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WordPress Plugin Configuration & Customization
Thousands of WordPress plugins available for use in your website. To make full use of them and to get truly professional results often requires proper configuration and customization. Thesis also has its own set of configurations that can make using these plugins more efficient. We currently have 1 tutorials covering 54 plugins.
These video tutorials aim to show beginning and intermediate users how to customize and configure plugins in a WordPress and Thesis based website. They follow the same pattern as all of our other videos, showing each task step by step without technical jargon, secret handshakes or expert shortcuts.
Expand the list below to see the full list of our plugin video tutorials.
Plugins Tutorial List
Enhanced Text Widget
BYOB Thesis Full Width Backgrounds Plugin
- How to Add Tiled Background Images to Full Width Framework Part 1
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 2 – The New Design
- Add a Background Image to the Header Area Using the BYOB Thesis Full Width Backgrounds Plugin
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 5 – Adding the Background Images
- A Conversation About Creating A Full Width Header
- How to Add Tiled Background Images to Full Width Framework Part 2
- Creating a Full Width Footer Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 1 – Installing the Plugins – Configuring the Footer Widgets Plugin
- Creating a Full Width Footer Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 3 – Add Widgets to the Footer
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 6 Add Gradient Background to the Header
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 1 Installing the Plugins
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 2 Configure the Header Widgets Plugin
- Style the Full Width Framework by Layering Background Images Part 1
- Style the Full Width Framework by Layering Background Images Part 2
- How to Add Tiled Background Images to Full Width Framework Part 1
J Shortcodes
- How to Create Download PDF Buttons
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 2 Adding Colored Boxes
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 3 Adding Buttons
- BYOB Thesis Simple Feature Box Plugin
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 4 Button Styling Options
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 5 Adding Custom Icons to Buttons
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 6 Advanced Button Styling
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 7 Adding Basic Columns
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 8 Adding Variable Width Columns
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 9 How to Add Tabs to a Page
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 10 Add Styling to Tabs
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 11 How to Add Tabs to a Sidebar
- How to Add a Download Link for a PDF File
- Week 7 – Part 2 – Develop the Member Dashboard
- J Shortcodes Plugin – Part 12 How to Create a jQuery Accordion
- How to Create Download PDF Buttons
Query Posts
BYOB Thesis Feature Box
BYOB Thesis Shortcode Content Widgets
- Create a Download Catalog Page Using the BYOB Thesis Shortcode Content Widgets Plugin
- Add Widgets to the Content Area Using the BYOB Thesis Shortcode Content Widgets Plugin Part 2 – Basic Styling Concepts
- Add Widgets to the Content Area Using the BYOB Thesis Shortcode Content Widgets Plugin Part 3 – Float a Widget Area in the Page
- Add Widgets to the Content Area Using the BYOB Thesis Shortcode Content Widgets Plugin Part 4 – Styling the Widgets
- Add Widgets to the Content Area Using the BYOB Thesis Shortcode Content Widgets Plugin Part 5 – Customize the Widget Headings
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 2 – The New Design
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 11- Add Content Widgets
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 12 – Style the Content Widgets
