Christopher Craig

Recently, a couple of people have asked me what Wordpress plugins I’m using on this blog, and I realized that everybody else out there has put together a list of their favourite plugins. Why shouldn’t I?

Here’s the list:

• del.icio.us for Wordpress - This plugin allows me to create the list of del.icio.us bookmarks in my sidebar.
• Feedburner Feedsmith - Allows me to let Feedburner handle my RSS feeds.
• Google XML Sitemaps - A nice little SEO plugin to help my Google PageRank.
• Maintenance Mode - With one click I can take this site down, and have Wordpress display a message to visitors explaining why the site isn’t up.
• Spam Karma 2 - Without this comment spam-fighting plugin, I wouldn’t even bother with this blog.
• Statpress - I get lots of great information about visitors to this blog using this plugin. It’s not as detailed as Google Analytics, but it’s a good overview.
• Subscribe to Comments - This plugin allows commenters to receive email when a subsequent comment is left on a post.
• Wordpress Database Backup - A simple way to backup your database.
• WP-Syntax - This plugin makes snippets of source code in a post more readable.

I have a couple more installed, but I haven’t quite decided they’re worth keeping yet. If you have any suggestions for me, leave a comment. I’m always on the lookout for more.