Post and Page IDs In WordPress Admin
There have been a lot changes to WordPress recently – but one that I don't like is the loss of page and post IDs in the admin section.
Remember when you used to see the list of post and pages and there was a column with the page ID of each one? I found that really useful. Ok, it was probably because many of my plugins use the page IDs, but nevertheless, I miss being able to see them at a glance. Read more on Post and Page IDs In WordPress Admin →
Robots.txt WordPress Plugin
This is another one of those handy plugins designed for people like myself, who just want to be able to set something up and then not worry about it again.
What the plugin does
You probably know that when a search engine spider visits your site, one of the first things it does is look for a file called robots.txt which tells it which files and folders it can go and look at. By default, WordPress lets every robot go everywhere. That might be ok for some people, but I prefer to exercise a bit more control over things.
For example, if the robot identifies itself as a bad bot – yes, some of them do – then I don't want it to go anywhere. All it's probably going to do is trawl for email addresses to add to a spam list somewhere. And I don't really want any robots poking their noses into such places as the WordPress admin folder. Control freak? Me? Don't know what you mean…
The solution is to add the names of bad bots to your robots.txt file and disallow them from going anywhere, and add the names of common search engine spiders and specify which locations or files they are allowed to visit. Read all of Robots.txt WordPress Plugin →
PLR Pro Articles Review
Please note: this review applies to the current version of PLR Pro, which is now closed to the public until a major revamp is complete. I've heard rumors of upcoming features and by all accounts it will be a very different beast from this one. I'll redo this post to reflect the new service when it's open to the public again.
I know PLR (private label rights) articles are a controversial topic, so I wanted to share my experience with a couple of providers that I personally use. It's a sort of review, I guess.
The first one is PLR Pro. I use their stuff and I can honestly say they are definitely one of the best (maybe even the best) article providers out there.
If you're looking for decent quality articles that are only released to a relatively small number of people (200 in this case) then PLR Pro may be just what you're looking for.
Basically you get a collection of 40 articles written on 11 different topics each and every month. That's 440 articles in total. The topics – or niches – are always well researched so you can be sure there's a demand for the information. You also get the keyword research spreadsheets as part of the niche package, so you get quick and easy access to those long-tail keywords! Read more of PLR Pro Articles Review →
Hi there. My name is Peter Coughlin. I am a freelance web developer living in the UK, and at the moment I am specialising in WordPress customisation.