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 4 – Setting Up the Widget Areas
- Create a Download Catalog Page Using the BYOB Thesis Shortcode Content Widgets Plugin
Dynamic Widgets
Shortcoder Plugin
WP Affiliate Platform
- How to Setup an Affiliate System for Your Products – Live Q & A
- How to Setup an Affiliate System for Your Products – Part 2 – Configure Email & Autoresponder Settings
- How to Setup an Affiliate System for Your Products – Part 3 – Configure Affiliate Links and Ads
- How to Setup an Affiliate System for Your Products – Live Q & A
BYOB Thesis Landing Pages
Simple:Press Forum
- How to Use the Forum – Part 9 – How to Include Code in a Post
- Week 8 – Part 1 – User Configuration
- Week 8 – Part 2 – Configure Simple:Press Forum Permissions – User Roles
- Week 8 – Part 3 – Configure Simple:Press Forum Permissions – Permissions
- Week 8 – Part 4 – Configure Simple:Press Forum Options
- Week 8 – Part 5 – Configure Simple:Press Forum Components
- Week 8 – Part 6 – Configure Simple:Press Forum Profiles
- Week 8 – Part 7 – Configure Simple:Press Forum Other Settings
- Week 11 – Part 1 – Add Member Profile
- Week 11 – Part 4 – Add Member’s Forum Posts
- How to Use the Forum – Part 1 – Configure Your Forum Profile
- How to Use the Forum – Part 2 – Figuring out Where to Post Your Question
- How to Use the Forum – Part 3 – How to Post a Question to the Forum
- How to Use the Forum – Part 4 – Add a Follow Up Question or Comment to an Existing Topic
- How to Use the Forum – Part 5 – Add an Image to Your Forum Post
- How to Use the Forum – Part 6 – Watch or Subscribe to a Forum Post
- How to Use the Forum – Part 7 – How to Find the Posts You’ve Posted To
- How to Use the Forum – Part 8 – Include a Quote from a Previous Post in Your Post
- How to Use the Forum – Part 9 – How to Include Code in a Post
Shopp
General
- Week 5 – Part 1 – Product Images In Shopp
- Week 2 – Part 4 – Shopp Payments Settings
- Week 2 – Part 6 – Shopp Taxes Settings
- Week 2 – Part 2 – Shopp General Settings
- Week 2 – Part 3 – Shopp Checkout Settings
- Week 2 – Part 9 – Question and Answer Session
- Week 1- Part 3 – Organizing an Ecommerce Site With WordPress and Shopp – The Tools
- Week 2 – Part 7 – Shopp Presentation Settings
- Week 2 – Part 8 – Shopp System Settings
- Week 2 – Part 5 – Shopp Shipping Settings
- Week 7 – Part 5 – Managing Order Fulfillment
- Week 7 – Part 6 – Managing Customer Information
- Week 2 – Set Up Shopp
- Week 5 – Part 1 – Product Images In Shopp
Product Catalog
- Week 4 – Part 6 – Adjusting the Display Order of Products
- Week 3 – Part 2 – Create the Product Categories
- Week 3 – Create the Product Catalog
- Week 3 – Part 3 – Create a Product with both physical and digital variations
- Week 3 – Part 4 – Create a Product with Multiple Variations
- Week 4 – Configure the Product Catalog
- Week 3 – Part 5 – Understanding the default Shopp catalog display
- Week 3 – Part 6 – Rearrange product categories
- Week 3 – Part 7 – Multiple levels of product variations
- Week 3 – Part 8 – Question and Answer Session
- Week 4 – Part 1 – Configure Electronic Download with Amazon S3
- Week 4 – Part 2 – Configure US Postal Service Rates
- Week 4 – Part 3 – Configure Multiple Levels of Product Variations and Addons
- Week 4 – Part 4 – Two Case Studies of Product Variations
- Week 4 – Part 5 – Add Widgets to the Store
- Week 4 – Part 6 – Adjusting the Display Order of Products
Customizing
- Week 6 – Part 5 – Question and Answer Session
- Week 7 – Part 2 – Customize the Checkout View
- Week 7 – Part 3 – Customize the Product Display Widget
- Week 7 – Part 4 – Testing Transactions with Authorize.net
- Week 7 – Part 7 – Question and Answer Session
- Week 5 – Customize Shopp Templates
- Week 6 – Customize Shopp Templates Pt 2
- Week 7 – Final Customization and Testing
- Week 5 – Part 2 – The Shopp Method of Customization
- Week 5 – Part 3 – Using Shopp Template Tags
- Week 5 – Part 4 – Examples of Changing Shopp with Template Tag Options
