Tweaking and playing with wordpress is always fun, and also brings out something interesting into our blogs. I always try to add plugins/addons and play with them trying to make my blog always better. Here are a few wordpress tweaks and addons that i found on the web, and thought might be helpful sharing it here.
1. Search Hilite
The Search Hilite Plugin highlites Search-Words, from external Searches over Yahoo,Google, Lycos and Baidu, as well as WordPress internal Searches, on the Search Results-Pages. When someone searches for a keyword in any search engine, and if they reach your blog through there, the keyword you searched will be highlighted for making search more easier for you.
Gravatar, also called as globally recognized avatar is an avatar that follows from blog to blog with your comments. It is similar to avatars as of the forums. Gravatar aims to put a face behind the name. Gravatar will be a way to establish trust between producers and consumers on the internet. It will be the next best thing to meeting in person. It helps in making your online identity.
3. Podpress
A dream plugin for Podcasters using WordPress. WordPress is a fantastic Blogging platform and while it does have some Podcasting support, its just all that a Podcaster could want. Podpress helps in converting your RSS Really Simple Syndication into Itunes valid feed which can be played by a good flash player that is given by Podpress.
Most modern browsers can automatically detect feeds offered by websites with feed autodiscovery enabled. This makes it easier to subscribe to these sites. If your blog doesn’t have feed autodiscovery enabled already, you need to set it up. Read the scratch99 blog for complete info and installation of this plugin.
Subscribe to Comments 2.1 is a plugin that allows commenters on your blog to check a box before commenting and get e-mail notification of further comments. It is one of the most popular WordPress plugins out there for the simple reason that it helps foster a community around your blog by encouraging commenters to come back and stay engaged in the dialog.
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December 27th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
great list - thanks for the tips about the search hilite - i had been looking for that.
December 27th, 2007 at 7:28 pm
How does the auto-discovery feed plugin work exactly?
Can you explain a little more on this one. I have a few WP blogs.
February 15th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Hi, thank you.
Thats a great list.
June 27th, 2008 at 8:06 am
Thats a good article
thanks.. i love subscribe 2 plugin.