About My Site

Besides WordPress 3.x.x, the following plugins are currently in use:

  Akismet
» Automattic (url)
Used by millions, Akismet is quite possibly the best way in the world to protect your blog from comment and trackback spam. It keeps your site protected from spam even while you sleep. To get started: 1) Click the “Activate” link to the left of this description, 2) Sign up for an Akismet API key, and 3) Go to your Akismet configuration page, and save your API key.

  Dagon Design Sitemap Generator
» Dagon Design (url)
Generates a fully customizable sitemap

  Embedded Slideshow
» Charles (url)
Use short code to insert a slideshow to your post or page. The pictures or photos will come from your Picasa Albums.

  Facebook Like Thumbnail
» Ashfame (url)
Sets the first image of the post as the thumbnail which shows up on FB like and share

  Fast Secure Contact Form
» Mike Challis (url)
Fast Secure Contact Form for WordPress. The contact form lets your visitors send you a quick E-mail message. Super customizable with a multi-form feature, optional extra fields, and an option to redirect visitors to any URL after the message is sent. Includes CAPTCHA and Akismet support to block all common spammer tactics. Spam is no longer a problem. Settings | Donate

  Google Translator
» V.J.Catkick (url)
Translate your blog from sidebar instantly

  Google XML Sitemaps
» Arne Brachhold (url)
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.

  Image Widget
» Modern Tribe, Inc. (url)
A simple image widget that uses the native WordPress media manager to add image widgets to your site.

  My Page Order
» Andrew Charlton (url)
My Page Order allows you to set the order of pages through a drag and drop interface. The default method of setting the order page by page is extremely clumsy, especially with a large number of pages.

  Really simple Facebook Twitter share buttons
» WhileTrue (url)
Puts Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google “+1″, Pinterest and other share buttons of your choice above or below your posts.

  Recent Posts Slider
» Neha Goel (url)
Recent Posts Slider displays your blog’s recent posts either with excerpt or thumbnail images using slider.

  Social Media Widget
» Blink Web Effects (url)
Adds links to all of your social media and sharing site profiles. Tons of icons come in 3 sizes, 4 icon styles, and 4 animations.

  Twitter Widget
» Sean Spalding (url)
Adds a sidebar widget to display Twitter updates (uses the Javascript Twitter ‘widgets’)

  WordPress Hit Counter
» Gary-adam Shannon (url)
Displays an odometer hit counter on your blog, simple and easy to configure. Visit Settings->Hit Counter after activating.

  WP-PluginsUsed
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.

  WPMS Mobile Edition
» RavanH, Crowd Favorite (url)
Show your mobile visitors a site presentation designed just for them. Rich experience for iPhone, Android, etc. and clean simple formatting for less capable mobile browsers. Cache-friendly with a Carrington-based theme, and progressive enhancement for advanced mobile browsers. Tip jar.

  WP Random Header
» Callum Macdonald (url)
Randomly chooses a header image for compatible themes (like twentyten or twentyeleven). Header images are chosen from wp-content/header-images/ and are set via the theme_mod_header_image filter.