Plug-ins I use

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If you wonder which plugins I use on my wordpress installation, here comes a list.

• Akismet v2.1.8
  Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin. Matt Mullenweg
• Daiko’s Text Widget v0.9.4
  Works basically like the Text widget, but it will also take PHP code and includes conditional tags to specify where to show. An extension of the Execphp widget by Otto at http://ottodestruct.com. Rune Fjellheim
• Close Comment Tags v1.0
  Automatically close tags that are left open in comments. Aleister
• If You Liked That… v1.3
  Following the content of a post, this plugin inserts links to a user selectable number of other posts in the same category as the main post. bochgoch
• Lightbox 2 Plugin v0.7
  Auto-converting all linked images in a post, excerpt and even comments to lightboxed links. (see options menu). — Using Lightbox v2.03.3 and compressed Prototype Javascript. Kjell Bublitz
• Posts By Category v2.0
  Displays a list of the post titles in each category. Frucomerci
• Landing sites v1.31
  When visitors is referred to your site from a search engine, they are definitely looking for something specific - often they just roughly check the page they land on and then closes the window if what they are looking for isn’t there. Why not help them by showing them related posts to their search on your blog? This plugin/guide lets you do that, works with a long list of search engines! Plugin is made with help from these scripts: http://www.w-a-s-a-b-i.com/archives/2006/02/02/wordpress-related-entri es-20/ - http://textsnippets.com/posts/show/231 - http://www.lazaryn.com/entry-28.html The undersigned
• More Smilies v2.1
  Allows you to choose different emoticon (smiley) sets to use in WP. Matt Read
• Popularity Contest v1.3b3
  This will enable ranking of your posts by popularity; using the behavior of your visitors to determine each post’s popularity. You set a value (or use the default value) for every post view, comment, etc. and the popularity of your posts is calculated based on those values. Once you have activated the plugin, you can configure the Popularity Values and View Reports. You can also use the included Template Tags to display post popularity and lists of popular posts on your blog. Alex King
• Photopress v1.0
  Photopress adds some image handling tools to Wordpress, including a popup upload and browse tool, a random image template function, and a simple album. Installs and uses new database tables. Works with WP 2.1+. Isaac Wedin
• Category Page v2.5
  Use pages as category archive header, or list some posts from a category into a post/page. Pixline
• Readers_Post v1.1b
  Zeigt die Anzahl der Leser pro Artikel an Stefan Groenveld
• Related Posts v2.04
  Returns a list of the related entries based on active/passive keyword matches. Alexander Malov, Mike Lu & Jon Bourne
• Random Posts widget v1.5.0
  Display Random Posts Widget. Based on Random categories with random posts by Mike Stickel. Ady Romantika
• Show Top Commentators v1.03
  Encourage more feedback and discussion from readers, by rewarding them every time they post a comment! Readers with the most comments are displayed on your Wordpress blog, with their names (linked to their website if they provided one). Nate Sanden
• Text Link Ads InLinks v1.2.1
  Text Link Ads InLinks program sells links within your blog posts Text Link Ads
• Subscribe To Comments v2.1.2
  Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry. Based on version 1 from Scriptygoddess Mark Jaquith
• ShareThis v2.3
  Let your visitors share a post/page with others. Supports e-mail and posting to social bookmarking sites. Configuration options are here. Questions on configuration, etc.? Make sure to read the README. ShareThis and Crowd Favorite (crowdfavorite.com)
• Sexy Comments v1.4.6
  Sexify your comments with avatars and forum-like formatting. Matthew Batchelder
• Viper’s Video Quicktags v6.1.1
  Easily embed videos from various video websites such as YouTube, DailyMotion, and Vimeo into your posts. Viper007Bond
• WP-Plugin List v1.0
  WP Plugin List is a simple plugin to allow yout post your current WordPress 1.5+ Martin Wiso
• WP-Crontrol v1.0
  WP-Crontrol lets you take control over what’s happening in the WP-Cron system. See my series on Taking control of WP-Cron using WP-Crontrol for usage ideas. Edward Dale
• PopStats v2.2.2
  Simple blog stats panel that shows popularity and relevant data about visits. Shows only human visits, hiding every kind of bot Luis Sancho
• Force Word Wrapping v1.0.0
  Prevents long sentancesconstructedlikethis from horizontally stretching the page. Ported from the phpBB MOD of the same name - Force Word Wrapping. For support / comments / whatever, visit the support forums. Jim Wigginton
• What Would Seth Godin Do v1.3
  Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors Richard K Miller
• Wordpress Automatic Upgrade v1.2.2
  Wordpress Automatic Upgrade allows a user to automatically upgrade the wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps provided in the wordpress upgrade instructions. Go to Wordpress Automatic Upgrade to upgrade your installation Thanks to Ronald Huereca for making the plugin run in automatic mode. Keith Dsouza
• Chunk Urls for WordPress v2.0
  This plugin shorten urls in comments so that they won’t break your site. whoo