Plugins Used

These are the Wordpress plugins that we use on this blog to fight Spam, get links to Amazon and other such stuff.

Active Plugins

  Advanced Random Posts 2.3
» Yakup GÖVLER (url)
Display random posts from selected categories or current category or all posts with thumbnail images (optional).

  Akismet 2.4.0
» Automattic (url)
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need an API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin.

  Amazon Reloaded for WordPress 5.0.6
» Nick Ohrn of Plugin-Developer.com (url)
Quickly and easily insert links to and images of products from Amazon.com using this plugin’s intuitive search capabilities.

  Amazon Wishlist 1.0
» Ben Coleman (url)
Display any Amazon wishlist in the sidebar, show the images and the items

  Contextual Related Posts 1.6.3
» Ajay D'Souza (url)
Show user defined number of contextually related posts. Based on the plugin by Mark Ghosh. Configure…

  Daiko's Text Widget 0.9.4
» Rune Fjellheim (url)
Works basically like the Text widget, but it will also take PHP code and includes conditional tags to specify where to show. An extension of the Execphp widget by Otto at http://ottodestruct.com.

  DynamicWP Featured Post 1.0
» Reza Erauansyah (url)
The Plugin will create list of featured posts, displayed as a widget. credit to http://jquery.malsup.com/cycle/ for the jquery.cycle.js plugin

  Fast Secure Contact Form 2.9
» Mike Challis (url)
Fast Secure Contact Form for WordPress. The contact form lets your visitors send you a quick E-mail message. Blocks all common spammer tactics. Spam is no longer a problem. Includes a CAPTCHA and Akismet support. Does not require JavaScript. Settings | Donate

  Newsletters 3.7
» Tribulant Software (url)
Allow users to subscribe to mutliple mailing lists on your WordPress website. Send newsletters manually or from posts, manage newsletter templates, view a complete history with tracking, import/export subscribers, accept paid subscriptions and much more.

  NextGEN Gallery 1.5.5
» Alex Rabe (url)
A NextGENeration Photo gallery for the Web 2.0.

  PHPlist 1.7
» Jesse Heap (url)
Allows you to easily integrate the PHPList subscribe form in your blog

  Podcasting Plugin by TSG 2.3.11
» TSG & Spiral Web Consulting (plugin originator) (url)
Podcasting enhances WordPress’ existing podcast support by adding multiple iTunes-compatible feeds, media players, and an easy to use interface.

  Random Posts widget 1.5.0
» Ady Romantika (url)
Display Random Posts Widget. Based on Random categories with random posts by Mike Stickel.

  Remove Wordpress to WordPress filter 1.1
» Tom Lany (url)
In WordPress 3.0, a filter changes all instances of “Wordpress” in posts, titles, and comments to “WordPress”. This turns the filter off.

  Scripturizer 1.55
» Dean Peters, ported by Glen Davis, updates by LaurenceO.com (url)
Changes Bible references to hyperlinks for Wordpress 1.5 and above. If you have a higher version of Wordpress you might want to upgrade the plugin.

  SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam 2.6.2
» Mike Challis (url)
Adds CAPTCHA anti-spam methods to WordPress on the comment form, registration form, login, or all. This prevents spam from automated bots. Also is WPMU and BuddyPress compatible. Settings | Donate

  Simple Image Widget 1.3
» Chris Vickio (url)
Using this widget you can easily place an image and link in the sidebar. Supports multiple instances, so you can use it multiple times in multiple sidebars.

  Sociable for WordPress 3.0 5.09
» Tom Pokress (url)
Sociable people need sociable! Sociable now for WordPress 3.0. Add sociable bookmarks to posts, pages and RSS feeds

  Tag Dropdown Widget 1.7
» Erick Hitter (url)
Creates a dropdown list of tags as an alternative to the tag cloud. Widget provides numerous options to tailor the output to fit your site. Dropdown function can also be called directly for use in non-widget themes using <?php if( function_exists( 'generateTagDropdown' ) ) { echo generateTagDropdown( $args ); } ?> where $args is an array of function arguments.

  TweetMeme Retweet Button 1.8.6
» TweetMeme (url)
Adds a button which easily lets you retweet your blog posts.

  Twitter Tools 2.4
» Crowd Favorite (url)
A complete integration between your WordPress blog and Twitter. Bring your tweets into your blog and pass your blog posts to Twitter. Show your tweets in your sidebar, and post tweets from your WordPress admin.

  Where did they go from here 1.4.2
» Ajay D'Souza (url)
Show “Readers who viewed this page, also viewed” links on your page. Much like Amazon.com’s product pages. Based on the plugin by Mark Ghosh.

  WordPress.com Stats 1.7.3
» Andy Skelton (url)
Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks. Requires a WordPress.com API key.

  WordPress Database Backup 2.2.2
» Austin Matzko (url)
On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Tools → Backup to get started.

