posts wordpress plugin displays a list of scheduled posts along with the time to go before they are published. Good idea for membership sites to advertised future content.

I was a little unkind in the video that I couldn’t add a title to the widget. However when installing the plugin for this site I noticed a settings menu option. This allows you to set the title and add the time to go. However it does not seem to generate normal html markup for a widget and so the title and box did not work for this theme without a little editing.

Rating: 2/5

Version Reviewed: Display Future Posts 0.2.1

Plugin Page: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/display-future-posts/

Wordpress Automatic Upgrade adds a bit more robustness to the process of automatically upgrading. The standard upgrade reminds you to do a backup but doesn’t do one. This plugin takes you step by step through the process in a much more reassuring way.

This is an essential plugin for any installation I do.

Rating: 4/5

Version Reviewed: Wordpress Automatic Upgrade 1.2.5

Plugin Page: http://techie-buzz.com/wordpress-plugins/wordpress-automatic-upgrade-12-release.html