Playing with Plug-ins

I am avoiding writing (different from procrastination) so I am playing with the plugins available for WordPress. And there are a few.

I have a list of the plugins I use for this site. I’ve not updated it yet with the ones I started up today.

I tried several different ones but only had success and/or use for a few.

I am now using the wp-Define plugin by Marios Tziortzis. It is like an automatical acronym thingy. Usually, if I needed to name a mass of letters, I had to enter in the acronym: acronym title=”Really Simple Syndication”. I left off the < and the >. But now, with this plugin, I ‘define’ RSS head of time and it automatically defines it each time it is used. Way cool and groovy, eh? So as I go along, I will enter in more definitions. Such as BG1, BG2b, etc etc.

I am also using Search Meter plugin by Bennett McElwee. This one you won’t see the result of since it is an admin thing. It keeps track of everything that is entered into the little search box in the upper right sidebar. So if I have a lot of people coming here to search for ‘toads’, then I’ll know my toad article was a big hit. (I don’t have a toad article, btw) (hey! another definition to enter!)

Another new one is the Official Comment plugin by Brett Taylor. This is basically for my ego benefit since I am the only active user. Anyway, this plugin recognizes the person making the comment as either a logged in user or a non-user. If logged it, it then highlights that person’s comments.

I’ve had Head Meta plugin for a while but for some reason never activated it. So I upgraded to the latest version and viola! Dougal Campbell is a cool fella so I figured it must have some purpose. It does, but again, it’s not anything you will see. It uses the keywords for the posts and adds a doohickey meta thingy to the header. I am not quite sure what a meta is but I do know they are important.

The next is Database Manager by Joe Newing. While I don’t think it is exactly working right now, I think this is a fantastic idea. It is basically “one-click database backup”. And, when/if it works, sure beats the heck out of the other way!

And then there is the Ajax Spell Checker plugin by zz85 & m0n5t3r & emil & broken-notebook. Not only will you now get spell-checked posts to read, by you can spell check your comments too!

Okay, well, it is after 2 and I reckon I need to hit the proverbial sack.