Plugins I Install
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Here is a list of the plugins that I install onto your brand-new blog. A plugin is simply a download that gives your blog a new feature or function. Plugins are great because they allow you to do some really cool things with your blog.
I install these plugins listed here because they offer lots of features that are either a necessity for any new blog, or because they will really help make your site usable and fun to read and visit. Next to each plugin is a description of what it does and who created it.
Take a minute to browse through them and see what your new blog will be able to do!
Adsense Deluxe - Allows you to put Google Adsense ads on your website with ease. By Acme Technologies
Akismet - An extremely effective spam-blocking plugin. By Matt Mullenweg
All-in-One SEO Pack- Allows you to fully optimize your posts for the search engines right through Wordpress. By Uberdose 2.0
Feedburner Feedsmith - Reroutes all possible feeds through Feedburner, allowing you to track every possible subscriber. By Feedburner
Full Text Feed - Prevents Wordpress from adding a ‘read more’ tag in your posts, preventing it from cutting your articles short. By Ronald Heft, Jr.
Instant Upgrade - Allows you to instantly upgrade to the newest version of Wordpress. By Alex Gunsche
Related Posts - Returns a list of related articles on your blog to your posts, prompting people to read further and stick around longer. By Alexander Malov, Mike Lu and Jon Bourne
SEO Title Tag - Allows you to search-engine optimize your blog’s title tags. By Stephen Spencer, Netconcepts
Add-Meta-Tags - Allows you to search-engine optimize your blog with fully customizable META tags that can be added to many parts of your site. By George Notaras
One-Click Install - Allows you to easily and quickly download new plugins and themes to your blog through the Wordpress dashboard, eliminating the need for numerous FTP transfers. By Anirudh Sanjeev
Subscribe to Comments - Allows your readers to subscribe to email notifications of new comments posted to a blog entry. Very effective at stimulating commenting and conversation among readers. By Mark Jaquith
Do-Follow - Allows your commenters to be rewarded for commenting by recieving a link each time they comment on your blog. By Semiologic
Viper Video Quicktags- Allows you to easily embed Youtube, Google Video, and other videos into your blog. By Viper007Bond
Redirection - Automatically manages 301 redirections, keeps track of 404 errors, and generally cleans up any loose ends your site may have. By Urban Giraffe
WP-Contact Form - Allows you to use a customizable contact form for your readers to get in touch with you. Also features a spam-catcher and other features. By Douglas Karr
Super-Cache - A plugin for anyone whose site recieves a large amount of traffic or hits some big traffic spikes. Helps to speed up the transfer of files and cope with heavy traffic. By Donncha O Caoimh
Google Sitemap Generator - Creates a Google-compliant sitemap of your blog, helping with SEO and usability. By Arne Brachhold
What Would Seth Godin Do?- A cool plugin that lets you display a message to new visitors of your blog. By Richard K. Miller
Wordpress Database Backup - Provides you with updated backups of your blog content. By Austin Matzko
Share This - Allows your readers to easily share and send your posts through social media sites and email. Very useful. By Alex King
All of these plugins are a great addition to any blog, and will help you and your readers get the absolute most out of your blog. They are all ready to use right away when you get your blog setup ProFREEssionally by me!