Essential Plugins for WordPress Sites 2019

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The essential set of WordPress plugins needed by most sites. These plugins are in use on JournalXtra and other sites built by the JournalXtra team. We update this list every 6 months or so. Plugins are added and removed from the list after careful review and testing of their usefulness and performance. Enjoy! Essential WordPress … Read more

Integrate WooCommerce with Genesis Themes

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Follow these 3 steps to nicely integrate the WooCommerce products loop with the Genesis content template structure. This WooCommerce compatibility guide works with Genesis, Genesis child themes and the Dynamik Website Builder for Genesis. Step 1: Genesis WooCommerce page templates The plugin Genesis Connect for WooCommerce installs a set of WooCommerce templates for use with the … Read more

Responsive Font Sizing for WordPress

Introducing FlowType.JS WP, the WordPress plugin that automagically resizes fonts for different browser viewports. This is a lightweight plugin. The plugin  enqueues FlowType.JS into WordPress so that page text can be configured to shrink or grow to fit the width of the parent container that holds the text. The plugin can be downloaded from GitHub. Install … Read more

Make WordPress Theme Headers Shrink on Scroll

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Modern web design favors a top-fixed masthead that shrinks when a page is scrolled downwards. The masthead, also known as the header, is the top of the page that contains the brand logo and navigation bar. Makes sense to keep the header visible at all times and make the header shrink while the page is … Read more