Title: Manga+Press Comic Manager
Author: Jess
Published: <strong>Bowte 26, 2008</strong>
Last modified: Bowte 22, 2024

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# Manga+Press Comic Manager

 By [Jess](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ardathksheyna/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/mangapress.3.1.0.zip)

 * [Details](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/mangapress/#description)
 * [Reviews](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/mangapress/#reviews)
 *  [Installation](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/mangapress/#installation)
 * [Development](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/mangapress/#developers)

 [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/mangapress/)

## Description

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

Found a bug? Or did you find a bug and figure out a fix? Visit http://www.manga-
press.com/support/. Please include screenshots, WordPress version, a list of any
other plugins you might have installed, or code (if you figured out a fix). Be as
detailed as possible.

For updates, you can visit http://www.manga-press.com/

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation;
either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY 
WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A 
PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this
program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite
330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA

## Screenshots

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## Installation

 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.

## FAQ

_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](https://github.com/jesgs/mangapress/issues/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.

## Reviews

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### 󠀁[Great and simple to setup plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-and-simple-to-setup-plugin/)󠁿

 [arnelsaric](https://profiles.wordpress.org/arnelsaric/) MBooy 28, 2020

I was searching for a great, yet simple plugin to set up on my Wordpress blog for
my web comics and I found this one. It’s easy to configure it and upload your comics.
Some features are still missing, as far as I can tell (random comic?), but I see
no reason why you shouldn’t be using this one. It’s free and additional customizations
are available through CSS. Give it a shot!

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### 󠀁[Keeps things Simple; Allows Artists to Focus on the Art!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/keeps-things-simple-allows-artists-to-focus-on-the-art/)󠁿

 [orribu](https://profiles.wordpress.org/orribu/) Morso 21, 2018

UPDATE: After talking with the plugin author on the support forum, it turns out 
my problem was created by conflicting plugins. I wouldn’t have figured that out 
without Jess. Thank you for the plugin! I love Manga+Press from the UI alone. Instead
of running around trying to configure databases and what not, it allows me as an
artist more time to focus on the craft and less time scratching my head. I want 
to donate to it and keep this project alive as I see it going places.

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### 󠀁[Easy To Use, Great Support](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/easy-to-use-great-support-44/)󠁿

 [stackjokes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/stackjokes/) Juko 19, 2017

The Manga+Press plugin is so much simpler than any other webcomic plugin out there.
It is so easy to use, and the plugin support is always fast and efficient.

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### 󠀁[Simple but efficient](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/simple-but-efficient-9/)󠁿

 [KayCharles](https://profiles.wordpress.org/kaycharles/) MBooy 9, 2017 1 reply

I’ve been using this plugin for over a year now and of all the webcomic plugins 
I found this to be the most efficient. It may be simple but it’s fast, reliable 
and really easy to use. I had no problem making it work with my template and I never
encountered any weird glitches or errors with my content. I do have some minor nitpicks
and wishes for future updates if the creator ever decides to continue his work. 
1) A “random comic” button in the navigation under the comic image would be nice.
Perhaps even let us exclude certain categories/series to give us more control. 2)
Better social media compatibility. All SM plugins I used seem to have troubles reading
the image for me to share. Reddit seems to work, facebook works occasionally and
twitter / thumblr don’t find the img at all. 3) More control and options for the
archive subpage – perhaps let us display and order the categories manually; would
be really useful when you have more than 1 category associated with a comic (I’m
using css to hide classes to make this work at the moment) In short; this plugin
may lack some features of other more complex ones but it makes up for it for better
easy-to-understand usability. A good plugin if your starting out with webcomics 
and you cant be bothered to invest too much time in programming a complex webcomic
site.

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## Contributors & Developers

“Manga+Press Comic Manager” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Jess ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ardathksheyna/)

“Manga+Press Comic Manager” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mangapress/contributors)
for their contributions.

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### Interested in development?

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out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/mangapress/), or subscribe
to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/mangapress/) by 
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## Changelog

#### 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

## Meta

 *  Version **3.1.0**
 *  Last updated **1 year ago**
 *  Active installations **100+**
 *  WordPress version ** 6.4 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **6.7.5**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Languages
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/mangapress/) and [Indonesian](https://id.wordpress.org/plugins/mangapress/).
 *  [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/mangapress)
 * Tags
 * [art](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/art/)[comics](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/comics/)
   [webcomics](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/webcomics/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://fuc.wordpress.org/plugins/mangapress/advanced/)

## Ratings

 4.4 out of 5 stars.

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## Contributors

 *   [ Jess ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/ardathksheyna/)

## Support

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