May 2009: Plugins Used On This Site

Every now and then when requested I do a post listing all the plugins that I use on this site.  The most recent request has come from Philip Churchill who runs the fantastic MS Windows Home Server site.

Here are the 35 plugins in use on this site.  If you have any suggestions for new plugins or alternatives then please leave a comment.

Active Plugins

Akismet 2.2.3
» Matt Mullenweg (url)
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin.

All in One SEO Pack 1.4.91
» Michael Torbert (url)
Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog. Options configuration panel | Donate | Support

BackType Connect 0.2.2
» BackType (url)
Show related conversations (from other blogs, Twitter, Digg, FriendFeed and more) inline with your own comments.

Bad Behavior 2.0.26
» Michael Hampton (url)
Deny automated spambots access to your PHP-based Web site.

Clean Notifications 1.1
» Mike Davidson (url)
Make e-mail notifications for new comments/pings cleaner and more readable. No configuration necessary.

commentluv 2.6.5
» Andy Bailey (url)
Plugin to show a link to the last post from the commenters blog in their comment. Just activate and it’s ready. Will parse a feed from most sites that have a feed location specified in its head html. See the Settings Page for styling and text output options.

DB Cache 0.6
» Dmitry Svarytsevych (url)
The fastest cache engine for WordPress, that produces cache of database queries with easy configuration. (Disable and enable caching after update)

Dean’s Permalinks Migration 1.0
» Dean Lee (url)
With this plugin, you can safely change your permalink structure without breaking the old links to your website,and even doesn’t hurt your google pagerank.

FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2
» FeedBurner (url)
Originally authored by Steve Smith, this plugin detects all ways to access your original WordPress feeds and redirects them to your FeedBurner feed so you can track every possible subscriber.

Google XML Sitemaps 3.1.2
» Arne Brachhold (url)
This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. Configuration Page

JavaScript to Footer 0.3.1
» Vladimir Prelovac (url)
This plugin automatically moves JavaScript code to page footer, speeding up page loading time.

NextGEN Gallery 1.2.1
» Alex Rabe (url)
A NextGENeration Photo gallery for the Web 2.0.

Samsarin PHP Widget 1.3.2
» Chris Pettitt (url)
A text widget with support for including PHP.

Show Top Commentators 1.06
» Nate Sanden (url)
Encourage more feedback and discussion from readers, by rewarding them every time they post a comment! Readers with the most comments are displayed on your Wordpress blog, with their names (linked to their website if they provided one).

Shutter Reloaded 2.2
» Andrew Ozz (url)
Darkens the current page and displays an image on top like Lightbox, Thickbox, etc. However this script is a lot smaller and faster.

Simple Tags 1.6.6
» Amaury BALMER (url)
Simple Tags : Extended Tagging for WordPress 2.3, 2.5, 2.6 and 2.7 ! Autocompletion, Suggested Tags, Tag Cloud Widgets, Related Posts, Mass edit tags !

Subscribe To Comments 2.1.2
» Mark Jaquith (url)
Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry. Based on version 1 from Scriptygoddess

Top 10 1.3
» Ajay D’Souza (url)
Count daily and total visits per post and display the most popular posts based on the number of views. Based on the plugin by Mark Ghosh. Configure…

Twitter Tools 1.6
» Alex King (url)
A complete integration between your WordPress blog and Twitter. Bring your tweets into your blog and pass your blog posts to Twitter.

Use Google Library Javascript 1.0
» clearskys.net (url)
This plugin automatically replaces local calls for javascript libraries for those supported by the Google Library API.

WP-DBManager 2.40
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Manages your Wordpress database. Allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up and optimizing of database.

WP-PageNavi 2.40
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress blog.

WP-PluginsUsed 1.40 (used temporarily to create this list)
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.

WP Ajax Edit Comments 2.3.2.1
» Ajay D’Souza (url)
Allows users and admin to edit their comments inline. Admin and editors can edit all comments.

WP CSS 2.0.5
» Halmat Ferello (url)
Automatically GZIP your CSS files and puts all @imports into one file. Also add CSS files to specific posts/pages.

WPvideo 1.10
» Antonio Perez (url)
Allows you to insert online videos in your post by providing the video url between the <video> tags. Also allows download the video (using DownThisVideo!) with a link below the video.

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 3.0.5
» mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) (url)
Returns a list of related entries based on a unique algorithm for display on your blog and RSS feeds. A templating feature allows customization of the display.

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