One of the things I like about Wordpress (the blogging software used to create this blog) is the ability to customize your blog according to your needs and interests using “plugins”. Here is my list of plugins that I currently think are pretty cool.
- WP-Polls - Adds an AJAX poll system to your WordPress blog. You can easily include a poll into your WordPress’s blog post/page. WP-Polls is extremely customizable via templates and css styles and there are tons of options for you to choose to ensure that WP-Polls runs the way you wanted.
- WP-UserOnline - Enables you to display how many users are online on your Wordpress blog with detailed statistics of where they are and who there are(Members/Guests/Search Bots).
- Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not.
- FeedBurner FeedSmith - this plugin detects all ways to access your original WordPress feeds and redirects them to your FeedBurner feed so you can track every possible subscriber.
- WordPress.com Stats - Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks. Requires a WordPress.com API key.
- Wordpress Automatic Upgrade - allows you to automatically upgrade your wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps provided in the wordpress upgrade instructions.
The central location to find new plugins is found at the WordPress plugin directory.
What are some of your favorite WP plug-ins?
Hi! I'm Steve Webel and this is my blog. Thanks for stopping by!
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I bought a book “WP for dummies” but have not had a chance to read it yet though.. Have you read the book you got on WP?
He he! That’s the same book I bought! (I almost mailed it to you, but decided not to until I asked you if you wanted it!)