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Sale Products Countdown: Make Every Discount Stand Out

George — Wed, 19 Nov 2025 18:49:09 +0000

Hey WooCommerce hustlers! Ever watched a shopper hover over your discounted gadget, only to wander off because… well, no urgency? Enter the Sale Products Countdown plugin—a nifty little WooCommerce extension that slaps a live countdown timer on your on-sale products, turning “maybe later” into “buy now!” Developed in the netpad.gr lab and available on GitHub, this tool is lightweight, free…

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Why You Should Avoid Nulled WordPress Plugins

George — Sun, 05 Oct 2025 10:35:20 +0000

Hey WordPress enthusiasts! If you’ve ever been tempted by a “nulled” premium plugin—those free, cracked versions of paid tools floating around forums or shady sites—let’s talk about why it’s a bad idea. As someone who’s spent countless hours debugging WordPress setups, I’ve seen the fallout firsthand. Here’s why you should keep your wallet open and your site secure by avoiding nulled plugins.

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How-To Modify the From Email Address and Name in WP

George — Mon, 16 Jul 2018 12:14:17 +0000

After installing WordPress on your server you realize that although the site emails are sent properly, the sender address and name have nothing to do with your brand. Since you are in the process of building your brand, all your site’s attributes should support that effort. Especially when it comes to the email address it is important to set your own based on your domain name otherwise your…

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Konqueror Service Menu custom actions

George — Sun, 27 May 2018 20:37:33 +0000

For a strange reason since I first installed Debian Jessie with Konqueror 4.0.x ( or 3.5.x can’t remember ) on my laptop, it was missing some options in the Service Menu ( the right-click menu ) for zip archives ( extract, compress, … ). Even after upgrading to Debian Stretch and KDE 4.1.x the feature kept missing. And yes I was pretty sure about a missing feature, since this service option was…

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Affiliate bonus upon referral – WP plugin

George — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:33:37 +0000

This plugin gives you the ability to grant an affiliate bonus upon a new referral. If you are using Affiliates, Affiliates Pro or Affiliates Enterprise plugins from itthinx.com, you can give an extra token to your affiliates. Apart from the commission you have chosen, you can grant a bonus. Furthermore, you can also choose the amount and the currency. When a new referral is recorded…

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Reset admin password with phpMyAdmin – WordPress HowTo

George — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 16:39:53 +0000

Today i will show you how to reset admin password for WordPress using phpMyAdmin. Sometimes even the administrator can forget his/her password. Although there is a built-in recovery option under the wp-login form you might have forgotten even your e-mail address. But if you have access to phpMyAdmin, you can reset the admin password manually. Whether your blog is self-hosted or it is located…

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Affiliate Registration – Approval System

George — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 21:05:22 +0000

If you want to keep a new affiliate registration pending in WordPress, there is a custom method for you. This method applies if you are using Affiliates, Affiliates Pro or Affiliates Enterprise plugins by itthinx. It gives you the option to decide whether or not and when you will approve a new affiliate registration. The process is pretty simple. Pending affiliates cannot see their…

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Affiliates MailPoet Subscribers – WordPress plugin

George — Thu, 04 Feb 2016 10:29:22 +0000

If you want to add your Affiliates to MailPoet mailists in WordPress, then all you need is Affiliates MailPoet Subscribers plugin. It is an extension for Affiliates, Affiliates Pro, Affiliates Enterprise from itthinx.com and MailPoet Newsletters from mailpoet.com. With this extension you can automatically subscribe new affiliates in MailPoet lists. When a new affiliate registers to your site…

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Affiliate Referrer – WordPress shortcode

George — Wed, 27 Jan 2016 12:18:59 +0000

If you are an affiliate and want to know which affiliate has referred you, you need affiliate referrer custom shortcode. It applies only if you use Affiliates Enterprise plugin from itthinx. Once the affiliate has logged in with his/her user credentials, he will be able to see who is his/her referrer. The shortcode can be used like this: [affiliate-referrer-info]. This will display the…

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Add user to group after product purchase in WP

George — Thu, 18 Jun 2015 13:42:27 +0000

Today i will show you how to add user to group after product purchase. The snippet presented, applies if you use Groups plugin from itthinx and WooCommerce plugin. However, you can use the hook to apply whatever you want. There are several occasions where you want to do something, when an order is complete. The use case is this. You want to add the new user/customer to a specific group…

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