DebtFreeMe
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- Mar 14, 2010
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OK, about every few weeks on here I see a ?What the best Wordpress plugin? post, and bunch of people drop in two to five plugins they use and of course they say they are the best plugins.
But, I have yet to see anyone explain what all their plugins do for them, how they work together, and why they are the best.
So, I figured I would give it a shot. Now let me be clear, the best plugin for me is the one that get the job done, that is until I find one that does it better. So, if anyone knows of plugins that work better then what I list, bust out with the info and say why it?s a superior plugin.
First off, I?ve been slowly building autoblogs for about a year now, so all of these are geared towards making it easier for me to do that.
Here we go with a quick list of all the plugins I use, in alphabetical order, and then I?ll explain what they do and why they work for me:
Askimet
All in One Adsense and YPN
All in One SEO Pack
Auto SEO Tags
Contact Form 7
Duplicate Posts Eraser
Google XML Sitemaps
Open in New Window Plugin
Privacy Policy
SEO SearchTerms Tagging 2
SexyBookmarks (by Shareaholic)
StatPress
Strictly Auto Tags
Terms of Use
WassUp
WordPress Database Backup
WP-o-Matic
WP Robot 3
First off Askimet - because shockingly there are a lot of people out there that like to drop off topic comments with their links in them on my blogs. You know who you are?
All in One Adsense and YPN - because it?s simple and lets me put in my ads without a bunch of setup hassles.
All in One SEO Pack - because people that know more shit about SEO than I do say it works. No really that?s why I use it?
WP-o-Matic - because it is an autobloggers friend, it will auto-detect the RSS feeds, and has all the basic stuff I need to get it to post when I want it to.
WP Robot 3 - because this can handle all the stuff that WP-o-Matic can?t. Like Ebay, Amazon, Flikr, YouTube, and a crap load of other content sites. And yes I know this will also pull RSS feeds, but I don?t like how I have to set them up, so I stuck with WP-o-Matic for that.
As a side note: WP Robot 3 is the only one I list that isn't a free plugin, but if you look around BHW a little bit, you may find a copy laying about... I'm just say'n...
Duplicate Posts Eraser- I use this because sometimes WP-o-Matic likes to do a little double bump and post the same thing twice. This plugin stops that from happening.
Strictly Auto Tags - this little plugin will check the posts that are being feed in and put the most relevant tags on it based on word density. It?s a good first run, and I don?t have to do it.
Auto SEO Tags - after Strictly Auto Tags does its work this one takes over, every time someone comes to a post on one of my blogs from one of the search engines (Big G, Yahoo, etc.), it uses the search terms they used to discover my post, and it automatically updates the tags on that post with those search terms.
SEO SearchTerms Tagging 2 - This plugin uses all the search terms people use to find my blog and creates a search term tag cloud to help with SEO.
Google XML Sitemaps ? Because Google bots need a map sometimes to find all the great content you have to share.
Contact Form 7 ? Because some search engine companies (Big G) want people to be able to contact you (what a stupid ass concept, right), like you?re a real business. So, with this one all I had to do was drop in an email address, and it set up a very nice contact form for me. Easy?
Privacy Policy ? Same reason as with Contact Form 7, and it didn?t take anything to set up.
Terms of Use ? Once again same reason as with Contact Form 7, and it didn?t take anything to set up.
Keep in mind that there probably is a single plugin that will do what Contact Form 7, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Use do, but I was makin shit up as I went when I was first started autoblogging, and now I?m just too lazy to go back and change them out for one plugin . Someone needs to suggest a good one down below and I?ll use it in the future.
SexyBookmarks (by Shareaholic)- I use this because I like the look, and hell if someone wants to let their friends know about my blogs, I?m going to make it as easy as I can for them.
Open in New Window Plugin ? Because this way they?ll be able to keep my blog open even if they go to an outside link. Give them a chance to find more good stuff to read and purchase.
StatPress- basically because it was the most common stats plugin I found when I first started, I need to find something better.
WassUp ? because it does some shit that StatPress doesn?t, like I said, I need to find something better. If you know of something post it?
WordPress Database Backup ? Because losing a years worth of work because your database shit it self sucks?
Now there you go, those are all the plugins I use on my autoblogs. If you think these suck, let me know, if you think I?m full of shit, well go blow yourself :thefinger.
