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My plugins

Several people have asked me what plugins I use in my WordPress installation, so I thought I would do a list here for reference.

Nr. Plugin Version Description
1. µAudio Player 0.6.2

Converts links to mp3 files to a small flash player and a link to the raw file. Player by 1 Pixel Out.
By Christopher O'Connell.

2. Ajax Edit Comments 5.0.5

Ajax Edit Comments allows users to edit their comments for a period of time. Administrators have a lot more features, such as the ability to edit comments directly on a post or page.
By The PluginBuddy Team.

3. Akismet 2.5.5

Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from comment and trackback spam. It keeps your site protected from spam even while you sleep. To get started: 1) Click the "Activate" link to the left of this description, 2) Sign up for an Akismet API key, and 3) Go to your Akismet configuration page, and save your API key.
By Automattic.

4. All in One SEO Pack 1.6.13.8

Out-of-the-box SEO for your WordPress blog. Options configuration panel | Upgrade to Pro Version | Donate | Support | Amazon Wishlist
By Michael Torbert.

5. BAAP Mobile Version 2.0

The BAAP Mobile Version is a complete toolkit to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog. It includes a mobile switcher, filtered widgets, and content adaptation for mobile device characteristics. Activating this plugin will also install a selection of mobile themes by BAAP, a top UK mobile design team, and Forum Nokia. These adapt to different families of devices, such as Nokia and WebKit browsers (including Android, iPhone and Palm). If enabled, your site will be listed on mpexo, a directory of mobile-friendly blogs. Also check out the documentation and the forums. If you like the plugin, please rate us on the WordPress directory. And if you don't, let us know how we can improve it!
By BAAP.

6. BookLinker 1.0

Automate the creation of book links to IndieBound, Powells, Amazon, and WorldCat.
By Michael Hartford.

7. Comment Timeout 2.4.0

Automatically closes comments on blog entries after a user-configurable period of time. It has options which allow you to keep the discussion open for longer on older posts which have had recent comments accepted, or to place a fixed limit on the total number of comments in the discussion. Activate the plugin and go to Options >> Comment Timeout to configure.
By James McKay.

8. Dagon Design Form Mailer 5.4

The WordPress plugin version of my secure php form mailer script
By Dagon Design.

9. Disqus Comment System 2.70

The Disqus comment system replaces your WordPress comment system with your comments hosted and powered by Disqus. Head over to the Comments admin page to set up your DISQUS Comment System.
By Disqus .

10. Easy Spoiler 1.6.2

Creates an attractive container to hide a spoiler within a post or page. Works in comments and widgets as well. Also supports clustering spoilers into groups.
By dyerware.

11. Events Calendar PRO 2.0.3

The Events Calendar PRO, a premium add-on to the open source The Events Calendar plugin (required), enables recurring events, custom attributes, venue pages, new widgets and a host of other premium features.
By Modern Tribe, Inc..

12. Exclude Pages from Navigation 1.92

Provides a checkbox on the editing page which you can check to exclude pages from the primary navigation. IMPORTANT NOTE: This will remove the pages from any "consumer" side page listings, which may not be limited to your page navigation listings.
By Simon Wheatley.

13. FAQ-Tastic 1.0.16

Create and manage FAQs. A short overview is given on the help page.
By John Godley.

14. FD Feedburner Plugin 1.45

Redirects all feeds to a Feedburner feed
By John Watson.

15. FD Footnotes 1.3

Elegant and easy to use footnotes
By John Watson.

16. Follow Me 3.1

The Follow Me plugin is designed to allow users the ability to add links to their social media profiles in their blog. To get started activate and visit the Settings Page.
By Brian Chappell @ Ignite Social Media.

17. Google Ajax Search 1.003

Adds a Google AJAX Search box on your site. Example found here. Options include searching your site through Google Blog Search and/or straight up Google, a second search option is available that is perfect for flickr. Widgetized for your pleasure. MAKE SURE TO CONFIGURE your options and enter your API key.
By http://dancameron.org.

18. Jetpack by WordPress.com 1.2.2

Bring the power of the WordPress.com cloud to your self-hosted WordPress. Jetpack enables you to connect your blog to a WordPress.com account to use the powerful features normally only available to WordPress.com users.
By Automattic.

19. JournalPress 0.3.3

Mirrors your WordPress blog to any number of LiveJournal-based external journalling sites. Supports per-journal-per-post userpics and custom permission levels via the separate WP-Flock plugin.
By Alis Dee.

