Better Blogging - Wordpress Plugins - 17th Apr 08

WordPress plug-ins have become an essential for professional bloggers. The benefits that come with many WordPress plug-ins has made it easier for bloggers to improve their blogs as well as save time with administration work. Here’s a look at some of the best WordPress plug-ins that are available.

AdRotator
This WordPress plug-in will allow you to rotate your ads on your blog rather easily. This is great if you have multiple ads for a certain location on your blog(s) and you want to rotate them.

Akismet
Everyone hates SPAM, why let it happen on your blog with comment spam? Akismet is one the most used WordPress SPAM prevention tools. This WordPress plug-in will help prevent trackback and comment SPAM.

Comment Relish
This is an excellent WordPress plug-in that will allow you to send a thank you e-mail to commentators that haven’t ever posted a comment before.

EasyTube
EasyTube is a WordPress plug-in that makes it easier for you to add YouTube videos in your blog posts. You won’t have to mess around with the HTML code in order to add a video when you utilize this handy Wordpress plug-in.

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Must-Have Wordpress Plugins! - Jan 2008

My list of must-have plugins as of Jan 2008
All of these plugins are being used right now on this blog!

I can’t see myself making a blog without one of these

• RelatedPosts provides a variety of options for displaying posts that are related through tags.
• Banner Admin provides banner management for wordpress
• All in one SEO Pack is the best one step seo plugin ever, all you need to do in one plugin!
• CformsII provides easy to use contact forms.
• Dan’s Avatar Thingy makes it easier to have avatars per user on your blog!
• Feedburner is a must have because it makes tracking subscribers easier
• Flexible Upload resizes image thumbs to fit your blog’s theme
• In Series helps me make series of posts.
• Lightbox sexier way to view/enlarge images
• Mighty Adsense is the best adsense plugin for wordpress yet.
• RSS Footer helps you add more stuff to your posts in your feed - copyrights..ads..etc
• Subscribe to comments helps you engage in conversations with your readers more actively.
• WP Download Manager provides a sleek system to offer downloads at your blogs - check out my free wordpress themes page!