Author: Dena S.
Relevanssi
Creator’s site: https://www.relevanssi.com/user-manual/
The default WordPress search assumes both that the site will be made of blog posts and that the most recent posts are by definition the most relevant ones.
MetaSlider
Creator’s website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-slider/
How to use: Detailed information is available from MetaSlider’s Documentation pages.
For a quick start:
- Select the MetaSlider item from the left-hand menu in your dashboard.
MathJax-LaTeX
Creator’s site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/mathjax-latex/
Available by request from the publish.illinois.edu team (by emailing consult@illinois.edu and asking for the MathJax-LaTeX plugin to be enabled on whichever PIE site you tell us), this plugin has been used by math and physics-related sites to enable easier display of mathematical formulae.
Display Posts
Creator’s site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/display-posts-shortcode/
Display Posts is automatically enabled on all Publish.illinois.edu sites, so that you can use a short code in angle brackets to display and format groupings of posts.
Widget Content Blocks
Widgets on Pages
Plugin creator’s site: https://datamad.co.uk/widgets-on-pages
How to use:
- Because this is an optional publish add-on which isn’t available by default, email us at consult@illinois.edu
Custom Facebook Feed
Plugin creator’s site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-facebook-feed/
How to use:
- An administrator should log in and scroll down the list of left hand menu options (beyond the usual Plugin section). “Facebook Feed” will be one of the items listed.
TablePress
FancyBox for WordPress plugin
Plugin creator’s site: https://wordpress.org/plugins/fancybox-for-wordpress/
Example: This gallery uses the default settings in FancyBox for WordPress to embed a collection of sample images.