- Week 5 – Part 5 – Add Customer Inputs to Order
- Week 5 – Part 6 – Customize the Main Catalog View
- Week 5 – Part 7 – Tour the Category Template
- Week 5 – Part 8 – Customize the Category View
- Week 5 – Part 9 – Customize Shopp CSS
- Week 5 – Part 10 – Question and Answer Session
- Week 6 – Part 1 – Customize the Category View
- Week 6 – Part 2 – Add Customer Input to Products
- Week 6 – Part 3 – Customize the Product View
- Week 6 – Part 4 – Conditionally Add Customer Input to Products
- Week 6 – Part 5 – Question and Answer Session
Install
AdRotate
Scribe
BYOB Thesis Widget Styles
BYOB Thesis Header Widgets
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins Part 4 – Add the Logo to the Header
- How to Add a Call to Action to the Thesis Header – Part 2 Add a Text Widget to the Header
- How to Add a Call to Action to the Thesis Header – Part 3 Adjust Padding and Margin Settings
- How to Add a Call to Action to the Thesis Header – Part 4 Include the Thesis Header Image Beside the Call to Action
- How to Add a Call to Action to the Thesis Header Part 5 Add the Dynamic Content Gallery to the Header
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 4 – Setting Up the Widget Areas
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 6 – Configuring the Header
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 7 – Styling the Header Text
- One Hour Website Makeover DJ Sean Denard Part 8 – Adjust Header Background Image Location
- How to Add a Flash Banner to the Thesis Header
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 1 Installing the Plugins
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 2 Configure the Header Widgets Plugin
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins Part 4 – Add the Logo to the Header
BYOB Thesis Footer Widgets
- Creating a Full Width Footer Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 4 – Styling the Footer Widgets
- Creating a Full Width Footer Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 1 – Installing the Plugins – Configuring the Footer Widgets Plugin
- Creating a Full Width Footer Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 3 – Add Widgets to the Footer
- Creating a Full Width Footer Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 4 – Styling the Footer Widgets
BYOB WP eMember Shortcodes
BYOB Thesis Nav Menu
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 3 Configure the Nav Menu Plugin
- BYOB Thesis Navigation Menu Plugin
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 1 Installing the Plugins
- Creating a Full Width Header Using BYOB Thesis Plugins – Part 3 Configure the Nav Menu Plugin
Miscellaneous
Advanced Most Recent Posts
S3FlowShield
BYOB Thesis WP Menus
Events Calendar
AKismet
All In One SEO
BackupBuddy
- A Strategy for Creating Multiple Sites With Similar Structure
- How to Transfer a WordPress Site from a Development Server To a Live Server – Part 1 – Overview
- How to Transfer a WordPress Site from a Development Server To a Live Server – Part 2 – Install Backup Buddy
- I can’t find the import buddy file from BackupBuddy when at the new site.
- How to Transfer a WordPress Site from a Development Server To a Live Server – Part 3 – Copy the Site with BackupBuddy
- How to Transfer a WordPress Site from a Development Server To a Live Server – Part 4 – Create a Blank Database on the Live Server
- How to Transfer a WordPress Site from a Development Server To a Live Server – Part 5 – Upload Copy to the Site
- How to Transfer a WordPress Site from a Development Server To a Live Server – Part 6 – Run the ImportBuddy Script
- How to Transfer a WordPress Site from a Development Server To a Live Server – Part 7 – Check Site Functionality
- How to Transfer a WordPress Site from a Development Server To a Live Server – Part 8 – Search and Replace Old URLs
- How to Transfer a WordPress Site from a Development Server To a Live Server – Q and A
- Community Library Website Case Study – Part 10a – Restore the Database Using BackupBuddy
- A Strategy for Creating Multiple Sites With Similar Structure
