Blogging Mother Lode
So, I’m searching for stuff today and I come across “WORDPRESS GOD: 300+ Tools for Running Your WordPress Blog.” It’s from August 2007, so duh… why I never saw this, I’m not certain.
But… wow.
Another Mashable killer post!
You can find every useful plugin in their list from AjaxWP, which adds Ajax to your blog to make it faster to Zen a pretty cool theme. However, this was written before the WP 2.5 overhaul, so you’d have to make sure that some of these are still up to date. In fact, some of the links are broken now, but there’s still a TON of cool info.
Some of the plugins here, I never knew existed! (If you want to see a video about installing plugins that I made, you can go to: http://easyseotricks.com)
Here are some other cool plugins and such from that same Mashable article:
WP Polls – Add a poll to your posts or your sidebar. I have to tell you, too, that there’s a site called Micropoll where you can add as many polls as you want for free. This might be the alternative for the techno-phobic or for those of you using a hosted solution like WordPress.com or Blogger.
Google MapSearch Widget – Lets people search Google Maps right from your blog. Good for marketers in the travel niche or anything local.
WP Movie Ratings – Rate movies with a click. This is pretty specific to people in the entertainment niche, but still cool. Did I hear Andy Duncan saying, “Cool,”?
WP No-Sh*t – Allows filtering of nasty words in comments.
Custom Smilies – For those of you that just love those little faces.
Gravatar - Lets users select an avatar to put next to their comments.
WP Plugins Tracker – Makes sure that all your plugins are up to date, but guess what? WordPress does this for you now. You don’t need it. See what I mean? Not all of the stuff is up to date. There’s a spell checker there, too, which WordPress now does, too. So, pfffttt…
One caveat: I have no idea how these plugins work, as I’ve not tried any of them myself, so use them at your own risk.
But go over to Mashable and check out that post, anyway. Many of the plugins have been updated for WordPress 2.5+ when you go to the sites, and then, some not. So be careful if you’re not super tech savvy.
But if you are… Have fun!
Jennifer
October 28th, 2008 at 8:40 pm #
Thanks for another great post Pat. You have the most information-packed blog that i read.
Sometimes all the stuff you can do with your Wordpress blog is overwhelming to me. I guess you just do one thing at a time until you’ve created the perfect blog!
Jennifer