Sudar Muthu

<p>Displays the latest reviews of a WordPress Plugin in the sidebar.</p>
<h3>Features</h3>
<h4>Sidebar Widget</h4>
<p>The Plugin provides a sidebar widget which can be configured to display the latest reviews of a WordPress Plugin in the sidebar. You can have multiple widgets for different WordPress Plugins.</p>
<h4>Template function</h4>
<p>In addition to using the widget, you can also use the following template function to display the reviews of the WordPress Plugin, anywhere in the theme.</p>
<pre><code>get_plugin_reviews($plugin, $count);
</code></pre>
<p>The following options can be passed in the $options array</p>
<ul>
<li>$plugin (string) – WordPress Plugin name. </li>
<li>count (int) – defualt 5 –  Number of recent reviews to show</li>
</ul>
<h4>Caching</h4>
<p>The Plugin caches the reviews that are retrieved for about 12 hours.</p>
<h4>Styling using CSS</h4>
<p>The Plugin adds the following CSS classes. If you want to customize the look of the widget then can change it by adding custom styles to these CSS classes.</p>
<ul>
<li>The outer <code>div</code> tag has the class <code>plugin-review</code></li>
<li>The actual review text is enclosed in a <code>blockquote</code> tag with class <code>plugin-review-text</code></li>
<li>The author name is enclosed in a <code>span</code> tag with class <code>plugin-review-author</code> </li>
</ul>
<h3>Development</h3>
<p>The development of the Plugin happens over at <a href="https://github.com/sudar/wp-plugin-reviews" rel="nofollow ugc">github</a>. If you want to contribute to the Plugin, fork the <a href="https://github.com/sudar/wp-plugin-reviews" rel="nofollow ugc">project at github</a> and send me a pull request.</p>
<p>If you are not familiar with either git or Github then refer to this <a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/blog/contributing-to-project-hosted-in-github" rel="nofollow ugc">guide to see how fork and send pull request</a>.</p>
<p>If you are looking for ideas, then you can start with one of the following TODO items 🙂</p>
<h3>TODO</h3>
<ul>
<li>Pull Plugin name from custom field</li>
<li>Shortcode support</li>
<li>Added an option to display date</li>
<li>Make the output of widget content plugable</li>
</ul>
<h3>Support</h3>
<ul>
<li>If you have found a bug/issue or have a feature request, then post them in <a href="https://github.com/sudar/wp-plugin-reviews/issues" rel="nofollow ugc">github issues</a></li>
<li>If you have a question about usage or need help to troubleshoot, then post in WordPress forums or leave a comment in <a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/wp-plugin-reviews" rel="nofollow ugc">Plugins’s home page</a></li>
<li>If you like the Plugin, then kindly leave a review/feedback at <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-plugin-reviews/" rel="ugc">WordPress repo page</a>.</li>
<li>If anything else, then contact me in <a href="http://twitter.com/sudarmuthu" rel="nofollow ugc">twitter</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Troubleshooting</h3>
<p>If you get timeouts or the error “WP HTTP Error: name lookup timed out” then it means that your server is not timing out before github can respond.</p>
<p>You can use the code from <a href="https://gist.github.com/sudar/4945588" rel="nofollow ugc">this gist</a> to increase the timeout.</p>
<h3>Stay updated</h3>
<p>I would be posting updates about this Plugin in my <a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/blog" rel="nofollow ugc">blog</a> and in <a href="http://twitter.com/sudarmuthu" rel="nofollow ugc">Twitter</a>. If you want to be informed when new version of this Plugin is released, then you can either subscribe to this <a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/feed" rel="nofollow ugc">blog’s RSS feed</a> or <a href="http://twitter.com/sudarmuthu" rel="nofollow ugc">follow me in Twitter</a>.</p>
<p>Also checkout the <a href="http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress" rel="nofollow ugc">other WordPress Plugins</a> that I have created.</p>
<h3>Translation</h3>
<p>The pot file is available with the Plugin. If you are willing to do translation for the Plugin, use the pot file to create the .po files for your language and let me know. I will add it to the Plugin after giving credit to you.</p>
<h3>Readme Generator</h3>
<p>This Readme file was generated using <a href='http://sudarmuthu.com/wordpress/wp-readme' rel="nofollow ugc">wp-readme</a>, which generates readme files for WordPress Plugins.</p>


WP Plugin Reviews

Displays the latest reviews of a WordPress Plugin in the sidebar.

