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WordPress® For Dummies®, 4th Edition
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WordPress® For Dummies®, 4th Edition

by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
September 2011
Beginner content levelBeginner
514 pages
10h 6m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 14

Ten Popular WordPress Plugins

In This Chapter

arrow Finding popular WordPress plugins

arrow Using plugins to enhance your blog

In this chapter, I list ten of the most popular plugins available for your WordPress blog. This list isn’t exhaustive by any means; hundreds of excellent WordPress plugins can, and do, provide multiple ways to extend the functionality of your blog. And if these ten plugins aren’t enough for you, you can find many more at the official WordPress Plugin Directory (http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins).

remember.eps The greatest plugin of all is Akismet, which I describe in Chapter 10. Akismet is the answer to comment and trackback spam; it kills spam dead. It’s installed with WordPress. Chapter 10 contains information on how to locate, download, unpack, install, activate, and manage plugins in your WordPress blog.

WP Print

Developer: Lester Chan

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-print

WP Print is one of several WordPress plugins developed by Lester Chan. While visiting the official WordPress Plugin Directory, do a search for the term gamerz, and you will find all of the plugins created by Lester. They’re all great plugins and worth a look.

WP Print is an easy-to-use ...

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