Here is my list of the top 15 must-have WordPress plugins
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put < ?php akismet_counter(); ? > in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin.
Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog.
How do you use the Sociable plugin for WordPress?
I tend to use this plugin sparingly, as there is an overwelming number of social bookmarking and social media websites which appear on the options page (/wp-admin/options-general.php?page=Sociable).
I check the following sites:
These are websites I tend to associate with. There are a few others I would possibly consider such as StumbleUpon and Bumpzee but on the whole these seven are plenty.
I have recently noticed through the development of my own custom themes that the sociable.css file contains some code that fails to validate (CSS 2.1). My tip here is to compress the CSS code and comment out the two ‘.sociable-hovers’ declarations.
Kirk from Just Thinkin’ came up with a fix for the peculiar piece of code that was re-introduced into WordPress 2.5 which displays the version number of your WP install in your theme. This was previously found in the header.php file of the theme.
One of the daily rituals of owning one or more blogs is the clean up operation caused as a result of the constant bombardment by automated spamming bots. These automated posts have been clogging up the comments on my sites increasingly of late so I’ve decided to fight back and try to deflect some of the deluge.
Continue reading Spam fighting…
Annoyance of the month: yet another self-promoting WordPress link - this time, on the dashboard of WordPress 2.1.
I just spotted this mini-banner on the bottom of the WordPress admin dashboard promoting a number of alternative browsers to Internet Explorer whilst using IE7.
(Ironically, I use Safari, Camino or Firefox most of the time so it’s the first time I’ve noticed this.)
Continue reading Browse (Un)happy…
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