Breadcrumb NavXT
Contact Form 7
- Contact Form 7 – Lesson 2 – Create a Registration Form
- Lesson 1 – Part 2 – Create your first Customized Contact Form
- Lesson 1 – Part 3 – Custom CSS Styling for your Contact Form
- Lesson 1 – Part 4 – Configuring Response Emails
- Lesson 2 – Part 1- Create a Registration Form Using Contact Form 7
- Lesson 2 – Part 2 – Create a Custom Button for the Registration Form
- Lesson 2 – Part 3 – Add CSS Styles to the Registration Form
- Lesson 2 – Part 4 – Configure Redirection to a Thank You Page
- Lesson 10 – Part 4 – Installing & configuring a contact form plugin
- Contact Form 7 – Lesson 1 – Create a Professional Looking Contact Form
- Contact Form 7 – Lesson 2 – Create a Registration Form
CSV Importer
- Community Library Website – Part 50 – Find and Replace Semi-colons in the Database
- Community Library Website – Part 12 – Prepare Existing Data for import by the CSV Importer plugin
- Community Library Website – Part 13 – Import Existing Data Using the CSV Importer Plugin
- Community Library Website – Part 16b – Final Data Import
- Community Library Website – Part 50 – Find and Replace Semi-colons in the Database
Custom Post Permalinks
Custom Post Type UI
- Community Library Website – Case Study Part 8 – Creating Non-Hierarchical Custom Taxonomies
- Community Library Website – Case Study Part 2 – Create Custom Post Types
- Community Library Website – Case Study Part 3 – Custom Post Type Configuration
- Community Library Website – Case Study Part 7 – Creating Hierarchical Custom Taxonomies
- Community Library Website – Case Study Part 8 – Creating Non-Hierarchical Custom Taxonomies
Display Widgets
Dynamic Content Gallery
- The Dynamic Content Gallery VS The NextGen Gallery
- BYOB Thesis Simple Feature Box Plugin
- Lesson 12 – Part 3 – Adding the Dynamic Content Gallery to the Thesis Feature Box
- Lesson 12 – Part 4 – Image Management in Dynamic Content Gallery
- Lesson 12 – Part 5 – Dynamic Content Gallery Settings
- How to Add a Call to Action to the Thesis Header Part 5 Add the Dynamic Content Gallery to the Header
- Lesson 12 – Part 6 – Configure the Appearance of Your Gallery With CSS
- Lesson 12 – Display Featured Products Using the Dynamic Content Gallery
- Adding the Dynamic Content Gallery to the Thesis Header
- The Dynamic Content Gallery VS The NextGen Gallery
Facebook Like and Send
FCK Editor
Google Analyticator
Google XML Sitemaps
Jet Pack
FV WordPress Flowplayer
- How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 6 – Add a Splash Screen to the Video
- How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 8 Add a Video to the Sidebar
- How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site
- How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 1 – Install the FV WordPress Flowplayer Plugin
- How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 2 – Upload Videos to Your Site
- How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 3 – Configure the FV WordPress Flowplayer Plugin
- How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 4 – Why Not Use the Media Library Instead of FTP?
- How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 5 – Add a Video to a Post or Page
- How to Add Self Hosted Videos to Your Site – Part 6 – Add a Splash Screen to the Video
My Category Order
NextGen Gallery
- The Dynamic Content Gallery VS The NextGen Gallery
- The NextGen Gallery Plugin – Part 7 – Configure a Gallery
- The NextGen Gallery Plugin – Part 1 – How to Install
- The NextGen Gallery Plugin – Part 2 – Add the First Image
- The NextGen Gallery Plugin – Part 3 – Add Multiple Images with the Image Uploader
- The NextGen Gallery Plugin – Part 5 – Import Images Via FTP
- The NextGen Gallery Plugin – Part 6 – Add a Gallery to a Page
- The NextGen Gallery Plugin – Part 8 – Sort Images Within a Gallery
- The NextGen Gallery Plugin – Part 9 – Edit and Configure Images
- The NextGen Gallery Plugin – Part 10 – Create and Publish Albums
- The Dynamic Content Gallery VS The NextGen Gallery