Timur Kamaev

<p>This plugin provides an intuitive and powerful system to create polls with features like:</p>
<ul>
<li>Single and multiple voting options (customizable)</li>
<li>Allowing visitors to add custom answers (optional)</li>
<li>Setting an end date for polls</li>
<li>Restricting voting to registered users (optional)</li>
<li>Multiple poll designs</li>
<li>And more — see the changelog for details</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Democracy Poll</strong> is compatible with major cache plugins, including WP Total Cache, WP Super Cache, Wordfence, Quick Cache, and others.</p>
<p>Designed for ease of use and performance, it offers:</p>
<ul>
<li>A “Quick Edit” button for admins, shown directly above a poll</li>
<li>A plugin menu in the admin toolbar</li>
<li>Inline inclusion of CSS & JS</li>
<li>Conditional loading of CSS & JS (only when needed)</li>
<li>And more — check the changelog for details</li>
</ul>
<h3>More Info</h3>
<p>Democracy Poll is a modern version of the original, well-regarded plugin by the same name. Although Andrew Sutherland’s version hadn’t been updated since 2006, it introduced the innovative idea of allowing users to add their own answers. This version retains the core idea and name, but features fully rewritten code.</p>
<p><strong>Key features:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Create new polls</li>
<li>Cache plugin compatibility (e.g. WP Total Cache, WP Super Cache)</li>
<li>Option to allow users to add their own answers</li>
<li>Multi-voting support</li>
<li>Poll auto-closing after a specified end date</li>
<li>Display random polls</li>
<li>Restrict voting to registered users (optional)</li>
<li>“Edit” button for admins for quick poll management</li>
<li>Edit vote counts</li>
<li>Option to let users change their votes</li>
<li>Voter tracking via IP, cookies, or WP user ID (optional vote clearing)</li>
<li>Embed polls in posts via <code>[democracy]</code> shortcode (visual editor button available)</li>
<li>Widget support (optional)</li>
<li>Admin bar menu for easy access (optional)</li>
<li>Option to disable or inline CSS/JS</li>
<li>Add custom notes under polls</li>
<li>Customize designs via CSS themes</li>
</ul>
<p>Multisite support is available from version 5.2.4.</p>
<h3>Usage</h3>
<h3>Widget</h3>
<ol>
<li>Go to <code>WP Admin <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Appearance <span aria-hidden="true" class="wp-exclude-emoji">→</span> Widgets</code> and add the <code>Democracy Poll</code> widget</li>
<li>Place it in a sidebar</li>
<li>Configure settings</li>
<li>Done</li>
</ol>
<h3>Template Code</h3>
<p>In your theme file (e.g. <code>sidebar.php</code>), add:</p>
<pre><code><?php if ( function_exists( 'democracy_poll' ) ) { ?>
    <div class="sidebar-section">
        <h2>Polls</h2>
        <div class="my-poll">
            <?php democracy_poll(); ?>
        </div>
    </div>
<?php } ?>
</code></pre>
<ul>
<li>To show a specific poll: <code><?php democracy_poll( 3 ); ?></code> (replace <code>3</code> with your poll ID)</li>
<li>To embed a specific poll in a post, use <code>[democracy id="2"]</code> shortcode.</li>
<li>To embed a random poll in a post, use <code>[democracy]</code> shortcode.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Poll Archive</h4>
<p>To show the poll archive:</p>
<pre><code><?php democracy_archives( $hide_active, $before_title, $after_title ); ?>
</code></pre>


Democracy Poll

Nice plugin

WordPress polls plugin with multiple-choice, custom answers, cache compatibility, widgets, and shortcodes.

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