Description: Easily control the visibility of the featured image on singular posts and pages–while keeping it visible in archive pages, query loops, and other list views. (By request.)
Creator’s site: Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages by Cyrill Bolliger
By default, a featured image is automatically displayed on a page or post.… Read the rest “Conditionally display featured image on singular posts and pages”
Description (for Block Editor sites, but not Classic Editor sites): Blocks for ACF Fields lets you effortlessly load and display Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) or Secure Custom Fields (SCF) inside the WordPress block editor using a single, flexible block.
Creator’s site: Blocks for ACF Fields
You’ll need to understand how to use ACF Fields, its customizable metadata fields, and how to identify your own ACF fields amid a list that will likely include other pre-created ACF fields as part of the Illinois Theme.… Read the rest “Blocks for ACF Fields”
Plugin name: Editoria11y Accesibility Checker
Plugin creator’s site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/editoria11y-accessibility-checker/
(Note: The plugin name is officially spelled with the numbers 11 instead of the letters LL, but for the sake of search I’ll write the word “Editorially” here in the body as well.)… Read the rest “Editoria11y Accessibility Checker”
Description: (For Block Editor sites, but not Classic Editor sites) Create reusable pattern pieces that you can insert in pages and posts, either identical in all cases or as an element to frame in content that is then detached from the original
Creator’s website: WordPress.com… Read the rest “WordPress Patterns”
Description: Google’s plugin for Google Analytics tracking and other Google integration features.
Creator’s site: Site Kit by Google
To turn it on, visit your Dashboard -> Plugins -> Site Kit, activate it, and follow the prompts Google provides to connect your own Google Analytics account to your PIE website.… Read the rest “Site Kit”
Description: Zotpress brings publication broadcasting and scholarly blogging to WordPress through Zotero, a free, cross-platform reference manager.
Creator’s site: Zotero reference management website and Zotpress plugin
You will need:
Description: (By request only.) Customize your WordPress site’s appearance by easily adding custom CSS and JS code without even having to modify your theme or plugin files.
Creator’s website: Simple Custom CSS and JS by Silky Press on WordPress.org
(Note: If you only need CSS, the Simple Custom CSS plugin is available by self-service.… Read the rest “Simple Custom CSS and JS”
Description: The simple, solid way to add custom CSS to your WordPress website. Simple Custom CSS allows you to add your own styles or override the default CSS of a plugin or theme.
Creator’s website: Simple Custom CSS by John Regan on WordPress.com… Read the rest “Simple Custom CSS”
Description: “Using a simple shortcode, this WordPress plugin can turn any iCalendar subscription (ICS) feed into a seamlessly integrated, auto-updating, zero-maintenance WordPress calendar experience.” (From the creator’s site.)
Creator’s website: https://icscalendar.com/
How to use:
Enable ICS Calendar in your plugin list.… Read the rest “ICS Calendar”
Description: (By request) Simple History shows recent changes made within WordPress, directly on your dashboard or on a separate page.
Plugin creator’s site: Simple History by Par Thernstrom
How to use:
After enabling the Simple History plugin, when you visit the Dashboard you’ll have a new Simple History panel where you’ll see a list of recent logins, changes, and updates, along with the name of the person who made the change.… Read the rest “Simple History”