Ready for some super cool “ninja” tricks for your WordPress blog? Try these plugins… Widget Logic Want different widgets (those things in your sidebar) to show up on different pages or areas of your site? Use Widget Logic to tell your blog which widget should show up where. Get it here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-logic/ TentBlogger’s Add RSS [...]
1. Take your laptop skydiving! Just kidding. Here are some safer ways you can help your site “fly” so it loads quickly for visitors (without getting your life insurance policy canceled for risky hobbies). First, test your site somewhere like GTMetrix which combine’s Google Page Speed and YSlow for you. This will help you track [...]
Here’s a quick video blog covering just a few of the plugins I’m currently using and recommend. What am I missing on my list? What are your favorites? Leave a comment and share! Plugins/Services I mentioned: DiggDigg Wibiya SexyBookmarks nRelate (or LinkWithin or YARPP) CommentLuv W3 Total Cache Contact Form 7 Twitter Tools Feedburner WP [...]
In launching Daily Blogging Tips I’ve had a chance to look at what plugins are most important to get started with. Here’s are the first WordPress plugins I installed and think every WordPress blogger should consider (in no particular order): Posting Calendar – WordPress Editorial Calendar is my favorite plugin for keeping my posts organized [...]
Got WordPress questions? I’ve started sharing answers to frequently asked questions on my YouTube channel. Here are two I recently added showing how to add a “subscribe by email” box to your blog, and how to find your page/post IDs. Is there something you’d like to know how to do? Leave me a comment below [...]
Do you offer your blog readers a way to subscribe by email? If you run your RSS feed through Feedburner, it’s easy to do! (And here’s why I recommend Feedburner: http://michelleshaeffer.com/get-control-over-your-rss-feed/2010/06/14/) Here’s a quick video I made to show how to find your subscribe by email code and add it to a widget for your [...]
Have you checked your website recently to make sure it’s not growing mold? If you’re running ecommerce or site builder software (or any scripts!) such as WordPress, Zen Cart, osCommerce, Magento, Drupal, CMS Made Easy, SohoLaunch, or anything other than plain HTML pages… you need to make sure that you’re running the latest, up to [...]
If you’re new to WordPress or just aren’t to adventurous in your blogging you may be wondering just what a plugin is and why I’m so crazy about them. I like to explain plugins like this: If you’ve got a new vacuum, and want to vacuum your living room carpet, you can pull that new [...]
Yesterday I shared part 1 of the plugins I use on my WordPress blog. Here’s the rest of the list! nrelate Related Content: If you look at the very bottom of a post on my blog you’ll see this plugin in action. It shows several thumbnail images and titles linking to related posts. I moved [...]
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You Asked… Plugins I Use (Part 1)
I’ve had a lot of questions lately on which plugins I use on my blog so I thought it’d be fun to do a plugin post and share everything I currently have activated. Let me know which ones you’re using, too, which ones you’re going to add, and if you’ve got suggestions on what else [...]