If you’ve ever tried to include a snippet of code in your post you might have run into a common problem where Wordpress decides to work it’s magic and format your code into something pretty unusable for demonstration purposes. You might have tried to code tag, but that doesn’t help much either.
One solution is to run your post through a tool to convert the code into something Wordpress won’t modify. This is what I used in my last post. But a better solution is a plugin called Syntax Highlighter that saves…
Brian’s threaded comments is one of the most used plugins amongst wordpress bloggers. I’m a big fan of it myself however as I have mentioned a few times in the past, it’s very buggy and clashes with a lot of designs. Thankfully, Alex Sysoef has been busting his ass fixing the plugin and has released a fix.
I’ve not had a chance to test the upgrade personally as yet however from the comments left already it looks like he’s done a good job. If you run a wordpress blog and are…
Most bloggers (who use WordPress) have their own unique assortment of plugins they find necessary for their blogs. Some use plugins to insert AdSense ads into their posts. Others install plugins to ease comment management. Still others use “Admin Themes” to customize their blogging experience.
While we all have our preferences for plugins, there are some that have nearly universal appeal. Most blogs can benefit from these six plugins:
- Full Text Feed - Are you getting complaints that your RSS feed doesn’t have the full content of your articles? Full Text Feed makes…
PLUGINS
Contact form - This is a very handy plugin that adds a small contact form to your sidebar. Perfect for those who wants some feedback from readers.
Short Permalinks - This plugin creates a short permalink for every post using the service abbrr and displays the permalink whereever you want to.
Hide Email - This plugin hides your email addresses frok bots. They look the same to the visitor but they are hidden from the spam bots.
Highlights - Highlight anything that’s searched on your blog. Easy for readers to find out the information.
Bot Tracker - This plugin…
Typogrify actually began life as a set of Django templates crafted by Christian Metts to improve web typography. It was the ported over to WordPress by Hamish Macpherson. As Jeff Croft puts it:
Typogrify: almost certainly the best thing to happen to web typography since Georgia.
The beauty of Typogrify is it’s simplicity. You will benefit from it just by plugging it in an turning it on, but there are a bunch of more advanced features if you wish to take it further. I’ll cover all the features here.
Adds a unique class to your…
