WordPress Plugins Avatar management, Front end Theme switching, Interstitial Ads, Core Control, Holiday Messages and Comment Removal

Summary: WordPress Plugins from A to Z Episode 98 It’s episode #98 and we’ve got WordPress Plugins for better avatar management, front end theme switching, interstitial ads, Core Control, Holiday Messages and Comment Removal. All coming up next on WordPress Plugins A-Z! WordPress Plugins A-Z Podcast Can also be found at WPPluginsAtoZ.com WordPress Plugins A-Z Podcast can be found on Stitcher Radio Click here to Download app or listen online Now. WordPress Plugins A-Z Podcast can be found on the iTunes Store here.   John’s & Marcus Rant: What to rant about? Coming soon the WordPress Medic Podcast where I will be discussing in depth how to help your ailing WordPress website help you through those tough times and interviews with experts from all over the World. Don't forget to head over to Social media camp Victoria @ http://socialmediacamp.ca/ and support me by commenting on my posts as linked below or even re-tweet them as it is a contest. http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/11/customize-your-wordpress-login-with-social-logins/ http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/10/wordpress-photo-galleries-made-easy/ http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/10/tune-wordpress-with-these-4-tools/ http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/11/useful-facebook-comments-on-your-wordpress-website/ http://socialmediacamp.ca/2012/09/speed-up-wordpress-with-a-few-simple-clicks/ Listener Feedback / Audio Clips David with a question on WordPress Analytics alternatives to Google. Use open web Analytics http://www.openwebanalytics.com/ Now is your chance to get your questions answered! Just visit the site at wppluginsatoz.com and leave us a message for the show! **WordPress Plugins Reviewed by John** Bulk Comment Remove 1.0 Version: 1.0 Author: Mike Strand Last Updated: 530 days ago Requires WordPress Version: 3 or higher Compatible up to: 3 Downloaded: 15,160 times WordPress.org Plugin Page » Plugin Homepage » The Lowdown: Well from time to time the spammers get creative and manage to bypass everything and enter a bunch of spam comments and you need a quick and easy way to remove them. Well this is it simply install activate this plugin and go to tool menu select it and remove all comments that are currently awaiting approval. Rating 4 Dragons Core Control 1.1 Version: 1.1 Author: Dion Hulse Last Updated: 514 days ago Requires WordPress Version: 3.2 or higher Downloaded: 29,555 times WordPress.org Plugin Page » Plugin Homepage » The lowdown Although this plugin is old it still was useful for some quick diagnosis. Ok recently I had to help a client fix some usability issues due to his hosting provider being unreasonable in its usage allowance and well that’s a story for my new podcast.. Anyway I was looking for more ways to control things in the WordPress website and this plugin offered some ways in which you can control many aspects of the website.  You get the ability to disable problematic file system methods WordPress is using for upgrades You get the ability to disable the upgrades module completely sometimes this is useful, you can track the http module logging all outgoing http requests And a cron module another way to check on the cron jobs that are scheduled and need dealing with or deleted. Rating 3 Dragons Holiday Message 1.1 Version: 1.1 Author: Simon North Last Updated: 1 day ago Requires WordPress Version: 3.4 or higher Compatible up to: 3.4.2 Downloaded: 323 times WordPress.org Plugin Page » Plugin Homepage » The lowdown: Ok well its that time of year again time to decorate your website and pass along some cheer. This plugin does that very nicely simply install choose your graphic and the your message and it pops up on your site for your visitors to see. Rating 4 Dragons **WordPress Plugins Reviewed by Marcus** Better Avatars http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/better-avatars/Requires: 3.3 or higher Compatible up to: 3.