I’ve been using WordPress since February and I’ve tried many plugins. So, here is my list of the plugins I use, what they do, and my star rating. If a plugin has a four-star rating, I’d be willing to pay for the plugin. A one-star rating means I could probably go without the plugin.
Note: This review has nothing to do with the quality of the plugin or it’s ability to do what it says it does. The stars just rate how much I personally like the plugin.
| Plugin | What It Does | My Comments | Star Rating (1-4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akismet | Prevents comment spam. | A real life-saver! | ★★★★ |
| AntiLeech | Prevents content stealing. | My content isn’t worth stealing. | ★★ |
| Comment Relish | Send a “thank you” email to first-time users. | Pretty cool (and my email message is funny). | ★★ |
| Dashboard Editor | Allows you to customize the dashboard. | Cleaned up the dashboard news. | ★★★ |
| Democracy + Widget | Creates a voting poll in your sidebar. | Kind of Fun (see sidebar). | ★ |
| Digital Fingerprint | Add fingerprint to feeds to catch content theives. | Cool. | ★★★ |
| Dropdown Archives | Dropdown menu for archives. | I don’t have enough archives yet. | ★ |
| Fuzzy DateTime | Uses “yesterday in afternoon” instead of “May 14, 2007.” | Fun. | ★★★★ |
| Google Adsense Widget | Just like text widget, but named Google Adsense. | Makes it easy to organize widgets because of its name. | ★ |
| Google Analyticator | Enable’s Google’s analytics. | Option to exclude admin IP. | ★★★★ |
| Gravatar | Adds Gravatars to comments. | So Fun. | ★★★★ |
| Jermoe’s Keywords | Associates keywords with each post. | Absolute must-have. | ★★★★ |
| Jermoe’s Keywords Related Posts | Presents similar posts according to the tags. | Good if users want to read more. | ★★★★ |
| Keywords-Tagcloud Widget | Display’s tag cloud in sidebar. | Probably the coolest thing on this blog. | ★★★★ |
| Old Post Alert | Alerts commentor with a note if a post is old. | Nice. | ★ |
| Share This | Lets users share my pages via email or social bookmarking sites. | Really cool-looking. | ★★★ |
| Sidebar Widgets | Easily move things around in your sidebar. | So handy! | ★★★★ |
| Subscribe Me | Displays a tile with subscribe buttons to add to favorites or email a link to a post to someone. | Very cool. Makes my blog look important! | ★★ |
| Subscribe To Comments | Allows readers to recieve notifications via email of new comments that are posted to an entry. | Handy. I don’t know if anyone uses it though. | ★★ |
| WP-UserOnline + Widget | Displays how many users are on your blog in the Admin area – with statistics. | Interesting for stats. | ★ |
| WP-Super Cache | Generates static html files to make your blog load faster. | Yes, twice as fast for me. | ★★★ |
| cforms II | Easy to customize, full-featured contact submit forms. | For a different blog, but it’s a lifesaver! | ★★★★ |
BTW: I used an HTML table for this list because I like tables. They’re great when I have information that displays best in a table.
Hey, I don't want this picture. What gives?
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The only plugins I know are the ones that power my vacuum. WTF!
Carol, this post must be boring for you. But if you’re interested in plugins, try Glade’s! Also, I think the vacuum plugins are called attachments. Which makes me laugh because I think of email when I hear the word attachments!
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