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This plugin redirects users of your WordPress website to any page you like after they publish a new post or log out. You can provide any URL, so the page can even be on a different website altogether.

Landing pages can help coordinate, congratulate or incentivize users who are already interacting with your website.

I have also written a non-free version that includes redirects after leaving a comment and user login in addition to the free features.

Installation Instructions

1. Download landing-page-triggers-free.zip
2. Decompress the file contents
3. Upload the landing-page-triggers-free folder to a WordPress plugins directory (/wp-content/plugins)
4. Activate the plugin from the Administration Dashboard
5. Visit “Landing pages” under Settings to configure the triggers

Control panel screen shot:

I have been using this functionality to thank contributors for their posts, and it works wonderfully. If you are interested in the enhanced feature set, that version is available here for 6$ USD.

I wrote a WordPress plugin to modify the behavior of the recent comments widget. Since WP version 2.8.0, popular widgets have been included as core functionality. I don’t like how the recent comments widget works, so I changed it. Instead of displaying the post titles that received comments, my plugin shows comment excerpts. I made this graphic to show the difference between the default behavior and the effect of this plugin:

WordPress.org link

Visit this plugin’s page in the official WP plugin directory.

Installation Instructions

1. Download recent-comments-widget-with-excerpts.zip
2. Decompress the file contents
3. Upload the recent-comments-widget-with-excerpts folder to a WordPress plugins directory (/wp-content/plugins)
4. Activate the plugin from the Administration Dashboard
5. Open the Widgets page under the Appearance section
6. Drag the Recent Comments widget to the active sidebar

Enjoy!