Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 6.9.2013

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I hope you all had a great weekend! It’s a second day in a row that I get to share new and updated themes and plugins. Themes hold a special place in my heart, so I get a little giddy 🙂

Check them all out after the jump!

New Themes

Aura

Also with Aura, our newest WordPress theme, we will convince a lot of people all over the world of our strategy of minimalism. Aura comes with a lot of phenomenal features.

Updated Themes

Oriental

Created by pure-essence.net. Oriental, plum, bamboo, pine, flower, foliage, orange, red theme. Now compatible with wordpress 3.5.1 and with responsive design. Supports Jetpack infinite scroll.

Daffodil

Daffodil, green, yellow, black, flower, responsive theme. Compatible with Jetpack infinite scroll.

Picolight

picolight is a neutral, light, clean and professional looking WordPress theme. You can set your own header image and favicon. You can configure the menu bar and the link color.

Pinpress

A responsive theme with neat column layout similar to pinterest. If you need a perfect mobile theme, then pinpress might be the right option. combine the plugin Gamma gallery – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gamma-gallery/ to see amazing effects.

New Plugins

Redirect to login if not logged in Redirects site visitors to the login page if the visitor is not logged in.
Woo CMP Flash Video Player Create player with multiple skins via shortcode succinctly!
Quick Business Website Business website to showcase your services, staff, announcements, a working contact form, and reviews.
Easy Digital Downloads – Discount Widget Allow third-party sites to display your current downloads through a simple widget!

Updated Plugins

Zotpress Zotpress displays your Zotero citations on WordPress.
Tweet Old Post Plugin to tweet about your old posts to get more hits for them and keep them alive.
WP Find Your Nearest “Find Your Nearest” creates a custom post type which can be associated with a latitude and longitude calculated from your local postal code,
Dashboard: Scheduled Posts Widget for the WordPress 2.7+ dashboard to display scheduled posts.
WooCommerce Video Product Tab Extends WooCommerce to allow you to add a Video to the Product page. Creates a new tab to display your embeded video.
WooCommerce Photos Product Tab Allows you to display all the images you have attached to a product in a new tab on the single product page.

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Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 6.9.2013

New Themes

Updated Themes

New Plugins

Updated Plugins

Daily Theme & Plugin Roundup – 6.9.2013

New Themes

Updated Themes

New Plugins

Updated Plugins

Other posts

WordPress File Permissions: Everything You Need to Know

Google’s E-E-A-T Guidelines: How to Show Experience in Content

Press This: Data Liberation

Press This: WordPress and the Future of Journalism

What Are the Next Big Business Opportunities in WordPress?

Press This: Can AI Make The Web More Accessible?

Press This: The Business of WordPress

17 Best WordPress Beginner Courses: Learn WordPress Now

Press This: What Happens at the Intersection of Culture, Creativity, and Tech

4 Easy Ways Create a WordPress Sticky Header (+ Best Practices)