{"id":345,"date":"2013-03-25T05:16:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T05:16:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a1webdesignteam.com\/blog\/?p=345"},"modified":"2013-03-25T05:16:54","modified_gmt":"2013-03-25T05:16:54","slug":"wordpress-plugin-use","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a1webdesignteam.com\/blog\/wordpress-plugin-use\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make a WordPress plugin you use, better"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Submit support requests<\/h2>\n<p>Am I telling you to ask for help? Yes, absolutely. How else will a developer know when something isn\u2019t working. When you\u00a0participate\u00a0through support requests you are introducing the developer to\u00a0environments\u00a0that are different from their own. Just because you are having an issue doesn\u2019t\u00a0necessarily\u00a0mean the plugin is bad. There all kinds of reasons you might be having issues.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>You have a\u00a0different\u00a0server set up<\/li>\n<li>Your plugin combination is\u00a0introducing a conflict<\/li>\n<li>Your theme choice is introducing a conflict<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0A simple bug was overlooked<\/li>\n<li>The stars are out of alignment<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>But we as developers can\u2019t fix those issues if you don\u2019t tell us about them. I can\u2019t speak for all developers but anyone who has asked for help from before know that we care very deeply for offering the best support possible. We do it every day.<\/p>\n<p>Now do we like spending countless hours dealing with support requests? Of course not, but do you know what we like even less. Someone unhappy with the plugin because of something that we could have easily fixed if they would have just told us about it. Your problem is our problem, unless you don\u2019t tell us about it and then it just might become everyone\u2019s problem.<\/p>\n<h2>Leave a Review<\/h2>\n<p>The sad truth is that people are more likely to complain than compliment. When people are unsatisfied they will go great lengths to make sure everyone hears it. I\u2019m not exactly sure why this is but I think it\u2019s something we need to change. Sure, sometimes someone or something is worthy of a complaint although you can still <a title=\"How to Leave a Good Bad Review\" href=\"http:\/\/pippinsplugins.com\/how-to-leave-a-good-bad-review\/\">learn to give a good bad review<\/a>. But what about when that isn\u2019t the case?<\/p>\n<p>Praise goes a long way. Nothing motivates a developer like a little positive affirmation. When you use a plugin that you love it\u2019s imperative that you share that with the developer and the community. We work hard to make our users happy and then, when they\u00a0publicly\u00a0compliment us, we work even harder for it never to be proven untrue.<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve received exceptional support from us and love what <a title=\"Ninja Forms\" href=\"http:\/\/wpninjas.com\/ninja-forms\/\">Ninja Forms<\/a> does for your WordPress website please <a title=\"Review Ninja Forms\" href=\"http:\/\/wordpress.org\/support\/view\/plugin-reviews\/ninja-forms#postform\">let your voice be heard<\/a>. Not only will you make two developers day but you\u2019ll give us something to live up to and hopefully surpass.<\/p>\n<p>Do this for all the developers who have made your site better and you\u2019ll ensure that the best is yet to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Submit support requests Am I telling you to ask for help? Yes, absolutely. How else will a developer know when something isn\u2019t working. 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