Plugin info

Total downloads: 17,345
Active installs: 600
Total reviews: 7
Average rating: 3.3
Support threads opened: 0
Support threads resolved: 0 (0%)
Available in: 1 language(s)
Contributors: 3
Last updated: 12/3/2014 (4044 days ago)
Added to WordPress: 2/17/2011 (14 years old)
Minimum WordPress version: 2.8
Tested up to WordPress version: 4.0.38
Minimum PHP version: f

Maintenance & Compatibility

Maintenance score

Possibly abandoned • Last updated 4044 days ago • 7 reviews

22/100

Is Drop Cap Shortcode abandoned?

Possibly abandoned (last update 4044 days ago).

Compatibility

Requires WordPress: 2.8
Tested up to: 4.0.38
Requires PHP: f

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Description

This plugin gives you freedom to change the first letter into a drop cap. Just change the first letter using a shortcode. Example: [T]his is my first paragraph with a drop cap. The first letter ‘T’ will turn into a drop cap. If you don’t want your article have a drop cap, just leave it the way it was.

Shortcode List

  • Write shortcode [A] to get “A” as a dropcode, [B] to get “B” as a dropcode, etс from A-Z.
  • Write shortcode [quote] to see opening quotation mark as a drop cap.

Installation

  1. Upload the folder drop-caps-shortcode to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.
  2. Activate Drop Cap Shortcode through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress.
  3. Now you can write your first article with a drop cap, or edit an old one.
  4. Edit the plugin to change css style to fit with your theme/design.

Frequently Asked Questions

How can I change the color of the Drop Cap?

Open the style.css file in the CSS directory and specify a color in line 15.

How can I change the font of the Drop Cap?

Open the style.css file in the CSS directory and specify a font in line 13.

How can I change font size of the Drop Cap?

Open the style.css file in the CSS directory and specify a font size in line 12.

Review feed

Karl-Heinz Klug
9/3/2016

Cool Plugin

Cool Plugin, i like it.

Screenshots

  1. How you change your first letter into a shortcode in your writing panel.

    How you change your first letter into a shortcode in your writing panel.

  2. How your shortcode will show as a drop cap in your published post.

    How your shortcode will show as a drop cap in your published post.

Changelog

V1.3 – 03.12.2014

  • Update : We remove a menu page.

V1.2 – 21.11.2014

  • Update : We updated all functionality for WordPress 4.0.1.
  • NEW : We added a menu page.

V1.1 – 17.06.2014

  • Bugfix : We updated all functionality for WordPress 3.9.1.

V1.0 – 16.02.2011

  • NEW : Release of Drop Cap Shortcode plugin.