An advantage of using WordPress for blogging is that with the proper plug-ins you can add a huge amount of functionality and features.
When I see a user or administrative function or capability on a WordPress site I’m always curious if it’s being provided by a plug-in and if it’s something I could merge into Meandering Passage.
Since I’ve often borrowed plug-in inspiration from others, I though I would share my own selection of plug-ins. So listed below are the WordPress Plug-ins that are currently running on this blog.
Current WordPress Plug-ins:
Plug-in: 404 Notifier
Version: 1.0
Author: Alex King
Desc: This plugin logs 404 hits on your WordPress powered site and will notify you of them via e-mail or in an RSS Feed. I personally use the RSS feed method to monitor any 404, not found, messages generated from my site.
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Plug-in: A Different Monthly Archive Script
Version: 1.4
Author : Rob Watkins
Desc: This WordPress plugin displays a âdifferentâ monthly archive in the format of a table, instead of the standard unordered-list that many sites use.
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Plug-in: Admin Drop Down Menu
Version: 1.3
Author: Ozh
Desc: Replaces admin menu and submenu with a 2 level horizontal CSS dropdown menu bar. Saves lots of clicks
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Plug-in: Akismet
Version: 2.0.2
Author: Matt Mulleweq
Desc: Comment Spam Blocker. Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not.
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Plug-in: Better Feed
Version: 1.01
Author: Ozh
Desc: Allows you to enhance your feeds with several highly customizable features such as copywrite notice, etc.
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Plug-in: Comment Relish
Version: 1.0
Author: Justin Shattuck
Desc: Helps to Increase your readership and RSS subscription rate by simply sending a short âthank youâ relishing type message to users when they first comment on your weblog.
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Plug-in: DoFollow
Version: 3.0
Author: Kimmo Suominen
Desc: Disable the ânofollowâ tagging for comments.
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Plug-in: Embedded Video with Link
Version: 3.4
Author: Stefan Heb
Desc: Filter for embedding videos from various portals with the corresponding direct link into a blog entry.
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Plug-in: FAlbum
Version: 0.7.0
Author: Elijah Cornell
Desc: A plugin for displaying your Flickr photosets and photos in a gallery format on your WordPress site.
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Plug-in: FeedStats
Version: 2.2
Author: Andres Nieto Porras, Frank Bueltge
Desc: Simple statistics for WordPress Feeds
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Plug-in: Google Sitemaps
Version: 2.7.1
Author: Arne Brachhold
Desc: Creates Google compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog.
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Plug-in: Imageless Alt Feed
Version: 1.0
Author: Kaf Oseo, modified by Shelley Powers
Desc: Removes images from full text feed, insereting the alt text as replacement.
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Plug-in: Link Harvest
Version: 1.0
Author: Alex King
Desc: This will harvest links from your WordPress database, creating a links list sorted by popularity.
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Plug-in: Now Reading
Version: 4.4
Author: Rob Miller
Desc: Allows you to display the books youâre reading, have read recently and plan to read, with cover art fetched automatically from Amazon.
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Plug-in: Optimal Title
Version: 3.0
Author: Aaron Schaefer
Desc: Mirrors the function of wp_title() exactly, but moves the position of the âseparatorâ to after the title rather than before.
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Plug-in: Page Links To
Version: 1.4
Author: Mark Jaquith
Desc: Allows you to set a âlinks_toâ meta key with a URI value that will be be used when listing WP pages. Good for setting up navigational links to non-WP sections of your site.
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Plug-in: Pixelpost Latest Photo
Version: 1.1
Author: Ramin Mehran
Desc: Displays the latest image from a Pixelpost photoblog in your WordPress blog.
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Plug-in: Quick Stats
Version: 1.1
Author: Jim Qode
Desc: Logs hits with referrer, ip, host, client and url information. RSS tracker feature lets you tracker your visitors in near realtime using an RSS reader software.
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Plug-in: Rate-My-Stuff
Version: 1.1
Author: Dave Cantrell
Desc: Lets you use a dynamic, star-based rating system in your posts using a simple, tag-like syntax
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Plug-in: Recent Comments
Version: 4.0
Author: Jared Bangs
Desc: This plugin will add a list of the most frequent comments posted to your blog. They are gathered in descending order (newest at the top), but then group them together by post title, so that comments from the same post are listed together.
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Plug-in: Related Post
Version: 2.02
Author: Alexander Malov & Mike Lu
Desc: Returns a list of the related entries based on active/passive keyword matches.
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Plug-in: Smart Comments
Version: 2.0
Author: Ryanne Lai & Patrick O’Leary
Desc: A plugin which prints âcomments offâ instead of âno commentsâ if comments are turned off
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Plug-in: Sphere Related Content
Version: 1.3
Author: Watershed Studio, LLC
Desc: Automatically show related blog posts and news articles from Sphere.
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Plug-in: Subscribe to Comments
Version: 2.1
Author: Mark Jaquith
Desc: Allows readers to recieve notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry.
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Plug-in: Text Link Ads
Verion: 3.0.1
Author: Justin Klemm & Matthew Drouin & Alex King
Desc: Really Simple Web/RSS Advertising For Personal or Commercial Use
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Plug-in: Tiger Style Administration
Version: 3.0
Author: Steve Smith
Desc: Makes administration area feel more like an application, and less like a traditional website.
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Plug-in: Ultimate Google Analytics
Version: 1.5.3
Author: Wilfred van der Deijl
Desc: Enable Google Analytics on your blog. Has options to also track external links, mailto links and links to downloads on your own site.
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Plug-in: WordPress.com Stats
Version: 1.1.1
Author: Andy Skelton
Desc: Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks. Requires a WordPress.com API key.
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Plug-in: WordPress Automatic Upgrade (Being Tested)
Version: 0.5
Author: Keith Dsouza
Desc: WordPress Automatic Upgrade allows a user to automatically upgrade the wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps provided in the wordpress upgrade instructions.
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Plug-in: WP-Cache
Version: 2.1.1
Author: Ricardo Galli Granada
Desc: Very fast cache module. Itâs composed of several modules, this plugin can configure and manage the whole system.
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Plug-in: WP-ContactForm Akismet Edition
Version: 1.1
Author: Blogging EXpertise
Desc: WP-ContactForm: Akismet Edition is a spam-resistant drop-in contact form. It is derived from Ryan Duffâs WP-ContactForm 1.4.3 with the addition of code from the Akismet plugin.
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Plug-in: WP-Notable
Vesion: 1.14
Author: Cal Evans
Desc: Add social bookmark links to each blog entry.
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Plug-in: WP-PostViews
Version: 1.11
Author: GaMerZ
Desc: Enables you to display how many times a post had been viewed. It will not count registered member views, but that can be changed easily.
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Plug-in: WP-Print
Version: 2.11
Author: GaMerZ
Desc: Displays a printable version of your WordPress blogâs post/page.
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Plug-in: WP-Stats
Version: 2.11
Author: GaMerZ
Desc: Display your WordPress blog statistics. Ranging from general total statistics, some of my plugins statistics and top 10 statistics.
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While compiling this list I found two plug-ins that were active but not being used, plus four that needed to be upgraded, which I did. It’s always a good idea to check for new versions of your plug-ins but it’s easy to forget.
Often it’s the old “if it’s not broken don’t fix it way of thinking.”
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