42244 43 3 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>SEO plugins</strong> </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/">Google Sitemaps Generator</a> </p> <p>As the name suggests, this plugin creates a Google-compliant XML Sitemap for your blog. Every time you add or edit a post, your sitemap is automatically updated. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-meta-keywords/">Quick META Keywords</a> </p> <p>This will automatically add META Keywords tags to every post you add to the blog, based on categories under which the article is categorised. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/"> <strong>All in One SEO Pack</strong> </a> <br /> <br />This handy plugin provides a number of SEO functions; it optimises your title pages for search, generates automatic META tags, and avoids <a href="/blog/2511-google-provides-tips-on-duplicate-content">duplicate content</a> appearing on your blog. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/">Redirection</a> </p> <p>This helps you manage 404 errors and automatically deals with 301 redirections, as well as ensuring that there is only one URL for each blog entry. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/">Breadcrumb NavXT</a> </p> <p>This generates breadcrumb navigation bars for your Wordpress blog.</p> <p> <strong>Tools for dealing with spam</strong> </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/">Akismet</a> </p> <p>An essential tool which checks your comments against the Akismet web service to find out if they look like spam. You can review the amount of spam it catches in your blog's admin screen. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/">Math Comment Spam Protection</a> </p> <p>This separates humans from spam robots by asking users leaving comments to answer a simple maths question. </p> <p> <a href="http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/">Bad Behaviour</a> </p> <p>This PHP based  plugin complements Akismet by preventing spammers from ever delivering their junk in the first place.</p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/defensio-anti-spam/">Defensio</a> </p> <p>Defensio blocks comment spam by learning and adapting to the behaviour of the site's owners and users. It is an all-in-one anti-spam solution so other anti spam plugins need to be removed first. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yawasp/">Yawasp</a> </p> <p>This aims to keep management of spam comments to a minimum by replacing the names of the comment form fields with random names, making it harder for the spambots. </p> <p> <strong>Navigation plugins</strong> </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-23-related-posts-plugin/">Related posts</a> </p> <p>This adds a list of related entries to your blog posts, based on keyword matches.</p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/">WP-PageNavi</a> </p> <p>This adds a more advanced page navigation to your Wordpress blog. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/popularity-contest/">Popularity Contest</a> </p> <p>This keeps a count of your page and category views and shows a list of the most popular articles for your blog's readers. </p> <p> <a href="http://theundersigned.net/2006/06/landing-sites-11/">Landing Sites</a> </p> <p>If visitors come to your blog via a search engine, this plugin will show them a list of posts related to their search term. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/clean-archives-reloaded/">Clean Archives</a> </p> <p>This generates a list of all your blog posts, listing the date of publishing, the article title, and the number of comments. </p> <p> <strong>Comment management</strong> </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/">Subscribe to Comments</a> </p> <p>This enables readers that have left a comment on your blog to subscribe to email alerts for subsequent entries, so they can keep up with the debate. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/get-recent-comments/">Get Recent Comments</a> </p> <p>This shows the latest comments and trackbacks in your blog's sidebar. Blog owners can customise the appearance of these comments and the length of the excerpt displayed. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-ajax-edit-comments/">WP Ajax Edit Comments</a> </p> <p>This plugin lets users and siteowners edit comments on a post. While users can only edit their comments for a short period of time after leaving them, administrators can edit at any time. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/live-comment-preview/">Live Comment Preview</a> </p> <p>This gives previews to users, showing how the comment will look up on the site.</p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/most-commented/">Most Commented</a> </p> <p>This will display a list of the posts which have attracted the most comments. </p> <p> <strong>Social media plugins </strong> </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easytube/">EasyTube</a> </p> <p>This makes it easy for bloggers to add videos from YouTube or Google Video, placing a preview image of the video in the related RSS feed. </p> <p> <a href="http://sharethis.com/publisher?type=wpplugin">ShareThis</a> </p> <p>This allows users to add your post to a variety of social bookmarking sites, avoiding the need to display too many buttons at the foot of your articles. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/">WP-PostRatings</a> </p> <p>This adds an AJAX rating system to the bottom of your blog's articles. </p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable/">Sociable</a> </p> <p>This plugin will add links on your posts to various popular social bookmarking sites.</p> <p> <a href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-for-wordpress/">Twitter for Wordpress</a> </p> <p>This plugin automatically displays your latest musings on Twitter on your Wordpress blog. </p> <p> <strong>Related stories:<br /></strong> <a href="/blog/2235-wordpress-30-of-blogs-are-splogs">Wordpress: 30% of blogs are splogs</a> <br /> <a href="/blog/2514-wordpress-seo-resources-and-tips">WordPress SEO resources and tips</a> </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>SEO plugins</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/" Window="Self">Google Sitemaps Generator</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>As the name suggests, this plugin creates a Google-compliant XML Sitemap for your blog. Every time you add or edit a post, your sitemap is automatically updated. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-meta-keywords/" Window="Self">Quick META Keywords</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This will automatically add META Keywords tags to every post you add to the blog, based on categories under which the article is categorised. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/" Window="Self"> <Emphasis>All in One SEO Pack</Emphasis> </Link> <LineBreak /> <LineBreak />This handy plugin provides a number of SEO functions; it optimises your title pages for search, generates automatic META tags, and avoids <Link URL="/blog/2511-google-provides-tips-on-duplicate-content" Window="Self">duplicate content</Link> appearing on your blog. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/redirection/" Window="Self">Redirection</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This helps you manage 404 errors and automatically deals with 301 redirections, as well as ensuring that there is only one URL for each blog entry. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/" Window="Self">Breadcrumb NavXT</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This generates breadcrumb navigation bars for your Wordpress blog.</Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Tools for dealing with spam</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/" Window="Self">Akismet</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>An essential tool which checks your comments against the Akismet web service to find out if they look like spam. You can review the amount of spam it catches in your blog's admin screen. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/math-comment-spam-protection/" Window="Self">Math Comment Spam Protection</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This separates humans from spam robots by asking users leaving comments to answer a simple maths question. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://www.bad-behavior.ioerror.us/" Window="Self">Bad Behaviour</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This PHP based  plugin complements Akismet by preventing spammers from ever delivering their junk in the first place.</Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/defensio-anti-spam/" Window="Self">Defensio</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>Defensio blocks comment spam by learning and adapting to the behaviour of the site's owners and users. It is an all-in-one anti-spam solution so other anti spam plugins need to be removed first. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/yawasp/" Window="Self">Yawasp</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This aims to keep management of spam comments to a minimum by replacing the names of the comment form fields with random names, making it harder for the spambots. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Navigation plugins</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-23-related-posts-plugin/" Window="Self">Related posts</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This adds a list of related entries to your blog posts, based on keyword matches.</Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/" Window="Self">WP-PageNavi</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This adds a more advanced page navigation to your Wordpress blog. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/popularity-contest/" Window="Self">Popularity Contest</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This keeps a count of your page and category views and shows a list of the most popular articles for your blog's readers. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://theundersigned.net/2006/06/landing-sites-11/" Window="Self">Landing Sites</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>If visitors come to your blog via a search engine, this plugin will show them a list of posts related to their search term. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/clean-archives-reloaded/" Window="Self">Clean Archives</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This generates a list of all your blog posts, listing the date of publishing, the article title, and the number of comments. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Comment management</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/subscribe-to-comments/" Window="Self">Subscribe to Comments</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This enables readers that have left a comment on your blog to subscribe to email alerts for subsequent entries, so they can keep up with the debate. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/get-recent-comments/" Window="Self">Get Recent Comments</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This shows the latest comments and trackbacks in your blog's sidebar. Blog owners can customise the appearance of these comments and the length of the excerpt displayed. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-ajax-edit-comments/" Window="Self">WP Ajax Edit Comments</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This plugin lets users and siteowners edit comments on a post. While users can only edit their comments for a short period of time after leaving them, administrators can edit at any time. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/live-comment-preview/" Window="Self">Live Comment Preview</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This gives previews to users, showing how the comment will look up on the site.</Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/most-commented/" Window="Self">Most Commented</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This will display a list of the posts which have attracted the most comments. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Social media plugins </Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/easytube/" Window="Self">EasyTube</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This makes it easy for bloggers to add videos from YouTube or Google Video, placing a preview image of the video in the related RSS feed. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://sharethis.com/publisher?type=wpplugin" Window="Self">ShareThis</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This allows users to add your post to a variety of social bookmarking sites, avoiding the need to display too many buttons at the foot of your articles. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-postratings/" Window="Self">WP-PostRatings</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This adds an AJAX rating system to the bottom of your blog's articles. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable/" Window="Self">Sociable</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This plugin will add links on your posts to various popular social bookmarking sites.</Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Link URL="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-for-wordpress/" Window="Self">Twitter for Wordpress</Link> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>This plugin automatically displays your latest musings on Twitter on your Wordpress blog. </Paragraph> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Related stories:<LineBreak /></Emphasis> <Link URL="/blog/2235-wordpress-30-of-blogs-are-splogs" Window="Self">Wordpress: 30% of blogs are splogs</Link> <LineBreak /> <Link URL="/blog/2514-wordpress-seo-resources-and-tips" Window="Self">WordPress SEO resources and tips</Link> </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> 2008-06-17T10:06:00+01:00 13 1 econsultancy_xml <p> <strong>Open source blogging platform Wordpress can be enhanced with the use of free plugins which can help you manage comments and spam, as well as improving SEO and user experience.</strong> </p> <p>We've put together a list of some of the most useful plugins for Wordpress... </p> <FormattedContent xmlns="http://www.e-consultancy.com/schema/formattedContent/"> <Paragraph> <Emphasis>Open source blogging platform Wordpress can be enhanced with the use of free plugins which can help you manage comments and spam, as well as improving SEO and user experience.</Emphasis> </Paragraph> <Paragraph>We've put together a list of some of the most useful plugins for Wordpress... </Paragraph> </FormattedContent> false 2533 <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. For innovation in this space, download our <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/innovation-report">Innovation Report</a></strong>.</p> <p>For background on online PR and social media more generally, It's worth reading our (free to registered users) <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/online-pr-and-social-media-trends-briefing">Social Media Trends Briefing</a></strong> (June 2009). Econsultancy has also published <strong><a href="http://econsultancy.com/reports/social-media-and-online-pr-digital-marketing-template-files">Social Media and Online PR Template Files</a></strong>, which you can adapt and use for your own projects. 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