Home

If you’re not sure how to make publish.illinois.edu do what you’re thinking, taking a look through the plugins available here may help.

This site is using the Illinois Theme, but these plugins will also work with the other publish.illinois.edu themes as well.

Use the navigation above or the table below to look for the type of plugin you’re needing. Each plugin has its own categorized post (unless the plugin requires a page to work).

Available plugins

To activate any of these plugins, go to the Plugins tab on your site’s dashboard. (If a plugin is marked as By Request, contact us to have it enabled for your site so that you can activate it.)

• Advanced Excerpt
  (Advanced Excerpt creator’s site on WordPress | Advanced Excerpt example on Plugindemo)
  Gives more control over how WordPress creates the automatic teaser for posts.
• Akismet
  (Akismet creator’s site | Akismet documentation on Plugindemo)
  Anti-spam plugin. Requires you to request or purchase an API key.
• All Meta Tags
  (All Meta Tags creator’s site | All Meta Tags documentation on Plugindemo)
  Allows adding tags to site headers for search engine optimization.
• Bellows Pro Accordion Menu
  (Bellows Pro creator’s site | Bellows Pro documentation on Plugindemo)
  Creates self-updating navigation based on your page and post structure.
• (By request) Bluberry PowerPress
  (Bluberry PowerPress creator’s site | PowerPress example on Plugindemo)
  A podcasting plugin
• (By request) Contact Form 7
  (Contact Form 7 creator’s site | Contact Form 7 on Plugindemo)
  Create one or more custom contact forms.
• Content Views
  (Content Views creator’s site | Content Views example on Plugindemo)
  Display content by category or tag in several views.
• Custom Facebook Feed
  (Smash Balloon Custom Facebook Feed creator’s site | Custom Facebook Feed example on Plugindemo)
  Allows you to embed a Facebook feed in your page.
• Duplicate Page
  (Duplicate Page creator’s site | Duplicate Page example on Plugindemo)
  Create copies of pages, posts, or custom posts.
• (By request) Editoria11y (Editorially) Accessibility Checker
  (Editoria11y creator’s site | Editoria11y example on Plugindemo)
  Highlights potential issues of accessibility concern for human assessment and correction.
• Enable Media Replace
  (Enable Media Replace creator’s site | Enable Media Replace example on Plugindemo)
  Allows you to replace images without changing their URLs.
• FancyBox
  (FancyBox creator’s site | FancyBox example on Plugindemo)
  An image gallery.
• (By request) Force Login
  (Force Login creator’s site)
  Requires a login in order to read the site.
• ICS Calendar
  (ICS Calendar creator’s site | ICS Calendar example on Plugindemo)
  Makes a calendar or upcoming events view of any web-based ICS file, which can include WebTools Calendars, Google Calendars, Outlook/Office 365 calendars, and more.
• Illinois Site Templater – Basic
  (Template Site | Site Templater documentation on Plugindemo)
  Creates a replica of the template site in your website, including images, tools, and embedded documentation with guidance for customizing to your needs.
• Illinois Site Templater – Conference
  (Template Conference Site | Site Templater documentation on Plugindemo)
  Creates a replica of the conference template site in your website, including a sample schedule, events, and an archive, along with embedded documentation with guidance for customizing to your needs.
• Illinois Webtools Calendar
  (Illinois Webtools Calendar example on Plugindemo)
  Enables a widget that allows you to embed Illinois Webtools calendars.
• Image Widget
  (Image Widget creator’s site | Image Widget example on Plugindemo)
  Allows images to be placed in widget locations.
• Lightbox Gallery
  (Lightbox Gallery creator’s site )
  Alters the way that WordPress displays image galleries.
• (By request) MathJax LaTeX
  (MathJax-LaTeX creator’s site | MathJax-LaTeX example on Plugindemo)
  Need to show complex mathematical equations in your posts? This plugin allows you to use LaTeX for math equations.
• (By request) Media File Renamer
  (Media File Renamer creator’s site | Media File Renamer example on Plugindemo)
  Allows you to rename images and files in your Media Gallery.
• Meta Slider
  (Meta Slider creator’s site | Meta Slider example on Plugindemo)
  Allows you to put images into a slider gallery on your site.
• Password Protected
  (Password Protected creator’s site | Password Protected example on Plugindemo)
  Creates a single password that is required to view your site. Useful for when you are building your site or when you want to limit who can access it without creating user accounts.
• Redirection
  (Redirection creator’s site)
  Allows you to point pages or sites to different URLs.
• Relevanssi
  (Relevanssi creator’s site | Relevanssi example on Plugindemo)
  Allows you to customize your site’s search results.
• Site Kit
  (Site Kit creator’s site | Site Kit information on Plugindemo)
  Google’s plugin for Google Analytics tracking and other Google integration features.
• Simple Calendar
  (Simple Calendar creator’s site)
  Allows you to embed Google Calendars in your site.
• Simple Custom CSS
  (Simple Custom CSS creator’s site)
  Allows you to modify the appearance of elements in your page.
• (By request) Simple History
  (Simple History creator’s site | Simple History example on Plugindemo)
  Shows you recent events on your site, such as logins and page edits.
• Table of Contents Plus
  (Table of Contents Plus creator’s site | Table of Contents Plus example on Plugindemo)
  Creates tables of contents based upon headings within pages/posts; creates a site map based on pages/categories.
• TablePress
  (TablePress creator’s site | TablePress example on Plugindemo)
  Allows you to create a searchable, sortable table.
• Timetable and Event Schedule
  (Timetable and Event Schedule creator’s site | Timetable and Event Schedule example on Template-Conference site )
  Allows you to create events that will be automatically sorted into the displayed schedule. Useful for conferences, workshops, recurring activities.
• Widget Content Blocks
  (Widget Content Blocks creator’s site | Widget Content Blocks example on Plugindemo)
  Allows you to use content in widget locations
• Widgets on Pages
  (Widgets on Pages creator’s site | Widgets on Pages example on Plugindemo)
  Allows you to put widgets in pages in addition to posts
• (By request) Zotpress
  (Zotpress creator’s site | Zotpress example on Plugindemo)
  Allows you to display bibliographies, library lists, and inline references from the Zotero reference manager

Activated on all sites

• Display Posts
  (Display Posts example on Plugindemo)
  Provides the ability to include groups of posts using short codes in angle brackets.
• Editor choice
  You can choose whether you prefer the Classic Editor or the Block Editor for your pages. (Note that many Illinois Theme elements are only available within the Block Editor.)
• Semisecure Login Reimagined
  Uses JavaScript encryption to make WordPress-based authentication a little more secure. No site administrator options are available.
• Syntax Highlighter
  Displays code with highlights
• WordPress Importer
  Enables an ability to import and export WordPress site export files. Useful for moving sites to publish.illinois.edu.