WordPress Plugins Tested
Admin Tools
Admin Drop Down Menus - Adds drop down menus for users of the SpotMilk plugin.
SpotMilk - Changes look of your Dashboard, adding new buttons, forms, menus, and sub-menus.
Update Manager - Checks for updates to your plugins.
WP-Cache - Creates a cache of your posts, helping your website to survive being Dugg.
WP-Contact Form - Helps you avoid E-mail spam by having users fill out a contact form to E-mail you.
WP-Database Backup - Backs up your blog.
WP-PHPMyAdmin - Gives you access to PHPMyAdmin from your Wordpress Admin console.
WP-Tiger-Admin-Panel - Adds a clean and simple layout to your Dashboard, making it easy to navigate.
Advertisements
Adsense-Deluxe - Helps integrate Google Adsense advertisements into your website (including into individual posts). Also supports Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN).
Adsense-Earnings - Displays your Google Adsense earnings in your Dashboard.
eMiniMall - Integrates Chitika’s eMiniMalls into your Wordpress blog.
Paypal Donate - Allows you to add a Paypal Donate button to your website.
Text Ad Links - Helps you add Text Link Ads to your blog’s sidebar.
WP-Cafepress - Allows you to sell your blog’s merchandise on your blog and earn affiliate commissions.
Archiving
Extended Live Archive - Implements dynamic archiving.
Comments
Brian’s Latest Comments - Shows the latest comments on your website.
CoComment Enhancer - Gives comments the option of tracking the comments for that post using CoComment.
Comment Live Preview - Shows a preview of the comment as it is typed.
Comvatars - Shows avatar images assigned to the commenter next to the comment (Requires Gravatar and Favatar Plugins).
Edit Comments - Allows commenter to edit their comment for a set amount of time after this post.
Favatars - Shows the favicon associated with the commenter’s website.
Gravatar - The official Gravatar plugin by Tom Werner, the greater of Gravatars. It allows users to see their Globally Recognized Avatar next to their comments on your website.
Rate Comments - Allows users to rate each post’s comments.
Subscribe to Comments - Adds a box commenter’s can click to be notified via E-mail of follow up comments.
Subscribe to Comments Stat Reporting - Gives you stats and reporting on who is subscribing to which posts, etc.
Feedvertising
Text Link Ads - Adds Text Link Ads to your Feed.
Images
Batch Image Uploader - Allows you to upload multiple images at once.
ImageManager - Popular Photo and Image Editor plugin. Allows you to upload and edit (crop, rotate, scale, flip, and create thumbnails).
PhotoPress - Adds a pop-up uploader to your Write Post page of your Dashboard.
Miscellaneous
Google PageRank - Displays your Google PageRank.
Skype Online Status - Shows your Skype Online Status.
WP-Polls - Allows you to easily add a Poll to your website.
WP-UserOnline - Shows your online status (supports Skype, Yahoo! Instant Messenger, Windows Live Messenger, etc.)
Post Meta Data
Post Updated - Automatically updates to show the last time the post was updated.
Relative Date - Shows the amount of time that has lapsed since the post was made.
Related Posts
Add Related Posts to Your Feed - Adds Related Posts to your feed (requires Ultimate Tag Warrior or Related Posts plugin).
In Series - Allows you to link posts together into a series of posts.
Related Posts - Shows designated number of related entries below your post.
Related Posts Link - Allows you to manually select related posts once the post has been completed.
SEO
Add Meta Tags - Adds meta keywords to your blog, helping with Search Engine Optimization.
Google Sitemaps - Generates an XML-Sitemap file of your website that Google, Yahoo!, and MSN use.
Head Meta Description - Adds keywords to your posts, pages, categories, and archives to improve Search Engine Optimization.
Gamer’s Pack - Makes your website viewable on the Nintendo Wii, Nintendo DS, and Sony PSP gaming systems.
Social Bookmarking
WP-Notable - Adds social bookmarking icons below each of your posts.
WP-Sociable - Adds social bookmarking icons below each of your posts.
Spam
Akismet - Comes default with current Wordpress installations. Will catch most all spam before it hits your website.
Bad Behavior - Prevents known spam bots from accessing your website. ***Works with Akismet***
Spam Karma 2 - Sends all comments through various filters before they appear on your blog. This is a popular plugin for people that aren’t getting good enough results with Akismet.
Statistics/Metrics/Feeds
Angsuman’s Feed Copyrighter - Adds a copyright message to your feed to help stop people from stealing your content.
Feedburner Standard Stats - Installs the Feed Flare script on your Wordpress blog (which is required for their stat tracking service).
Feedburner Feed Replacement - Forwards all feed entry clicks to your Feedburner feed.
Live Wordpress - Allows you to watch visitors come and leave your blog as they visit your website.
Popularity Contest - Calculates the most popular posts on your website using values you provide for page views, comments, trackbacks, etc.
Subscription Icons - Adds subscription icons to your blog’s sidebar for My Google, My Yahoo, Bloglines, etc.
Top Posts by Category - Shows top posts by category, comments, etc. (Similar to Popularity Contest)
Ultimate Google Analytics - Allows you to add Google Analytics to your blog without dealing with the source code.
WP-SlimStat-EX - Amazing Stat tracking service built into your Wordpress dashboard that uses AJAX, filters, and more.
Tags
Bunny’s Technorati Tags - Allows you to add Technorati Tags to your post.
Ultimate Tagging Warrior - Popular plugin to do a variety of different tagging styles. (Ultimate Tagging Warrior Guide)
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