Category: Social media and comments

Zotpress

Posted on August 13, 2025April 21, 2026 by Dena S.

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

How to use Zotpress:

You will need:

A Zotero account (either for an individual user or a group)
References in that Zotero account that you want to display in an organized fashion in WordPress
The Zotpress plugin (on PIE, it’s available by request only — submit a ticket to ask for Zotpress on your own PIE site)
If you’re using a custom domain like yoursite.illinois.edu

… Read the rest “Zotpress”

Posted in Connecting to other sites, Format and layout, Metadata and APIs, Social media and comments

ICS Calendar

Posted on August 21, 2024August 26, 2024 by Dena S.

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”

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Contact Form 7

Posted on March 22, 2023April 15, 2026 by Dena S.

Description: Contact Form 7 can be used to create one or more custom contact forms for your site.

Contact Form 7’s WordPress site

Two partner plugins that are strongly encouraged to use with Contact Form 7:

Contact Form 7 Accessible Defaults
Really Simple Captcha for spam management

Contact Form 7 is available to PIE users by requesting it from the Publish.illinois.edu… Read the rest “Contact Form 7”

Posted in Site management, Social media and comments

Custom Facebook Feed aka Social Posts Feed

Posted on September 8, 2020September 22, 2025 by Dena S.

Description: Display Facebook posts on your WordPress site.

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.

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Illinois Webtools Calendar Plugin

Posted on July 15, 2020July 22, 2020 by Dena S.

Description: “Creates a widget that can be inserted to include a Webtools calendar or the content of a page. You must have the Calendar ID and the Component ID for the calendar you wish to display. Visit http://illinois.edu/toolbox to get a calendar.”

… Read the rest “Illinois Webtools Calendar Plugin”

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Akismet Anti-Spam plugin

Posted on July 7, 2020January 8, 2021 by Dena S.

Description: “Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from spam. It keeps your site protected even while you sleep.”

Posted in Site management, Social media and comments, Spam control