WordPress now has the tag function built in but still in a way that is not that user friendly. I have added two plugins to make my blogging life easier.
Click Tags makes setting tags a breeze. In the dashboard you get a set of tabs, one for each of your existing tags. Just click on [...]
It seems as if I managed to get the upgrade right. There are still some plugins that I need to check but I also take the opportunity to reconsider which plugins I really need for this blog.My old Prosumer theme would not work with the new version of WordPress so I have changed to a [...]
Over at Lorelle on WordPress is a guest post by John Pozadzides about the 5 Most Useful Administrative Plugins For WordPress.
I have installed Admin Drop Down Menus and it makes the WordPress dashboard much easier to work with.
In one of the comments they mentioned the DashBar plugin, I have installed that and try it out. [...]
I came across 50 Tips to Unclutter Your Blog over at skelliewag. The post starts like this:
The 50 tips in this article will help you unclutter your sidebar, your footer, your posts, and your blog as a whole, and in doing so, enhance the simplicity and usability of your content-centered blog design.
My first thought was [...]
Lorelle has a post titled Heads Up News on WordPress 2.3 about the upcoming release of WordPress 2.3, due September 24. I am especially keen on the new built-in tagging feature.
Lorelle also writes about Tags Arrive on WordPress.com Blogs. If you scroll down she mentions tagging in the full (hosted) version of WordPress. She also [...]
Lorelle has an interesting post about Using WordPress Categories To Style Posts. I use it so far to get a different layout for my Asides category. It was fairly easy to set up, just remember to add PHP leading and trailing code when adding the code to your functions.php since it is not shown at [...]
Over at Daily Blog Tips is a really useful post titled Blog Setup: 40 Practical Tips. The post has 40 practical tips to setup and optimize your blog, all of these tips are links to articles on Daily Blog Tips.
The tips are divided into these five categories:
WordPress Setup
Themes & Design
Check & Validate
Plugins
SEO & Analytics
Dagon Design has a great plugin called Other Posts from Cat. I like this plugin both from a bloggers and a readers perspective. It is nice to get a listing of related posts which makes it easy to find more information. When you are viewing a specific posts this plugin lists the latest posts from [...]
Alex King has a list with his WordPress Plugins, I have installed two more of them.
Link Harvest keeps track of external links in posts and pages. Once installed you start a harvest of existing links. After that it catches your links when you publish. I use this plugin to see which blogs/sites I link to, [...]
The Google Analytics and Feedburner Reports plugin makes it much easier to keep track of your statistics. This plugin allows you to view your Google Analytics and Feedburner reports in your WordPress administration area. It is great to have key stats available while logged into the blog.
