WordPress Plug-ins from A to Z

Welcome to the 22nd edition of WordPress Plugins from A to Z with host and cohost…. Today we are going to discuss some interesting plugins for handling how to insert YouTube Videos and more.. I would also like to make mention about a great new plugin that seems focused more towards developers but can still be useful for any one. It is a plugin by KJ Meath called Developer tools you can check it out here http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/developer-tools/ hopefully we will be having KJ on the show in the next week to discuss his plug in and where he see it going and how it can best be used and by who. So stick with us here and you actually start to hear some great info.  The screen cast attached to the bottom of the podcast is on plugin #3 Smart YouTube I think you will enjoy it. First plugin is WP Youtube Channel by Bruno Neves you can get it here WordPress.org Plugin Page this plug in only half makes it easy with a widget but to use it in a post requires that you remember to look up the short code in the FAQs of the plugin. If you forget you will have to go back and get it. I did find that it did not always place the video properly in the site when placing into a post. But the widget works well. Plugin 2 YouTuber by Roy Tanck you can get it here WordPress.org Plugin Page this plugin is simple enough. What it does is add some code to your posts that allows you to embed Youtube videos simply by grabbing the video id but again you have to remember to get the short code for inserting the video which is [youtube ] 2tLkgM1vvz8 [/youtube] (remember to remove that extra space in open tag). It does also place a little button in your editor if you use the visual editor which most people do.  It does have a couple options you can setup modifying the width and height on all video inserted so you can standardize them. Plugin 3 Smart Youtube by Vladimir Prelovac who has been featured here before can’t remember the plugin but I remember the name. You can get the plugin here WordPress.org Plugin Page. This one will not only embed the Youtube videos but it will also do playlists, the HQ videos, full customization of playback (border, colours, size & full screen)it also supports video deeplinking starting a video at specific timecode. And has a sidebar widget. And they will show in your RSS feed.. The options are easy to setup.. its very easy to use simply enter your urls like this to embed a video enter url for video like this remove spaces httpvp  ://www.  youtube  .com/watch?v=2tLkgM1vvz8 … To Show off a play list enter the url for playlist like this remove spaces httpvp  ://www.  youtube.  com/view_play_list?p=B2C110E9A6E9157A The one key thing to remember when using this plufg to get it to properly display is the additional letters in the HTTP part --- You Need to make it either httpV or httpVP to make the most of the plugin. Beware that if a video does not have a HQ alternate then the httpVP will not display a video. This plugin is the focus of this week’s screen cast..   And the final plugin is actually one of my favorites it is called Video Sidebar Widgets by Denzel Chia and you can get it here WordPress.org Plugin Page. Now this plugin is pretty old but still seems to work well. I have it working on several sites running WordPress 3.1 so I know it does work. This is not only a sidebar widget it also adds a nice button in your editor to add code for your videos.  Again all you need here is the video ID that is the last part of the url after the equal sign. You can also add videos from multiple other video sites with this plugin. I have used it to add from Vimeo and a couple others.

This week’s podcast covers several plugins where we go over some of the pros and cons of each one. We cover Advertising Management Plugins for your site 4 in total to help you understand and choose what is right for you. The First plugin is Ads Manager Plugin created by aqlan and is available here WordPress.org Plugin Page it is a very simple plugin that allows you to place your ad code in the top and bottom of posts or pages as well as in Buddy press forums. It also has a floating box in the bottom of the page. This plugin is very simple to use and can probably be used for some great customization of your ads in these spots. The Next one is WP Google ad manager by: Andreas Berger available here WordPress.org Plugin Page This plug in has not been updated in a long and probably is not for the faint of heart since it requires some template modifications to get it to display and is not real user friendly requires many modifications and customizations. We also cover a great Google Adsense plugin called All-in one AdSense and YPN by linewbie and is available here WordPress.org Plugin Page I have used this plugin in the past and found it to be pretty good. It is very user friendly and easy to setup and configure. I have moved on from it and started placing individual codes but if you’re feeling a bit lazy this is the plugin for you.. The next one is a plugin Ad squares widget by PriMoThemes.com / WebSharks, Inc. available here WordPress.org Plugin Page after much searching I finally found a great plugin for managing the 125x ads that you see on sites placed in the great 2x2 to 2x8 pattern. The only limitation I see here is that this one allows only for 2 columns by as many as 4 rows and will not allow a single placement of an ad. And finally we cover Simple Ads Manager by minimus available here WordPress.org Plugin Page this plugin is anything but simple. It is a very robust plugin which require some configuration and thougt when setting it up. Below you will find a complete screen cast on how to set this one up since it is very good but very complete I though it would be the recipient of this weeks screen cast. This plugin does tracking for you allows for ad management by time, click amounts, views and more. I can recommend it but it is a very full plugin. Check out the Screencast on this fine plugin below.. Some additional info to the screencast, a listener Christian from Sector Five Web Design supplied this great link to some additional info I did not cover in the screencast. Simple Ads Manager Tutorial