Several updates as well as a couple additions today.

Theme Update
Weaver Xtreme v3.1.7

Plugin Updates
Weaver Xtreme Theme Support v3.1.7

Plugin Additions
Google Docs Shortcode v0.4
Inline Google Spreadsheet Viewer v0.12.4

With Lane’s transition to GSuite, it seems like a good idea to give the ability to embed GSuite documents in blogs.  I found two that look to be well supported and stable.

Google Docs Shortcode is by CUNY, the City University of New York.  They do quite a lot of open source WordPress work and they generally keep their plugins updated and secure.  This plugin lets you embed most Google Docs (Docs, Sheets, Slides…) so they simply display in your post or page.  If you remember <iframe>’s, it’s a lot like that.  You’re basically looking at a GSuite doc through a window in your page or post.

Inline Google Spreadsheet Viewer is more focused on Sheets and turns your GSuite Sheet into a datatable.  Datatables automatically add sorting by click, header rows, pagination and some other niceties to a spreadsheet making it much more usable in a website.

As always, if you have any questions, let me know. 

With the release of WordPress 4.7 last week, there were quite a few updates to plugins today.  One was plugging a possible security hole, so I decided to do the updates a little early this week.

Plugins:
Admin Management Xtended v2.4.1
Easy Google Fonts v1.4.2
Feed WordPress v2016.1211
TinyMCE Advanced v4.4.3
Weaver Xtreme Theme Support v3.0
Wordfence v6.2.8
WP Accessibility v1.5.8

Theme: 
Weaver Xtreme Theme v3.0.3

I also added a plugin this week.  List Category Posts v0.70 gives you a shortcode that will display a list of all the posts in a particular category in pages and posts.  If you think this is something you would like to use, but you’re not sure where to start, shoot me an email.  I’ll be happy to help.

Plugins:
Back WP Up v3.2.5
Jetpack v3.9.2
PDF Embedder v2.5
Gravity Forms WCAG v2.0
WP Slimstat v4.3

I have added a new plugin (Gravity Forms WCAG v2.0) which modifies Gravity Forms form fields and improves validation so that forms meet WCAG 2.0 accessibility requirements.  There is nothing you need to do to use this plugin.  I have enabled it for the network and it will automatically work with any forms created using Gravity Forms.

What does this plugin do?

• Wraps radio, checkbox and list (repeater) fields in a fieldset.
• Improves form validation by displaying an on-page message that describes how many errors there were in the page. The message contains a list of the form fields with the errors, a description of the error and a link to the field.
• Adds aria-describedby attributes for date and website fields – providing clear instructions for screen reader users of what format is required for the field.
• Adds HTML5 ‘required’ attribute and aria-required=’true’ for required fields
• Adds aria-describedby attributes for fields that have failed validation – providing clear instructions for screen reader users of what the field error is. Description used is the default validation message for the field, or if set, the validation message for the field.
• Disables the Gravity Forms configured tabindex – this stops users from being able to tab between fields and on-page links.
• Changes links in the form body, such as field descriptions or HTML fields, so they open in a new window. A title is added or appended to any existing title for screen reader users which reads ‘this link will open in a new window’.
• Improved file upload field – wrapped in field set, clearly identifies to screen reader users if any file size of file type restrictions have been set of the field.
• Improved field instructions – if a description has been provided for the field, the field is ‘described by’ the description, using the aria-describedby attribute

Made a few pretty big changes to the blog network today.

First, I removed a plugin no one seemed to want to use.
Social Media Auto Publish is gone.

Second, I added a couple things.

Jetpack v3.5.3
Brute Protect v2.4

Jetpack has been slightly crippled.  As you may know, Jetpack is a plugin created by WordPress.com (the commercial version of WordPress) that includes a ton of features.  Some, but not all, require a wordpress.com account to use.  I have disabled the bits that require the wordpress.com account as well as a few that just wouldn’t work with our setup.

The good news, there are still a bunch of very useful features Jetpack adds to our blog network.

To enable / disable them, just look under the Jetpack menu at the top left of your Dashboard (after you log into your blog).

If you have any burning questions, just let me know.