WP Plugin Tips
WordPress is a powerful and feature rich CMS (content management system). Extending the function of WordPress is accomplished by using Plugins. A good WordPress template design along with powerful plugins can help drive a successful website.
Here are some plugins that I recommend in order to help WordPress work for you.
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SECURITY PLUGINS
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Bulletproof Security (For Every Site!)
Website Security Protection: BulletProof Security protects your website from XSS, CSRF, Base64_encode and SQL Injection hacking attempts. One-click .htaccess WordPress security protection. Protects wp-config.php, bb-config.php, php.ini, php5.ini, install.php and readme.html with .htaccess security protection. One-click Website Maintenance Mode (HTTP 503). Additional website security checks: DB err… By Edward Alexander.
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ADDED FUNCTION PLUGINS
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Mingle Forum (For sites needing a Bulletin Board)
Have you been looking for a Forum Plugin for WordPress that just works? Then look no further! Mingle Forum has been modified to be lightweight, solid, secure, quick to setup, easy to use, and best of all it now integrates seamlessly with or without the Mingle social networking plugin (by Blair Williams). The mission of Mingle Forum is, to KEEP IT SIMPLE There are a handful of Forum Plugins for Wor… By Cartpauj.
GRAND FlAGallery
Try GRAND FlAGallery – powerfull flash & jQuery media content plugin. It provides a comprehensive interface for handling image galleries, audio and video.
You can edit your media content the way you want: upload images, import music and video, create photo gallery, music playlists, group pictures in slideshow and add descriptions for each image, mp3 or video – GRAND FlAGallery is the smart ch… By Sergey Pasyuk.
Magic Contact
Magic Contact is a simple and Elegant contact form for WordPress, taking as it bases to Contactable (jQuery Plugin) By Philip Beel. By Hunk.
WP-o-Matic
WP-o-Matic makes autoblogging a snap by automatically creating posts from the RSS/Atom feeds you choose, which are organized into campaigns.
Supported features:
Campaigs Feeds and all settings and options are now organized into campaigns for the perfect organization and comfort.
Multiple feeds / categories: it’s possible to add as many feeds as you want, and add them to as many categories… By Guillermo Rauch.
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NAVIGATION PLUGINS
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My Page Order
My Page Order allows you to set the order of pages through a drag and drop interface. The default method of setting the order page by page is extremely clumsy, especially with a large number of pages. The plugin also installs a replacement widget that exposes all the options of the wp_list_pages template function.
Big Update!
My Page Order has been out since WP 1.5 (2006) and hasn’t really chang… By Andrew Charlton.
My Category Order
My Category Order allows you to set the order in which categories will appear in the sidebar. Uses a drag
and drop interface for ordering. Adds a widget with additional options for easy installation on widgetized themes.
Big Update!
My Category Order has been out since WP 1.5 or 2.0 (2006) and it’s been a struggle to keep it working smoothly. The taxonomy.php hack was hideous and a filter final… By Andrew Charlton.