Post Type Switcher
Random Post Link
Recent Comments
Scroll to the Top
SH Slideshow
Sliding Panel Plugin
Taxonomy Drill-Down
Tiny MCE Advanced
Verve Meta Boxes
- Add Twitter, Facebook Like and Google +1 to Post in Thesis – Part 3 – Create a Meta Box for Pages
- Community Library Website – Case Study Part 9 – Creating Custom Post Meta
- Community Library Website Case Study- Part 10 – Creating Custom Post Meta – Continued
- Community News Case Study – Part 11 – Add Event Information as Custom Post Meta to Events
- Multilingual Website – Case Study Part 4 – Create Custom Post Meta
- Add Twitter, Facebook Like and Google +1 to Post in Thesis – Part 3 – Create a Meta Box for Pages
Widgets Reloaded
WP eMember
Registration Cycle
Membership Level
Autoresponder
Content Protection
General
- How to Create a Wholesale Only Sales Site Where Only Authorized Sellers Can See the Prices and Purchase
- Week 4 – Part 2 – WP eMember General Settings
- Week 4 – Part 3 – WP eMember Pages and Forms Settings
- Week 4 – WP eMember Settings
- Week 11 – Part 1 – Add Member Profile
- How to Create a Wholesale Only Sales Site Where Only Authorized Sellers Can See the Prices and Purchase
WP eStore
Display Products
- Rearranging the WP eStore Fancy 3 Product Display
- Lesson 4 – Add Products to our Store
- Lesson 5 – Customize the Display of the Product Catalog & Add the Shopping Cart
- Week 3 – Part 4 – Populate a Products Catalog Page
- Lesson 5 – Part 3 – How to Display Product Categories
- Lesson 5 – Part 4 – How to Display All Products in a Given Category
- Lesson 5 – Part 5 – How to Display Individual Products
- When to Use Post VS Pages for Products in WP eStore
- Rearranging the WP eStore Fancy 3 Product Display
Buy Now
Configure
Create Products
- How to Create a Digital Product with Variations in WP eStore
- Lesson 4 – Part 1 – Review the product checklist
- Week 3 – Part 3 – Create Initial WP eStore Products
- Lesson 4 – Part 2 – Add a physical product to your catalog
- Lesson 4 – Part 3 – Add product variations, shipping and inventory control
- Lesson 4 – Part 4 – Add a digital download product to your catalog
- WP eStore – How to Bundle Physical and Digital Products Together
- How to Create a Digital Product with Variations in WP eStore
Extra Shortcodes Plugin
- How to Create a Wholesale Only Sales Site Where Only Authorized Sellers Can See the Prices and Purchase
- WP eStore Update – New Features in Version 5 – Part 4 – A New Variation Pricing Scheme
- Lesson 5 – Part 1 – Install WP eStore “Extra Shortcodes” Plugin
- Lesson 5 – Part 2 – Introduction to WP eStore Shortcodes
- How to Create a Wholesale Only Sales Site Where Only Authorized Sellers Can See the Prices and Purchase
Shopping Cart
- Identifying Shopping Cart Session Problems in WP eStore
- Lesson 5 – Part 6 – Add the Shopping Cart
- Lesson 5 – Part 7 – Buy Now & Add to Cart Buttons
- Lesson 13 – Part 5 – Modify the Shopping Cart to play well with Widgets Display
- Lesson 13 – Part 6 – Edit the appearance of the Shopping Cart using CSS
- How to Create An On Click Version of a WP eStore Add to Cart Button
- Is it Possible to Hide the Add to Cart Button in WP eStore Product Display?
- Identifying Shopping Cart Session Problems in WP eStore
Updates
Site Organization
General
Selling Audio Content
Autoresponder
PayPal
Customize the Appearance
- Is it Possible to Hide the Add to Cart Button in WP eStore Product Display?
- Lesson 7 – Changing the Appearance of the Product Catalog Using CSS
- Lesson 13 – Part 6 – Edit the appearance of the Shopping Cart using CSS
- Part 1 – How to Customize the Simple View of Category Listings
- Part 2 – How to Use Custom Classes to Selectively Apply CSS Rules
- Part 3 – How to Customize the Simple View of Product Listings
- Part 4 – How to Customize the Grid View of Product Listings
- Part 5 – How to Customize the Box View of Product Listings
- Is it Possible to Hide the Add to Cart Button in WP eStore Product Display?
Install
WordPress EZ Backup
WP Image Tooltip
WP-Table Reloaded