You can install many different plug-ins to your WordPress website to add additional functionality. Some examples are shared below.
Plug-Ins for Media
- Add a photo gallery with NextGEN Gallery
- WP Links Page creates a gallery of screenshots that link to other websites
- Media Library Folders is helpful for managing the media on a site using folders, especially in cases where students may be adding lots of content to a share course site across semesters
Plug-Ins for the Writing Process
- Print my Blog enables you to print posts to paper, PDF or e-book.
- Modern Footnotes inserts footnotes directly into the text; bibliographic information is displayed when you hover over the footnote. Note that the plug-in requires inserting shortcode into the body of the text, which can hang up students (based on my observations)
Plug-Ins for Site Management
- Password Protected makes the entire site password protected. Helpful for when a faculty member doesn’t want their site viewed by the public. Administrators/editors/and authors can still view the site without the password by directly logging in to the site.
- Last Log-in shows when users last logged-in to the site. This can be helpful for faculty course websites in which students write and publish posts on a shared website. The Last Log-In plug-in can be used to ensure students are initially able to log-in to the site and then for tracking their log-ins to the site afterwards.
Plug-Ins for Managing Posts
- Use the Post Types Order plug-in to drag and drop WordPress posts into an order that makes most sense for the site. This can be helpful if you’d like posts to appear in a different order than the default reverse chronological order.
- Duplicate Post allows individual posts or pages to be copied
