Manga+Press Comic Manager Plugin

Manga+Press is a webcomic management system for WordPress. Manga+Press uses WordPress posts, pages and categories to help you keep track of your comic posts. Manga+Press also includes its own custom template tags to help make creating themes easier.

Credits

(c) 2008-2024 Jessica C. Green

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1. Unpack the .zip file onto your hard drive.

2. Upload the mangapress folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory.

3. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress

4. Create two new pages; these pages will be your latest comic and comic archives pages. Label them something like ‘Latest Comic’
   and ‘Past Comics’ or whatever, as long as it makes sense to you.

5. Click on the Manga+Press Options tab under Settings and go to Basic Manga+Press Options, and set Latest Comic Page, and Comic
   Archive Page to your two newly created pages.

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I’m using the bundled theme for TwentyEleven, -Twelve, or -Thirteen but the Custom CSS and/or Insert Navigation options have no effect? Or they add a second navigation bar

This is because the navigation for the comics is built into the theme. Using a different theme or overriding the default theme’s template will allow you to use the options. (however, see issue #17 for additional issues)

Does Manga+Press work on WordPress Multi-site?

Yes, it does. However, a few steps must be taken to make Manga+Press’ child-themes available to your network. See the question below on the steps to take to enable the child-themes on Multisite.

The bundled themes aren’t available in WordPress Multi-site. What’s going on?

This is because the plugin hasn’t been activated for the entire MS network. In order for the child-themes to be available, Manga+Press must be available to the entire network. This can be done by going to Network Admin > Plugins and clicking the Network Activate link for Manga+Press. Once this is done, then both the parent- and child-themes need to made available to the network as well. This can be accomplished by going to Network Admin > Themes, selecting the themes in question, choosing Bulk Actions > Network Enable, and then clicking Apply.

Is Manga+Press responsive?

Not by itself. However, Manga+Press doesn’t really output markup other than the comic navigation. Responsiveness depends on the theme that is being used. The themes bundled with Manga+Press — the TwentyEleven thru TwentyFourteen child-themes — all have some level of responsiveness that is dependent on their parent themes.

Is Manga+Press compatible with Advanced Custom Fields

Yes, it is! Manga+Press is simply a stripped down custom post-type with a custom Featured Image meta-box. Like any other post-type, you can add a new field group using ACF — however, you will have to configure your theme to display these custom fields.

Is Manga+Press compatible with the WPML plugin?

I have never had the chance to test Manga+Press with the WPML plugin so I can’t really guarantee compatibility. Since Manga+Press works like a standard WordPress post, and WPML is compatible with custom post-types, this shouldn’t be a problem.

Do you take feature requests?

I do take feature requests, but I also judge each request on the basis of how well the new feature fits into Manga+Press’ current functionality and also how feasible the new feature is to implement into Manga+Press’ core.

3.1

• 3.1.0
  • Refactoring and code cleanup
  • Deprecation of functions in favor of WordPress Core functions
  • Added better block theme support
  • Removed Group By parent option due to code complexity and ease of maintenance
  • Added WordPress REST api support
  • Added random link option

3.0

• 3.0.2

  • Change PHP requirement to 7.4
  • Updated code to be PHP 8-compliant

• 3.0.1

  • Fixed issue where templates for Latest Comic page and Comic Archive page weren’t loading correctly
  • Corrected CSS positioning for comic navigation wrapper
  • Added support for WordPress 5.5.1

• 3.0

  • Removed child themes
  • Added sorting options for Comic Archive Page
  • Added comic archive calendar template
  • Added comic archive gallery template