Here’s a handy list of all the WordPress plugins I’m currently using to publish this site.
- Akismet – catches spam comments
- Amazon Widget – just a little widget I wrote to display affiliate ads for Amazon
- DateDiff – used to calculate age of posts and how long the site’s been up (see bottom of page)
- Quotes – a quick plugin I wrote to handle switching the taglines in the header at the top of the page
- Profanity Filter – another plugin I wrote to handle censoring foul language from comments
- Digg This – displays Digg count next to my posts which have been dugg
- Feed Subscription Widget – a widget I wrote to display feed subscription options in my sidebar (on the right)
- Google XML Sitemaps – automatically generates updated Google sitemaps of your blog
- Kottke Style Archive – handles formatting archive links nicely on my archives page
- Miniblog – used to build my miniblog; quick posts that aren’t full blog entries
- Ozh’ Better Feed – provides options for formatting RSS feeds, including copyright data
- Popularity Contest – ranks the popularity of my posts based on inbound links, views, and comments
- Recent Comments List – easy way to show recent blog post comments
- Search Everything – improves the WP default search system
- Subscribe To Comments – lets visitors subscribe to post comments
- Thesis Affiliate Widget – another simple widget I built; this one displays my Thesis sidebar affiliate widget
- WordPress.com Stats – compile and view site metrics right from the WP control panel (no longer exists)
- WordPress Database Backup – scheduled weekly archives of your database