Plugins Used Today

In lieu of creating new blog articles to share the plugins used on this blog, such as 17 active plugins in March 2011, this page now shows a continuously-updated view of what is active and what is inactive.

I hope you enjoy.

Active Plugins

  Comment Redirect by Yoast
» Joost de Valk (url)
Redirect commenters who just made their first comment to a page of your choice. On this page, you could ask them to subscribe, like you on Facebook and lots more!

  Feed Pauser
» Keith Dsouza For Techie Buzz (url)
Allows authors to pause a feed from immediately being published. Feed Pause options are available under Manage -> Feed Pauser, you can also disable individual posts from appearing in feeds

  Google XML Sitemaps
» Arne Brachhold (url)
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.

  Growmap Anti Spambot Plugin
» Andy Bailey (url)
Very simple plugin that adds a client side generated checkbox to the comment form requesting that the user clicks it to prove they are not a spammer. Bots wont see it so their spam comment will be discarded.

  List.ly
» Milan Kaneria (url)
Plugin to easily integrate List.ly lists to Posts and Pages. It allows publishers to add/edit lists, add items to list and embed lists using shortcode. Contact Support

  MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer
» MaxBlogPress (url)
Saves your wordpress blog from getting tagged as ping spammer by installing this plugin. Adjust your settings here.

  ReplyMe
» Neekey (url)
Send a email to author automatically while someone reply his comment.

  RSS Footer
» Joost de Valk (url)
Allows you to add a line of content to the end of your RSS feed articles.

  Simple Trackback Validation with Topsy Blocker
» Tobias Koelligan (url)
Enhancement and REPLACEMENT of the original STV plugin from Michael Woehrer. Added automated blocking of topsy.com Trackbacks.

  Social Metrics
» Riyaz (url)
Track how your blog is doing across the leading social networking websites and services like Twitter, Facebook, Google +1, StumbleUpon, Digg and LinkedIn.

  Twitterlink Comments
» Andy Bailey (url)
Plugin to show a link to follow the comment author on twitter if they have entered in their username at least once in the comment form

  WordPress Database Backup
» Austin Matzko (url)
On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Tools → Backup to get started.

  WP-PluginsUsed
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.

  WP Greet Box
» Thaya Kareeson (url)
Show a different message to your visitor depending on which site they are coming from. For example, you can ask Digg visitors to Digg your post, Google visitors to subscribe to your RSS feed, and more! Best of all, this plugin is compatible with various WordPress cache plugins.

  WPtouch Pro
» Dale Mugford & Duane Storey (BraveNewCode) (url)
WPtouch Pro is a plugin to build a mobile theme for your website tailored for Apple iPhone / iPod touch / iPad, Google Android, Blackberry Storm & Torch and other touch mobile devices.

  Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
» mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) (url)
Returns a list of related entries based on a unique algorithm for display on your blog and RSS feeds. Now with custom post type support!

Inactive Plugins

  Categories to Tags Converter Importer
» wordpressdotorg (url)
Convert existing categories to tags or tags to categories, selectively.

  CommentLuv Premium
» Andy Bailey (url)
Adds CommentLuv links to comments, protects you from spam, encourages twitter followers, adds keywords to names and increases traffic and community!

  Contact Commenters
» Ajith Prasad Edassery (url)
Improves your interaction levels with commenters and hence increases your readership by contacting selected set of commenters via email from the ‘Manage’ or ‘Tools’ page (Sample usage scenarios: Thank your new commenters for the visit, thank long term active commenters for the continued support, inform them about new services, send them greetings on special occasions or events, analyze the commenters’ contribution etc)

  Maintenance Mode
» Michael Wöhrer (url)
Adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end. Navigate to Settings → Maintenance Mode to get started.

  Top Commentators Widget
» Lorna Timbah (WebGrrrl.net) (url)
Adds a sidebar widget to show the top commentators in your WP site. Adapted from Show Top Commentators plugin.

  WP-Options-Manager
» Marc Schieferdecker (url)
With this plugin you can browse, delete and debug the entrys of your WordPress options database table. Important: Only the administrator user should have access to this plugin and should know what he is doing!

  WP-phpMyAdmin
» Roland Rust, Christopher Hwang (url)
Provides phpMyAdmin from the WordPress admin console

  WPGplus
» John Eckman (url)
Plugin to cross-post WordPress blog posts to Google+