  WordPress Mobile Pack 1.2.3
» James Pearce & friends (url)
The WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog. It includes a mobile switcher, filtered widgets, and content adaptation for mobile device characteristics. Activating this plugin will also install a selection of mobile themes by ribot, a top UK mobile design team, and Forum Nokia. These adapt to different families of devices, such as Nokia and WebKit browsers (including Android, iPhone and Palm). If enabled, your site will be listed on mpexo, a directory of mobile-friendly blogs. Also check out the documentation and the forums. If you like the plugin, please rate us on the WordPress directory. And if you don’t, let us know how we can improve it!

  WP-Cron 1.4
» Scott Merrill (url)
periodic execution of actions

  WP-Cron-Mail 1.2
» Scott Merrill (url)
Does blog-by-email stuff, in conjunction with WP-Cron

  WP-Cron Dashboard 1.1
» Scott Merrill (url)
regularly updates the WP dashboard; requires WP-Cron.

  WP-Cron Future Pings 1.2
» Scott Merrill (url)
pings updated services forfuture-dated posts. Requires WP-Cron.

  WP-Cron Gravatar Cache 1.0
» Scott Merrill (url)
Periodically refreshes the cached gravatar images

  WP-Cron Moderation 1.2
» Scott Merrill (url)
Sends hourly emails notification of pending moderation requests

  WP-Cron Reminder 1.1
» Scott Merrill (url)
sends an email (roughly) every 15 and 60 minutes; required WP-Cron.

  WP-Cron UpdateLinks 1.1
» Matt Read (url)
regularly pings your WP update-links.php; requires WP-Cron.

  WP-PluginsUsed 1.50
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.

Inactive Plugins

  Adsense Optimizer 3.0
» gnarf (url)
Ads Google Adsense ads automatically to your blog.

  After The Deadline 0.49007
» Raphael Mudge (url)
Adds a contextual spell, style, and grammar checker to WordPress. Write better and spend less time editing. Visit your profile to configure. See the Proofreading Support page for help.

  AudioBoo WP 1.2
» BestBefore (url)
AudioBoo plugin. See also: AudioBoo website.

  AVH Amazon 3.3.1
» Peter van der Does (url)
This plugin gives you the abillity to add multiple widgets which will display one or more random item(s) from your Amazon wishlist, baby registry and/or wedding registry. It also has the ability to show items, with their link, in posts and pages by use of shortcode.

  Easy AdSense 2.95
» Manoj Thulasidas (url)
Easiest way to show AdSense and make money from your blog. Configure it at Settings → Easy AdSense.

  Hello Dolly 1.5.1
» Matt Mullenweg (url)
This is not just a plugin, it symbolizes the hope and enthusiasm of an entire generation summed up in two words sung most famously by Louis Armstrong: Hello, Dolly. When activated you will randomly see a lyric from Hello, Dolly in the upper right of your admin screen on every page.

  Hungred Feature Post List 2.0.3
» Clay lua (url)
This plugin is design for hungred.com and people who face the same problem! Please visit the plugin page for more information.

  Must Read Posts 2.0.1
» trick77 (url)
Retrieves posts and pages with a certain custom field (e.g. to permanently show your most recommended posts in a widget) and displays them in a list. Use it as a widget or place it in your templates or exec-php fragments using <?php get_mustread(); ?>

  Peter's Custom Anti-Spam 3.1.4
» Peter Keung (url)
Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a random word displayed as an image before commenting. You can customize the pool of words to display.

  Smart Youtube 3.7
» Vladimir Prelovac (url)
Insert YouTube videos in posts, comments and RSS feeds with ease and full customization.

  Snap Shots™ Plugin 1.3
» Ajay D'Souza (url)
Add Snap Shots to your blog. Go to Options >> Snap Shots to configure.

  Twitter Tools - Bit.ly URLs 2.4
» Crowd Favorite (url)
Use Bit.ly for URL shortening with Twitter Tools. This plugin relies on Twitter Tools, configure it on the Twitter Tools settings page.

  Twitter Tools - Exclude Category 2.4
» Crowd Favorite (url)
Exclude posts in certain categories from being tweeted by Twitter Tools. This plugin relies on Twitter Tools, configure it on the Twitter Tools settings page.

  Twitter Tools - Hashtags 2.4
» Crowd Favorite (url)
Set #hashtags for blog post tweets sent by Twitter Tools. This plugin relies on Twitter Tools, configure it on the Twitter Tools settings page.

  Twitter Widget Pro 2.2.0
» Aaron D. Campbell (url)
A widget that properly handles twitter feeds, including @username, #hashtag, and link parsing. It can even display profile images for the users. Requires PHP5.

  Ultimate Google Analytics 1.6.0
» Wilfred van der Deijl (url)
Enable Google Analytics on your blog. Has options to also track external links, mailto links and links to downloads on your own site. Check http://www.oratransplant.nl/uga/#versions for version updates

  Wordpress PDA & iPhone 1.2.8
» Imthiaz Rafiq (url)
This plugin helps the users to view your blog in a pda and iPhone browser.