20. KB Advanced RSS Widget 2.8.02

Gives user complete control over how feeds are displayed.
By Adam R. Brown.

21. My-Plugins 0.2

Displays all the plugins - just insert [my plugins] in post where you want to display a table of plugins that you use. Example here.
By Matej Nastran.

22. Organize Series 2.4

This plugin adds a number of features to wordpress that enable you to easily write and organize a series of posts and display the series dynamically in your blog. You can associate "icons" or "logos" with the various series. This version of Organize Series Plugin requires at least WordPress 3.3 and PHP 5.2+ to work.
By Darren Ethier.

23. Page Links To 2.6

Allows you to point WordPress pages or posts to a URL of your choosing. Good for setting up navigational links to non-WP sections of your site or to off-site resources.
By Mark Jaquith.

24. Random Quotes 1.3

This plugin allows you to embed random quotes into your pages. It also has a spiffy management tool in the administrative console.
By Dustin Barnes.

25. Shareaholic | email, bookmark, and share 4.0.6.5

Shareaholic adds a (X)HTML compliant list of social bookmarking icons to each of your posts. See configuration panel for more settings.
By Shareaholic.

26. Surveys 1.01.8

The Surveys WordPress plugin lets you add surveys to your blog. You can let the vistors take surveys and see the result from the admin side.
By Binny V A.

27. The Events Calendar 2.0.3

The Events Calendar is a fully featured event management system with multiple views, 3rd party integrations, and a slew of premium add-ons.
By Modern Tribe, Inc..

28. Theme Test Drive 2.8.2

Safely test drive any theme while visitors are using the default one. Includes instant theme preview via thumbnail.
By Vladimir Prelovac.

29. W3 Total Cache 0.9.2.4

The highest rated and most complete WordPress performance plugin. Dramatically improve the speed and user experience of your site. Add browser, page, object and database caching as well as minify and content delivery network (CDN) to WordPress.
By Frederick Townes.

30. WordPress.com Popular Posts 2.5.2

Shows the most popular posts, using data collected by
By Frasten.

31. WordPress Backup to Dropbox 0.9.2

WordPress Backup to Dropbox automatically creates a backup of your entire website, including all files and its database, within Dropbox.
By Michael De Wildt.

32. WordPress Database Backup 2.2.3

On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Tools → Backup to get started.
By Austin Matzko.


Output generated by My-Plugins plugin by Matej Nastran.

7 Comments »

  • http://david-debeer.com David de Beer

    ah, I’ve been wondering how you do those related posts:)

    some interesting stuff here, but it’ll have to wait. Got to upgrade wordpress first, which means I gots to backup wordpress first. Le bah, next month, too much work right now.

    You prefer Akismet? I use a different spam catcher, seems to work well. Had no idea wordpress gets hit by so much spam though, def. necessity.
    Why did you change your mail contact form?

    couple ones you might find of use:

    Broken Link checker (http://w-shadow.com/blog/2007/08/05/broken-link-checker-for-wordpress/) – automatically checks for broken links and notifies you on the dashboard. Works well, but it does have a glitch. I removed a page and have been unable to convince it the page is gone.

    Share This buttons (http://sharethis.com/) – I think me and Neil Clarke have both said enough about this, but it really is a cool little feature:) Scalzi uses something else, not sure which one.

    • http://david-debeer.com David de Beer

      scratch last comment, I see now you have added the share icons.

      • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

        When I first used “Share This” it caused my site to load really slowly, so I took it off. This plug-in doesn’t seem to do that.

        Akismet works really, really well. Occasionally it snags you, but I think I’ve talked it out of that now.

        I’ll check out Broken Link checker. That would be handy.

  • http://www.anaedream.com Kate Baker

    Hrm. I can’t seem to get my hands on the related posts nor the original gravatar plugin. They both seem to be out of ordah. :)

    Oh well, thanks for posting this though!

    • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

      Hm… did you check at the wordpress.org site?

  • http://tempest.fluidartist.com Tempest

    yay! Thank you :) As soon as i’m done migrating to my new server I will add a bunch of new plugins to my WP. Now all I need is an awesome design! ;)

    I actually like the one I have now, but someday soon i’ll want one a little more personal.

    • http://www.maryrobinettekowal.com Mary Robinette Kowal

      Of course! Happy to help.

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