Comments on: 13 of the best WordPress plugins

By: David Airey

David Airey — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:07:22 +0000

Thanks Karl.

Emma, if you’re still having problems my advice is to ask on the WordPress forums. The moderators and forum members have helped me out in the past, and you shouldn’t have to wait too long for a reply.

By: Karl

Karl — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:58:03 +0000

Emma,

To install the plugin:

- download the plugin to your computer
- unzip the file
- upload the folder resulting from unzipping the downloaded file to your ‘wp-content/plugins’ directory on your site
- when file is uploaded go to the plugins page in the Wordpress admin area and activate from there.

By: Emma

Emma — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:41:56 +0000

Hi David,
I’m a newbie to wordpress, and was excited about the cforms plugin… but I’m battling to install it, any suggestions?

I downloaded the latest version, created a zip, and when I press install it says that its already there, and that my install failed… but when I go to plugin it’s not there… so frustrating!
Emma

By: Jason Koertge

Jason Koertge — Fri, 07 Aug 2009 03:42:48 +0000

This is a great post, and I hate to “piggy-back”, but I just published a piece that shares the plugins that we’ve been using as professional bloggers for three years. A few of the 7 we discuss include FeedburnerFeedsmith, Wordpress.com Stats, the All in One SEO Pack, and Google XML Sitemaps.

You can find the post here: http://alwayswordpress.com/blogging/7-best-wordpress-plugins-that-are-a-...

Thanks!

By: Danny

Danny — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 13:06:03 +0000

These are definitely some of the best wordpress plugins today. thank you for sharing. I also like google analytics, tubepress and sticky post plugin too.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Tue, 26 May 2009 10:11:30 +0000

Hi Scott, Here's the info you need, courtesy of Maki at Dosh Dosh: Google custom search

By: Scott W

Scott W — Wed, 13 May 2009 07:25:03 +0000

Hi David

I was wondering do you also use a plugin for the google custom search you have at the top of your site ? I’ve tried a dozen plugins but can’t find the way to have a pop-up style search results like you have.

Thanks for your time.

By: Paul

Paul — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 22:46:53 +0000

I also have many of the plugins that you mention. I really like Who Sees Ads plugin for my adsense. It makes inserting adsense into my posts so easy.

By: David Airey

David Airey — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:58:44 +0000

bubble,

How’re you getting on with your WordPress blog? Still on track for next month? I hope it’s going well.

James,

I’ve not actually had much need for such a filter, as the commenters who have previously had comments moderated are very good in that respect. Thanks for bringing it to my attention, though.

By: James Rosenstein

James Rosenstein — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 01:46:32 +0000

I love the WebPurify profanity filter plugin http://www.webpurify.com/profanity-filter/wp-plugin.php

It saves you from having to scour each comment for profanity.