All about plugins

I covet your WordPress 2.1

January 25, 2007

So WordPress 2.1 is out, and it comes with some great new features, but if you’re like me, and you run a few outdated plugins and have hacked up your templates based more on instinct than actual coding knowledge, things might not go quite as planned.
I’m not paranoid, I’m just not going to continue hacking [...]

New feature: View all comments by a reader

January 9, 2007

Just turned on this WordPress plugin and I like it. Find a post with comments, then look for the “View all posts by so-and-so” link.
Inspired by Jonathan Snook.
[UPDATE: Months later, this post is getting traffic from a Related Posts link right now, so I'll point out that I turned this plugin off pretty quickly, [...]

Ten WordPress plugins that make this look easy

September 24, 2006

In honor of Daniel’s Blogger break-up, here are 10 WordPress plugins I use and recommend:

Ultimate Tag Warrior: Does a lot more than build that ugly/hot/buzzwordy tag cloud over on the right, it gives search engines a leg up on knowing what you’re writing about, which makes it easier for people to find you. [...]

Ongoing redesign

February 26, 2006

It’s not quite done yet – I’ve installed most of the stuff I was excited about, including ajax commenting, tags, and asides. Now I’m left with the task of making everything play together neatly. I don’t need tags on my Asides, and I don’t need any additional tags on my nightly delicious links, [...]

Redesign continues

February 21, 2006

Still working on the site – I’m trying out Ultimate Tag Warrior, a heavyweight plugin that should let me lay a bunch of tags on my posts and call them up in a tag cloud in my sidebar. You’ll also be able to click on tags at the bottom of each post to see [...]