I get asked a lot what my favorite Word Press plugins are for my blogs, so I thought I’d start a post here about it. As I come across more plugins, I will post them here.

Auto Hyperlink URL’s - Will automatically make URL’s that you put into your posts “clickable”.
www.coffee2code.com/archives/2004/07/08/plugin-auto-hyperlink-urls

Post Schedule Ping Optimizer - A very important plugin if you edit your blog posts, or if you set your posts to post in the future. Without this plugin, you could very easily get your blog banned.
www.problogtools.com

AddThis.com - www.AddThis.com - This really isn’t a plugin, but an incredible resource for putting a bookmark and feed subscription widget on your blog.

You can get a feed button and a bookmark button without them taking up so much space. Now that’s cool…

Adsense Delux Plugin - Allows you to place your Adsense ads on your site.
www.acmetech.com/blog/2006/01/09/wordpress-20-and-adsense-deluxe-plugin
NOTE: To wrap your text around your Adsense ad, use the following without the “< p >” tags….

This post will be updated, so be sure to check back…

Updated: 3-20-07

RSS Auto Submit - This plugin will automatically submit your RSS feed to over 15 RSS/Blog directories which will get your blog spidered quickly, and one way links coming in to your blog. It also automatically does this for you once per month.
www.blackhatblueprints.com

Updated: 4-15-07

TDO Mini Forms Wordpress Plugin - This plugin allows you to add a form to your website that allows non-registered users and/or subscribers (configurable) to submit posts. The posts are then in “draft†until an admin can publish them.

thedeadone.net/software/tdo-mini-forms-wordpress-plugin

Updated: 4-28-07

Word Cloud Plugin - Put a word cloud on your blog.
www.web-specialist.us/?p=24

AdRotator - Rotate different ads on your blog.
thesandbox.wordpress.com/wpads/

Updated: 7-03-07

Comment Relish - Allows you to automatically send an email to people the first time they comment on your blog.
www.justinshattuck.com/comment-relish

What Would Seth Godin Do - This plugin puts a note at the top of your first telling your reader to keep updated, they will need to subscribe to your RSS feed. This is shown only the amount of times you set it, and the message can be customized.
www.richardkmiller.com/blog/wordpress-plugin-what-would-seth-godin-do

Posted on March 19th, 2007 by Liz Tomey
Filed under: Liz's Resources