WP Plugins

The First WordPress Plugin To Install The Installer

I am going to cheat a little here, as I think the description on the download website is sufficient to the task.

As the title states this should be the first WordPress plugin you should install. The Installer plugin then automates all other plugin and theme installations right from within the Wordpress blog dashboard.

Anyone just starting out with WordPress is aware of the pain it is to upload themes and plugins via FTP or uploading a few files at a time in your hosting account. This is where the Installer comes in; this WordPress plugin will be the last one you need to upload to your hosting account.

Thanks to Jeff Houdy

Click here for the the download and instruction page.
Feedburner Feed Replacement

I recently updated my blog RSS Feed with Feedburner because it gives a ton of information about my RSS subscribers. Not only can FeedBurner tell you how many people read your feeds, but it also tell you what RSS readers they use, what posts they read, where they come from, etc.

The easiest way to install FeedBurner on a Wordpress blog is to use the FeedBurner Plugin. This Plugin direct 100% of your feed traffic through FeedBurner, ensuring accurate readership stats. To install, all you need to do is upload the file to your Plugins folder, then activate it in your Wordpress control panel. Then just enter the FeedBurner URL for your RSS feed and you are all set. The cool thing about this Plugin is that it automatically converts any existing subscribers from the old feed to the FeedBurner one.

Peters Custom Ant-Spam

Peter’s Custom Anti-Spam - This little plugin creates a little picture image that people have to type in order to leave a comment. I use this one alongside Akismet because I usually end up checking the ones filtered by Akismet manually. I would rather never see comments left by bots at all.

Enhanced WP Contact Form

This is what Joost DeValk says about this…
‘The original contact form plugin by Ryan Duff was cool (no link since the page is down), as it made a simple drop in contact form for your site. I’ve used it for a lot of my sites and was always quite happy with it. I just wanted a few simple additions: the referring page on the site, which made people decide to contact me, and the original referer, showing from which page or search engine they came. So I adapted his original, and thus came to be the “Enhanced WP Contact Form”.’

Get it here.

Sociable

If you look at my home page you will see a row of coloured icons that are links to social bookmarking sites. These sites allow internet surfers to save, catalogue and share interesting websites they find. This simple plugin is so easy to install. Click here to get the details and the plug-in.

Amazon Links Pro

This Blog is peppered with links that are double-underlined. These are contextual links to relevant products on Amazon.com.

Yo need to have an Amazon Associate account which is free, and for which you can register by clicking here.

Once you’ve been approved as a registered Amazon Associate, you should install the Amazon Links Wordpress Plugin as an additional potential revenue stream. There is a choice of the Standard or Pro versions. I chose the “Pro”.

It is simple to install and set up. All the instructions are available by clicking here

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