Featured Plugins
Formidable – Form Creating Plugin
Quickly and easily build forms with a simple drag-and-drop interface and in-place editing. There are dozens of form-building plugins out there to create forms, but most are confusing and overly complicated. With Formidable, it is easy to create forms within a simple drag-and-drop interface. You can construct custom forms or generate them from a template. Shortcodes can be used as well as spam … [Read More...]
Embed-RSS
This tag places an icon in the tinymce visual editor and a button in the html editor that allows a user to enter an RSS feed url, choose the number of items to display, and choose to display content, author or date for each item. It works via the use of a shortcode in the following format: [cetsEmbedRSS id='http://deannaschneider.wordpress.com' itemcount='2' itemauthor='1' itemdate='1' … [Read More...]
Comment Luv
The first WordPress plugin that I’d like to share with you is called, Comment Luv. Comment Luv adds an icon below your posts with a checkbox next to it. When this box is checked and people leave a comment on one of your blog posts, it will automatically pull in a link to the most recent blog posts from their blog! This is a fantastic way to add value added content to your site while building … [Read More...]
Pretty Link
Today I'd like to share with you two of my favorite plugins. One of them (Pretty Link) allows you to create attractive looking redirect urls. How does this relate to Relationship Marketing? When you receive an email from someone with long urls that are clearly affiliate links, how does that make you feel? On the other hand, how much more likely would you be to click on the link if it included the … [Read More...]
WP Wall
Imagine having a Facebook type of "Wall" on your own WordPress blog! When people post a comment on your WP Wall Guestbook, it shows up as a conversation in your sidebar. This is a great way for you to get to know your readers and for your readers to get to know one another. Readers can add a quick comment about the blog as a whole, and the comment will appear in the sidebar immediately, … [Read More...]
WordPress Editorial Calendar
Did you remember to write a post for next Tuesday? What about the Tuesday after that? WordPress doesn't make it easy to see what posts happen on what days. The editorial calendar gives you an overview of your blog and when each post will be available. You can drag and drop to move posts, quickly edit posts right in the calendar, and manage your entire blog. If you blog regularly and like to … [Read More...]
Exclude Pages from Navigation
Of all of the thousands of plugins available for WordPress blogs, if I had to pick only five, included in that list would be the Exclude Pages from Navigation plugin. If you exclude a page from navigation, that means a link to that page will not show up in the navigation bar of your blog. This plugin adds so much versatility and flexibility to your blog. When you are in the post editing menu of … [Read More...]
