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Some WordPress Plugins Worth Their Salt

Posted on May 26th, 2010 by Carol

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If you are using WordPress, there are just some plugins that you (and your blog) cannot live without. Well, at least, I can’t. I use some of them because I am not very good at blogging yet, and some because they make the blogging process so much easier. Here are a few of the many I really like. (I like and use more, but these are worth mentioning) If you have any plugins that you use that you think should be mentioned here, please comment, or link to this post!

Advanced-Admin-Menus - My friend Chris at Thermal uses it too, and it does make the dashboard so much easier to use. Confession: I did find it hard to see all the items in the menu until I remembered to use my down ? arrow key. :oops:

Mister Linkey’s Auto Linky Widget - If you participate in any of the MEMES during the week, using this widget means all you have to do is put in a tiny bit of code like [blenza underline autolink code] (replacing the word code with tt for Thursday Thirteen, etc.; the word underline with _ ).

One Click Installer – I LOVE this plugin! All I have to do is download the zip file to my desktop, go to the dashboard in WP and click on One Click Installer and my plugin is installed and ready to be activated.

One Click Updater – Adds an “update automatically” link to plugin update notifications.

PJW WordPress version – Monitors for wordpress version updates and displays info in the admin screen.

WordPress Automatic Upgrade – I have used this plugin for the last two WP upgrades, and it was great. One thing though, the “automatic” part of the plugin doesn’t work for me. But, the trade-off is that I have to go through about 5 steps. Piece of cake! No doubt, this plugin is being tweaked even as we speak.

WordPress On Demand Backup – On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Manage ? Backup to get started.

OK, right now, those are my faves. I am trying to not get all “plugin happy” and have too many of them. It is like a kid in a candy store though. :shock:

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15 Responses to “Some WordPress Plugins Worth Their Salt”

mcangeli (1 comments.), on November 5th, 2007 at 10:10 AM Said:

Another one to look at is the commentLuv plugin by fiddyP
http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/commentluv-wordpress-plugin/

And there are some others. I tend to stay away from the ones that want to do things like update my site for me automatically… never know when they can go wrong.
webduck (69 comments.), on November 5th, 2007 at 10:33 AM Said:

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The automatic update ones that I have just send me alerts, and I get to choose what I want to do with them. I try to backup regularly too, so if something does go wrong…
webduck (69 comments.), on November 5th, 2007 at 10:39 AM Said:

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Oh, and thanks very much for the plugin suggestion!
Arab Movie (1 comments.), on November 11th, 2007 at 3:44 AM Said:

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Bulletin News, on November 12th, 2007 at 12:49 AM Said:

Exciting review about rdPress Plugins Worth Their Salt | iPentimento. Always enjoy this view!
SEO (1 comments.), on November 14th, 2007 at 2:17 PM Said:

Great review! Thanks for sharing.

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Airline News (1 comments.), on November 20th, 2007 at 12:27 PM Said:

Great read mate!

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David (2 comments.), on November 21st, 2007 at 1:52 PM Said:

Nice review of plugins

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Going2Oahu (3 comments.), on November 23rd, 2007 at 9:16 PM Said:

Amazing plugin – just stumbled on your blog and this post caught my eye. Trying out the plugin right now and just subscribed to your RSS Feed…

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Matt Ellsworth (1 comments.), on December 13th, 2007 at 8:11 AM Said:

Nice list. I love the commentluv one. I will have to check out the rest of the ones in this list as well.

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Evan, on March 1st, 2008 at 2:54 AM Said:

Hey thanks for the share on the plugin knowledge…friend that utilizes this clan hosting service runs a wordpress blog and he wasn’t aware of this.
MCSE ANgie (1 comments.), on August 6th, 2008 at 9:16 AM Said:

I can’t get enough wordpress plugins….I can’t keep up with all the latest releases and updates. It’s almost overwhelming.
Kredit (1 comments.), on November 26th, 2008 at 8:38 AM Said:

Great article. I have this bookmarked. Regards from Kredit
Socrates Wordpress Theme (1 comments.), on July 2nd, 2010 at 4:23 AM Said:

Thanks for your post. I have this One Click Installer, this extension can be used to install plugins or themes on your WordPress blog with a single click. Nice extension!
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rodokmen (1 comments.), on July 6th, 2010 at 4:25 AM Said:

Very interesting list, thank you
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