Posts Tagged “WordPress Plugins”

Search Plugins and Widgets for Your Blog

by Kevin on October 1, 2009

Search is a large portion of most sites on the web. Without search, it would be extremely difficult to find content on your site. Sites without some form of a search box or archive system are extremely hard to navigate, (…)

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Managing WordPress Plugins

by Kevin on September 30, 2009

There are now more than 6,700 plugins for WordPress, and although many of them aren’t current, there are still plenty that are compatible with the most recent version (WordPress 2.8+). It can be difficult to choose a plugin that suits (…)

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Create Short URLs Instantly with Synected

by Kevin on July 4, 2009

Although it is fairly easy to create shortened URLs for easier sharing with Bitly and other services, they fail in two aspects. I want to make a brief disclaimer before I begin. URL shortening service scan certainly be handy when (…)

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Highlight Your Posted Content with LinkWithin

by Kevin on June 21, 2009

LinkWithin is a plugin compatible with WordPress (self-hosted), Blogger, TypePad, and “other,” which likely means that you still need some type of hosting account to place the script on your page. In brief, it makes it easy to add related (…)

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The Market for “Premium” Plugins

by Kevin on June 20, 2009

In the past year, and especially recently, a market has begun to develop for what you might coin as “premium” or “paid” plugins. Much like the market that exists for premium themes, there will be disputes from various community members, (…)

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