10 ’Cool’ WordPress Plugins for your blog.
Here is a list of some of my favourite wordpress plugins that I personally use and recommend.
1. What Would Seth Godin Do - I love this plugin! This nifty plugin will encourage your readers to subscribe to your RSS feed.
2. TweetMeMe - Easily allows your readers to retweet your blog posts.
3. Broken Link Checker – Allows you to monitor your links on your blog. Easily see where the links are broken.
4. WP Super Cache – This is a great plugin for bloggers who have a lot of plugins activated.
5. Redirection - This plugin is great for monitoring 404 errors.
A full technical overview is listed on each individual page including installation instru
6. Sharecount for Facebook – The Sharecount plugin for Facebook shows the number of
shares on Facebook your posts get and allows users to share it themselves. This plugin is
based on the Backtype Tweetcount plugin.
7. CommentLuv – Plugin to show a link to the last post from the commenters blog by
parsing the feed at their given URL when they leave a comment. Rewards your readers
and encourage more comments.
8. Comment Redirect – Redirect commenters who just made their first comment to a page
of your choice.
9. LinkWithin – Displays recommended stories and associated thumbnails from your blog.
10. WP-stat-visitors – Track your blog visitors path. Based on WP-ShortStat. Find what
was the visitors path and timings in your site. This Plugin present some information on
each visitor at your site, including where did he came from, what was he doing and for
how long.
Click on the video below for a WP Plugin Installation Overview.
If you missed my previous post, here is a list of the 5 ‘Must Have’ plugins that I recommend and use on my own personal blog.
Additional Resources:
WordPress Plugin Directory: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
P.S. If you have found this post helpful please leave your comments below. I really appreciate that. If you are a Twitter user, I would be ecstatic if you retweeted this post. Thank you!
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One of the first things others notice about me is my adventurous spirit and straightforward disposition. After reaching the big 4-0, I've committed myself to having the best time ever. As a result, what I'm most passionate about is living life fully, acquiring new knowledge & skills, meeting new people from all over the world, experiencing new cultures, overcoming my biggest fears, and having fun. "Working smarter and playing harder through the world wide web." My 2009-2010 Business Goals ► To grow my business into 25 countries ► To acquire positive and driven business partners worldwide ► To establish and maintain a retail web presence ► To establish joint ventures with select industry-related products on-line and off-line ► To grow my business through nation-wide seminars ► To work less and make more money to finance my adventurous lifestyle ► To travel once a month to experience a new GRN Resort and new destination My Business Mission Statement "I help small businesses increase their revenue streams!"
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Thank you so much for the link to the plug in directory, and the information you provide on WordPress. Every marketer needs it and I love to learn new things, you always have some tips that help me.
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Thanks so much for the kind words Marianne. I really appreciate your voice in this community.
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Christine – Nice set of recommendations. I wanted to comment on the “WP Super Cache” plug in, which I also highly recommend along with “Hyper Cache” as an alternative. I was having issues with my blog loading very slowly for some visitors and thankfully I heard enough feedback to sort it out. The solution was loading a cache plugin and one that removed the auto indexing of post drafts in the later versions of WordPress.
Plugins really do allow your blog to sing!
James
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I was told a while ago to get the super cache, had no idea what it did until reading this. I just did as I was told because what could it hurt LOL, I have tons of plugins so I guess I was instructed properly. I’m going to now go add the TweetMeMe plugin. Added the Thread one from another post you wrote. You are just chock full of good information! Makes my squeal factor go way high to find great information to help me make my blog better, thanks so much!
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Great site. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
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Christine McIvor Reply:
May 4th, 2010 at 7:20 pm
Thank you for your feedback. I hope to see you back real soon : )
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Christine – I just had my first WP site created, so I’m still in exploring mode to find out what it does. These are some great ideas! I esp. love #1 – Seth Godin rocks. And so do you!!! -Carmen
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Christine McIvor Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 4:53 pm
Congrats on getting your first WP blog set up Carmen! I appreciate your feedback… and I agree, Seth Godin rocks
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Hey Christine
cool luv this – will be putting these plugins to good use
Thanks so much
Love & Success
Terri Cook
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Christine McIvor Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 4:55 pm
Thanks Terri! Have fun
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Christine, you are always such a wealth of information! I am excited to try these plugins out on my site. Thanks for the recommendations!
Warmly,
Jessica
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Thank you Christine for attaching the helpful video with your post. It helps those of us that need a step by step instruction along with the advice. Keep your awesome posts coming!
Dr. Robert Fenell
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Christine McIvor Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 4:59 pm
I am so glad that the video helped clarify how to install a plugin. Thanks so much for your valuable feedback
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Christine…
I just tried to retweet and I got an error response that tweetmeme4.com could not be found. Am I doing something wrong?
Thanks,
Dr. Robert Fenell
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Christine McIvor Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 5:02 pm
Hmmmm….. not sure if it was down then or what. I just tried and didn’t receive an error. Thanks for trying
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Awesome suggestions! YOU are the best!
I am going to do some homework and check those out for sure. I really look forward to your great information each week.
Thanks so much Christine…..
Anita
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Christine McIvor Reply:
May 12th, 2010 at 5:00 pm
Thanks so much for your positive feedback Anita. I really value your voice in this community.
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Yes…your retweet button worked! It must have been down for a moment.
Dr. Robert Fenell
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Christine, this is a wealth of info! Thank you so much — I have my work cut our for me…
All best,
Grace Heer
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Christine McIvor Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 10:27 am
Thank you for your feedback Grace. I really appreciate it
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Wow! I didn’t know about 80% for these.
You are truly an incredible resource for internet knowledge and tricks to thriving on-line.
I’ve seen my business and traffic grow as a result of implementing the things I’ve learned from you Christine.
Thank you!
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Christine McIvor Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 10:31 am
I am so happy to hear that you are seeing results based on some of the information I have shared Laura. That makes me all warm and fuzzy inside
I can only imagine what your course “Creativity Cleanse” is going to do for mine. I am so excited to start!
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Thank you Christine. I will definitely look into the plugins you recommended. I like the way you keep the social media secrets and organic search engine optimization information coming.
Kiyla
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Christine McIvor Reply:
May 14th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Thanks for your feedback Kiyla. I am so glad that you are liking the social media and SEO geeky posts. I will keep them coming as long as you keep coming back
Thank you!
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More GREAT stuff Christine! Can’t write any more I have to go PLUGIN!
Lynn
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Thanks as always for the clear and great info! I am taking notes!
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Great suggestions! I’ve added some of them to my site.
Thanks so much for sharing!
Ellen
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Christine,
Your information is so helpful, thank you. I have a question. Is there a plug in to share something on Facebook? I added the retweet plugin, but would like people to be able to
share the post on Facebook. Maybe you’ve already covered this, but if not, I’d love to
learn it.
Thanks so much!
Linda
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