Plugins
October 30th, 2006 by Erik J. Barzeski
Plugins I've Developed
BetterWPMail (current version: 0.5)
I was never fully satisfied with the way WordPress emails (notification of new comment or moderation required) looked, so I wrote my own.
BetterWPReadMore (current version: 0.2)
WordPress formats the "read more" links horribly (you can read more here). So, I wrote this semi-hacky little plugin to give you four customization options: add a title, append to the end of the paragraph, remove the #more-xxx link, and remove the <a id=""> link.
PPEndLoop (current version: 1.1, for PixelPost)
Allows you to use "Previous" and "Next" buttons in your PixelPost photoblog without the looping that exists when using ImageCycle.
Installed Plugins
The below plugins are currently active on my site.
There are 31 plugins used: 20 active plugins and 11 inactive plugins.Active Plugins
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection 5.3.3
» Automattic - Anti-spam Team (url)
Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from spam. Akismet Anti-spam keeps your site protected even while you sleep. To get started: activate the Akismet plugin and then go to your Akismet Settings page to set up your API key.
Angsuman's Multi-Page Plugin 0.1
» Angsuman Chakraborty, Taragana (url)
Adds button to UI to enable multi-page post.
BetterWPMail 0.5
» Erik J. Barzeski (url)
Cleans up WordPress moderation and notification emails.
BetterWPReadMore 0.2
» Erik J. Barzeski (url)
Cleans up WordPress “read more” links
Category Checklist Expander 1.0.1
» Mark Jaquith (url)
Shows all the categories in the checklist on the post editing screen
Classic Editor 1.6.5
» WordPress Contributors (url)
Enables the WordPress classic editor and the old-style Edit Post screen with TinyMCE, Meta Boxes, etc. Supports the older plugins that extend this screen.
Disable Thumbnail Creation 0.1
» Some Guy (url)
Disables thumbnails on image upload
Health Check & Troubleshooting 1.7.1
» The WordPress.org community (url)
Checks the health of your WordPress install.
Optimal Title 3.0
» Aaron Schaefer (url)
Mirrors the function of wp_title() exactly, but moves the position of the ‘separator’ to after the title rather than before.
Slugger+ 0.3
» Justin Blanton (url)
Allows you to specify a post slug from within MarsEdit.
Solid Security Basic 9.3.3
» SolidWP (url)
Shield your site from cyberattacks and prevent security vulnerabilities. The only security plugin you need for a solid foundation.
Subscribe To Comments 2.3
» Mark Jaquith (url)
Allows readers to choose to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry.
Text Control 2.0b1
» Jeff Minard (url)
Take total control of how your blog formats text: Textile 1+2, Markdown, AutoP, nl2br, SmartyPant, and Texturize. Blog wide, individual posts, and defaults for comments.
Underscore Permalinks 1.0.1
» Ryan Boren (url)
Converts spaces to underscores when sanitizing post titles for use in permalinks. This is handy for those moving from Movable Type who want to maintain their old permalink style.
WordCount Simple 10.01
» Anders Holte Nielsen (url)
Simple plugin – counts the number of words in one/all (puslished) posts and/or in one/all approved comments.
WP-Footnotes 4.2.2
» Simon Elvery (url)
Allows a user to easily add footnotes to a post.
WP-PageNavi 2.94.1
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress blog
WP-PluginsUsed 1.50.2
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.
WP-RelativeDate 1.51
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Displays relative date alongside with your post/comments actual date. Like ‘Today’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘2 Days Ago’, ‘2 Weeks Ago’, ‘2 ‘Seconds Ago’, ‘2 Minutes Ago’, ‘2 Hours Ago’.
XML Sitemap Generator for Google 4.1.21
» Auctollo (url)
This plugin improves SEO using sitemaps for best indexation by search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and others.
Inactive Plugins
Clutter-Free 0.4
» Mark Jaquith (url)
Allows authors to hide portions of the WordPress interface that you seldom use. Each author’s preferences are stored separately and can be edited in the author’s profile. Requires WP 2.0.5 or above.
Democracy 2.0.1
» Andrew Sutherland (url)
This poll plugin is easy to use, install, and manage. It uses AJAX to load data, making it quick and fun to use. Add {democracy:*id*} to your posts to include polls in your posts, where *id* corresponds to the ID of your poll.
Diggbarred 1.61
» Phil Nelson (url)
Blocks all traffic from Digg from viewing your content, replacing it with a message to users. Idea and DiggBar blocking regex taken from Daring Fireball.
DoFollow 2.2
» Kimmo Suominen (url)
Disable the “nofollow” tagging for comments. Timeout using comment age inspired by Christoph Rummel. Configuration: Options » DoFollow.
Enable jQuery Migrate Helper 1.4.0
» The WordPress Team (url)
Enable support for old and outdated plugins and themes during a jQuery update transitional phase.
External Links 6.8.1
» Denis de Bernardy & Mike Koepke (url)
Marks outbound links as such, with various effects that are configurable under Settings / External Links.
GZIP Output 1.1
» Austin Matzko (url)
Allow GZIPped output for your WordPress blog. Restores functionality removed in WordPress 2.5.
Hello Dolly 1.7.2
» Matt Mullenweg (url)
This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words sung most famously by Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly. When activated you will randomly see a lyric from Hello, Dolly in the upper right of your admin screen on every page.
Ozh' Better Feed 2.2
» Ozh (url)
Your feeds, on steroids. Add a feed footer with a copyright, “Add to delicious”, the number of comments… Add anything to your feed. For WordPress 2.8+
Quoter 1.11
» Daniele Mancino (url)
Allows commenters to quote other comments (dynamically or server side if they have Javascript disabled) and any other text in a page (Javascript only). Quoter is by Daniele Mancino — although this is a minor, third-party bugfix release by Hawkman, so questions about this specific version should probably go to him.
Search & Replace 3.2.3
» WP MEDIA SAS (url)
Search & Replace data in your whole WordPress setup, backup and import your database, change table prefix or migrate your domain to another domain.
Posted 26 Apr 2009 at 6:07pm #
Honored to have my name on this list. I fear with the changes Digg has made, it won't be for long, though.
Posted 01 Aug 2012 at 4:40am #
3 years later, and Akismet is still on top of their game and a must in my opinion for any WordPress blog.
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