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WordPress: What Plugins am I Running?

Posted in WordPress by User ImageDouglas Karr at 8:58 pm

It’s been quite a while since I wrote a post on what plugins that I’m running. Matt asked tonight so I figured I’d post for everyone!

Plugin Version
Akismet 2.0
Audio player 1.2.3
Bad Behavior 2.0.10
Brian’s Latest Comments 1.5.8
Brian’s Threaded Comments 1.5.9
Dofollow 2.0
Full Text Feed 1.03
Google (XML) Sitemaps 3.0b6
Inline Javascript Plugin 0.2
NiceAdmin 1.0.0
PostPost 1.1.1
Related Posts 2.02
Show Top Commentators 1.04
Subscribe To Comments 1.5
Technorati Rank 2.0.4
Ultimate Tag Warrior 3.1415926
Wikipedia nofollow 1.0
Wordpress PDA 1.0
WP-Amazon 2.0 Beta 1.1
wp-cache 2.1.1
WP-ContactForm 1.4.4

I made sure all the plugins were up to date tonight. Everything is running fantastic.

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Comment by no imageAlpesh Nakar (SezWho)
2007-04-12 21:49:42

Doug,
Why use do follow when show top commentators incorporates this functionality. Unless I have misunderstood this.

Thanks for the heads up.

Alpesh

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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-04-13 06:21:23

Top commentators definitely provides a means of linking to the top commentators. Beyond that, I want any commentator to be followed by Search Engines. I moderate comments so I’d like any commenter to get some credit for taking the time out.

Doug

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Comment by no imageGraydon (SezWho)
2007-04-12 23:18:41

Doug… Doug… Doug…

Don’t you know?

The fastest way to crash your site is to state publicly how great it’s running.

My sympathy and prayers go out to you.

You do have some more vacation time left, right?

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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-04-13 06:22:33

Making backup now!

Too funny! Thanks for the chuckle, Graydon!

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Comment by no imageDavid Paul Robinson (SezWho)
2007-04-13 08:05:27

Thanks for making the Technorati plugin. Sweet!
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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-04-13 09:49:53

You bet, David! It’s a little finicky about the versions of PHP you’re running. I’ve got some plans to improve it - just need some time to execute!
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Comment by no imageWilliam Tully (SezWho)
2007-04-13 11:00:40

I love seeing what other people are running and what I’m missing.. I also created a page using this plugin. Cheers. T.
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Comment by no imageWilliam Tully (SezWho)
2007-04-13 11:14:12

(having commenting issues which means I don’t know if the last one went through or not, so I’ll post again - sorry in advance if it’s a dup)I’m always curious to see what other people are running to make their blog, and to see what I’m missing out on. It’s also handy to see exactly HOW each one work on a blog from the public side too. Thanks for posting Doug!Also, there is a great plugin which allows you to create an automatically updated page of the plugins you use.
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Comment by no imageWilliam Tully (SezWho)
2007-04-13 13:46:25

Update, last link to plugin was bad (site down)… Here is the WP link:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/vipers-plugins-used/

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Comment by no imageWilliam Tully (SezWho)
2007-04-13 14:04:10

Ok, it seems that my first comments didn’t go through (or get nailed in spam-land), so perhaps I should clarify…

‘Vipers Plugins Used’ is a great WP plugin that lets you output a list of all that you use. The beauty part is that you can customize the look of it and as you change plugins it always stays up to date.

I’m a big fan of seeing what other people are using and it’s nice to see a plugin name and have the “AH! So THAT’s what that plugin is!”..

Here is my list: http://tully.ca/blog/plugins-used/

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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-04-13 15:36:13

Thanks, William! It’s really too funny… I knew I had seen a plugin out there that did it and last night I could not find it for the life of me. Thanks! What a great resource! I like the fact that you can edit the description as well.
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Comment by no imageThor Schrock (SezWho)
2007-04-14 17:39:29

Thank you for the list of plugins. I am using some of them, but others not so much. Did you notice an increase in comment spam when you installed dofollow? Or did you install dofollow in conjunction with show top commenters?

Nofollow links wouldn’t make much sense if you were using top commenters at the same time, unless you are BEGGING for spam.

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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-04-14 18:16:25

Great questions. Since I’m using Bad Behavior in conjunction with Akismet, I’m really not seeing an increase in comment spam. I did install dofollow and top commentators around the same time but I don’t believe I saw any considerable increase at spam at the time.

It seems to me that spammers are beginning to give up on SEO placement by commenting. “Splogs” seem to be the method of choice for that. Those are fictitious blogs that steal content to drive SEO placement.

All in all, I get less spam on my site than in email so I’m content with the two solutions.

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Comment by no imageSusan (SezWho)
2007-04-26 14:00:19

I couldn’t agree more that DoFollow combined with Askimet is a great idea. Glad to see the DoFollow movement is continuing to grow. I found your blog while researching for my latest challenge the DoFollow Pingback Challenge. Hope you pop over and take a look, either way glad I found your blog.
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Comment by no imageDean Taplin (SezWho)
2007-04-22 13:42:24

How do you get on with the wp-cache plugin on Jumpline?
Did you have to do any special tweaks to work with your site, like dynamic stuff you’ve got in the sidebar like the Technorati rank plugin, Feedburner number of readers, etc.

I made a post over the weekend which sent my traffic through the roof, I went from a normal few hundred hits a day to 6000 in one weekend! not surprisingly my web site struggled, but the number of visitors put a smile on my face :-)

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Comment by no imageDouglas Karr (SezWho)
2007-04-22 16:53:19

No special stuff, Dean. You may have to take the wp-content/cache directory and modify permissions (CHMOD 777) but I think that’s the extent. That means that the application is allowed to read and write to that directory.

If it can not, it has some error handling in the plugin that will tell you what is wrong. It’s a fantastic plugin and my site has been hit with thousands of hits and wp-cache (and WP2.1) kept it chugging along!

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Comment by no imagechloe baby (SezWho)
2008-03-02 14:59:38

Thanks for the list, i like to see what other people are using.
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