Daily designer news

WordPress news: january 27 to february 2, 2013

Posted: 01 Feb 2013 04:15 PM PST

WordPress has become a tool used by millions of designers for much more than creating blogs. Each week we take a look at what's new with WordPress.

Plugins

WP Alert

The easiest way to add simple fixed message boxes in your WordPress blog, including images, text or links. Get it on WordPress.org.

wp-alert

Upload photo to Facebook

Upload your photos straight to Facebook from your WordPress blog. Requires curl setup on your server. Get it on WordPress.org.

Themes

Gallery

A free gallery theme. Responsive, with a sticky navigation and retina support, as well as lightbox included. Brought to you by UpThemes.

Gallery-UpThemes

News

Envato is reviewing its licensing

In a post on WP Daily, Cyan Ta’eed explains the steps taken toward changes in licensing on Theme Forest and Code Canyon. Great news!

WordPress Gear

A set of tools for WordPress developers, check it out on Github.

Tutorials & Snippets

Add tables to your posts and pages without any HTML

To add tables in WordPress posts, I’ve always went the HTML route. Now you can also use a plugin to make it much easier and have inline integration. Check it on WP Beginner.

add-table-options

Choosing the best WordPress plugin to make your site mobile friendly

An overview of plugins that make your site presentable on mobile devices. Via WordPress integration.

Coolest Gadgets and Gizmos