May’s Top 5 Picks from the WordPress Newest Plugins List
If you have ever browsed through the Newest Plugins section of WordPress.org, then you know that it can be a little overwhelming to wade through all of the recent plugins to figure out what’s worth trying out and what’s not. Therefore, I thought it would be useful to periodically evaluate the top new plugins from WordPress.org and then share them with all of the readers here, in the hopes that not only will it help you find some great new plugins, but that it will also save you time in doing so:
WP-TwitterSearch: Although there are lots of plugins that allow you to display your Twitter stream, this one takes a new approach. With this new plugin, you can display the latest results from a specific Twitter search feed. This plugin gives you the ability to specify unlimited search terms, limit how many tweets are shown and limit the number of tweets from a single author for those keywords.
FriendConnect Login: As you may know, Google Friend Connect allows users to become members of your site community using their Google, Yahoo!, AIM or OpenID accounts. This plugin will allow users who are logged into their FriendConnect account to comment without needing to re-enter their name, email address and web site URL.
PrintFriendly: A part of the PrintFriendly.com web site, this plugin makes it simple to add the PrintFriendly widget to your WordPress blog. Not only does this plugin allow a user to print a single post or page (minus all of the extra elements that make up the blog’s layout), but it also gives them the option to generate and save a PDF file from the selected content.
WordPress Mobile Pack: More people are started to browse the Internet from mobile devices, which is why it’s important to make sure your WordPress blog is easy for someone to load on their cellphone or other mobile device. The WordPress Mobile Pack takes care of all of your mobile needs by offering a wide variety of features, including a mobile switcher to select themes based on the type of user that is visiting the site, a selection of mobile themes, extra widgets, device adaptation and a mobile administration panel to allow users to edit the site or write new posts when out and about.
Tracked RSS: This plugin may be simple, but it provides the ability to perform a very useful task. With the Tracked RSS plugin, you can use Google Analytics to track your RSS feed. This plugin can also be used in conjunction with the Tracked Tweets plugin (from the same author), which allows you to use Google Analytics to track your Twitter activity (in addition to several other useful features).
May 4th, 2009 at 9:44 am
Thanks for including WP-TwitterSearch. I hope others are able to find it useful. It will have a lot more functionality and a nice way to integrate into The Loop to display with posts/tags. More like a ‘My tweets that might be related to this post’ by searching twitter for your username and the tags you have set to that post as keywords.
May 5th, 2009 at 4:59 pm
No problem James, thanks for creating a great plugin! I’m sure I speak for all our readers when I say we’re all looking forward to the future additions you make to it.
May 7th, 2009 at 7:03 pm
Thanks for the Tracked RSS mention, I hope people find it as useful as I do
It is part of my strategy to reduce the number of visitors with “direct/none” as source in Google Analytics.
May 14th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
This is Taylor from PrintFriendly.com, thanks for including us in your post!
What do you think about using the button on your site? It would be great for your readers!
You can get it here: http://www.PrintFriendly.com/button
August 6th, 2009 at 11:38 am
Hi,
Nice list – do you use the Wordpress mobile pack on your blog? I’ve just tried browsing it with my phone and got the web version!
I’ve created a mobile plugin for wordpress written in WAPL that allows you to use the same URL as web, ensure all styling works on every platform and more importantly, every device in the world will see a mobile version!
The homepage can be found here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wapple-architect/ and it’d be great to hear your feedback on it if you want to give it a go!
October 2nd, 2009 at 12:02 am
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