Title: Better Formats
Author: Dutch van Andel
Published: <strong>जून 3, 2013</strong>
Last modified: अक्टूबर 18, 2013

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This plugin **hasn’t been tested with the latest 3 major releases of WordPress**.
It may no longer be maintained or supported and may have compatibility issues when
used with more recent versions of WordPress.

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# Better Formats

 By [Dutch van Andel](https://profiles.wordpress.org/veraxus/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/better-formats.0.3.zip)

 * [Details](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/better-formats/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/better-formats/#reviews)
 * [Development](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/better-formats/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/better-formats/)

## Description

This plugin is intended to improve the usability of WordPress’s built-in Post Formats
feature exclusively through some
 key changes in design.

The unhelpful list of radio buttons is replaced with with Retina-compatible icons,
format titles, and brief, helpful
 descriptions of each format. Instead of dramatically
changing the way WordPress works, Better Formats simply tries to make the existing
WordPress Post Formats feature more friendly and informative.

Additional user-centric improvements are planned. This initial release is intended
to help spur conversation about Post
 Format improvements currently being considered
for WordPress core.

## Screenshots

 * [[
 * **Friendly Sidebar** – With gorgeous (Retina-friendly) icons and helpful descriptions,
   you can finally make the most out of WordPress’s post formats.

## FAQ

  How can I make the Post Formats box smaller?

Once you’re comfortable with Post Formats, you can disable the additional description
text from WordPress settings.
 From your WordPress admin, simply go to Settings 
> Writing and check the box next to “Hide descriptions in the Post Format box”. 
This will hide the extra description text and the Formats box will take up less 
space.

## Reviews

There are no reviews for this plugin.

## Contributors & Developers

“Better Formats” is open source software. The following people have contributed 
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Dutch van Andel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/veraxus/)

[Translate “Better Formats” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/better-formats)

### Interested in development?

[Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/better-formats/), check
out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/better-formats/), or 
subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-formats/)
by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/better-formats/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss).

## Changelog

#### 0.3 (2013.10.18)

 * Added Gmail-style colored labels to post formats and post states in the post 
   list table.
 * Improved compatibility with MP6 (this plugin is meant to be used with MP6, but
   that is not required).
 * SASS file is now included.

#### 0.2 (2013.06.03)

 * Added an option to hide/toggle Post Format descriptions (see Settings > Writing:
   Post Formats).
 * Enabled language file loading (no new translations… yet).

#### 0.1 (2013.05.31)

 * Initial public release.

## Meta

 *  Version **0.2**
 *  Last updated **13 years ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 3.5 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **3.7.41**
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-formats/)
 * Tags
 * [admin](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/admin/)[post](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post/)
   [post formats](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/post-formats/)[posts](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/posts/)
   [ui](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/ui/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://mai.wordpress.org/plugins/better-formats/advanced/)

## Ratings

 5 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Dutch van Andel ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/veraxus/)

## Support

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