Steel WordPress Plugin
Steel brings the power of Matchstix to a simple user interface, making any site’s impact spread like wildfire. No programming required.
Steel adds certain capabilities through several optional modules. We are continuing to add modules, so stay tuned.
Bootstrap
Bootstrap 3 is included with Steel, and comes alive with shortcodes.
Broadcast
Create audio or video series to display on website or publish on podcast feed.
Quotes
Display a random quote (or testimonial) in the sidebar with our random quote widget. We are looking at embedding random quotes within a post or page in our next update.
Slides
Create and display media slideshows using Bootstrap’s Carousel plugin.
Teams
Create profiles for board of directors, staff members, etc. and display them on a nice summary page.
Future Modules
- Aliases - Have multiple "pretty permalinks" point to the same post or page, or create a "pretty permalink" for an offsite
Bootstrap
carousel
quotes
shortcodes
slides
teams
widgets
Sites running Steel, click to open one
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Usage of Steel over time
June 2023 — July 2024Between June 2023 and July 2024 the number of sites running this plugin went from 1 to 1 — up 0 (+0%).
| Month | Sites | Change |
|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | 1 | +0 |
| June 2024 | 1 | +0 |
| May 2024 | 1 | +0 |
| April 2024 | 1 | +0 |
| March 2024 | 1 | +0 |
| February 2024 | 1 | +0 |
| January 2024 | 1 | +0 |
| December 2023 | 1 | +0 |
| November 2023 | 1 | +0 |
| October 2023 | 1 | +0 |
| September 2023 | 1 | +0 |
| August 2023 | 1 | +0 |
| July 2023 | 1 | +0 |
| June 2023 | 1 | — |
Sites running Steel
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