And most importantly, if you?ve got better ones, then do like my uncle Charles likes to say when he?s sloppy drunk:
Put em? on the glass bitches, so I can get a better look.
But, I have yet to see anyone explain what all their plugins do for them, how they work together, and why they are the best.
So, I figured I would give it a shot. Now let me be clear, the best plugin for me is the one that get the job done, that is until I find one that does it better. So, if anyone knows of plugins that work better then what I list, bust out with the info and say why it?s a superior plugin.
First off, I?ve been slowly building autoblogs for about a year now, so all of these are geared towards making it easier for me to do that.
Here we go with a quick list of all the plugins I use, in alphabetical order, and then I?ll explain what they do and why they work for me:
Askimet
All in One Adsense and YPN
All in One SEO Pack
Auto SEO Tags
Contact Form 7
Duplicate Posts Eraser
Google XML Sitemaps
Open in New Window Plugin
Privacy Policy
SEO SearchTerms Tagging 2
SexyBookmarks (by Shareaholic)
StatPress
Strictly Auto Tags
Terms of Use
WassUp
WordPress Database Backup
WP-o-Matic
WP Robot 3
First off Askimet - because shockingly there are a lot of people out there that like to drop off topic comments with their links in them on my blogs. You know who you are?
All in One Adsense and YPN - because it?s simple and lets me put in my ads without a bunch of setup hassles.
All in One SEO Pack - because people that know more shit about SEO than I do say it works. No really that?s why I use it?
WP-o-Matic - because it is an autobloggers friend, it will auto-detect the RSS feeds, and has all the basic stuff I need to get it to post when I want it to.
WP Robot 3 - because this can handle all the stuff that WP-o-Matic can?t. Like Ebay, Amazon, Flikr, YouTube, and a crap load of other content sites. And yes I know this will also pull RSS feeds, but I don?t like how I have to set them up, so I stuck with WP-o-Matic for that.
As a side note: WP Robot 3 is the only one I list that isn't a free plugin, but if you look around BHW a little bit, you may find a copy laying about... I'm just say'n...
Duplicate Posts Eraser- I use this because sometimes WP-o-Matic likes to do a little double bump and post the same thing twice. This plugin stops that from happening.
Strictly Auto Tags - this little plugin will check the posts that are being feed in and put the most relevant tags on it based on word density. It?s a good first run, and I don?t have to do it.
Auto SEO Tags - after Strictly Auto Tags does its work this one takes over, every time someone comes to a post on one of my blogs from one of the search engines (Big G, Yahoo, etc.), it uses the search terms they used to discover my post, and it automatically updates the tags on that post with those search terms.
SEO SearchTerms Tagging 2 - This plugin uses all the search terms people use to find my blog and creates a search term tag cloud to help with SEO.
Google XML Sitemaps ? Because Google bots need a map sometimes to find all the great content you have to share.
Contact Form 7 ? Because some search engine companies (Big G) want people to be able to contact you (what a stupid ass concept, right), like you?re a real business. So, with this one all I had to do was drop in an email address, and it set up a very nice contact form for me. Easy?
Privacy Policy ? Same reason as with Contact Form 7, and it didn?t take anything to set up.
Terms of Use ? Once again same reason as with Contact Form 7, and it didn?t take anything to set up.
Keep in mind that there probably is a single plugin that will do what Contact Form 7, Privacy Policy, and Terms of Use do, but I was makin shit up as I went when I was first started autoblogging, and now I?m just too lazy to go back and change them out for one plugin . Someone needs to suggest a good one down below and I?ll use it in the future.
SexyBookmarks (by Shareaholic)- I use this because I like the look, and hell if someone wants to let their friends know about my blogs, I?m going to make it as easy as I can for them.
Open in New Window Plugin ? Because this way they?ll be able to keep my blog open even if they go to an outside link. Give them a chance to find more good stuff to read and purchase.
StatPress- basically because it was the most common stats plugin I found when I first started, I need to find something better.
WassUp ? because it does some shit that StatPress doesn?t, like I said, I need to find something better. If you know of something post it?
WordPress Database Backup ? Because losing a years worth of work because your database shit it self sucks?
Now there you go, those are all the plugins I use on my autoblogs. If you think these suck, let me know, if you think I?m full of shit, well go blow yourself :thefinger.
And most importantly, if you?ve got better ones, then do like my uncle Charles likes to say when he?s sloppy drunk:
Put em? on the glass bitches, so I can get a better look.