nstaeger

This plugin sends email-notifications to a list of subscribers (email address) whenever a new post is published. The list of subscribers is separated from the list of WordPress users.
To allow users to subscribe to the mailing-list, a widget is included that can be placed in the sidebar. The headline and a text of the widget can be modified and are displayed before the email-input field and the send button. The widget uses ajax to submit the entered e-mail address.
Within the administration area you get a reactive and clean overview of all subscribers and some additional settings, that fits perfectly into the user-experience of WordPress. You can delete or add subscribers manually as well as change the subject and body of the notification-email.
Sending the emails is regulated in jobs. A job is always responsible for sending emails to one new post. The job starts sending emails a minute after the post was published. Every job can be cancelled. The number of emails send within a run of the job can be modified in the options. The job is automatically deleted, once an email was send to all subscribers.
This plugin is open source and of course available on <a href="https://github.com/nstaeger/wp-post-email-notification" rel="nofollow ugc">GitHub</a>.

WP Post Email Notification

A plugin sending email notifications to subscribers when a new post is published.

Fahad Murtaza

sherice

The Custom Avatars plugin allows you to give visitors a custom avatar theme if they don’t have a Gravatar. It was developed by <a href="http://ielectrify.com" rel="nofollow ugc">iElectrify</a> and <a href="http://www.fahdmurtaza.com" rel="nofollow ugc">Fahd Murtaza</a>.
Simply install the Custom Avatars plugin by following these steps:
<ol>
<li>Upload the ‘custom-avatars’ folder to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/’ directory of your WordPress installation.</li>
<li>Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.</li>
</ol>
If your WordPress theme does not support avatars (which is rare), you can manually add the following snippet of code where you want the avatars to appear:
<pre><code><?php get_avatar(); ?>
</code></pre>
Avatars should be sized at 48×48 pixels. You can use a free graphics viewer/resizer such as IrfanView (available at www.irfanview.com) to resize your avatars. For themed icons that are free for personal and commercial use, visit www.iconfinder.net.
Once you have your avatars ready, upload them to the ‘custom-avatars/images’ folder in your WordPress plugins area. That’s it! Enjoy!
<h4>Features:</h4>
Allow your visitors to: 
* Use custom random avatars instead of the default Gravatars.
<h4>Troubleshooting:</h4>
If you encounter any issues with this plugin, please send an email to info@fahdmurtaza.com or post on the WordPress support forum for this plugin.

Custom Avatars

This plugin allows you to give visitors a custom avatar theme if they don't have a Gravatar.

WP Post Email Notification vs Custom Avatars