WordPress Plugins to Make Blogging or Podcasting Easier

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Presented by Daniel J. Lewis

WordPress plugins should make things easier for your or your website visitors. With that premise, I’ll share several free plugins for your WordPress site whether you’re blogging or podcasting:

Images

• Grab & Save
• jQuery Colorbox

Comments

Use either of the following to enhance commenting.

• IntenseDebate Comments
• Disqus Comment System
• CommentLuv
• LiveFyre

Social sharing

Use one of the following to integrate social sharing in your site.

• ShareBar
• ShareThis
• AddThis

Stats

• Google Analytics for WordPress
• Woopra Analytics Plugin

Email and privacy

• Contact Form 7
• CryptX

Making money

• AdRotate
• Amazon Reloaded for WordPress

Search-engine optimization (SEO)

• A good theme (I like Genesis, Standard Theme, or Thesis)
• All-in-One SEO Pack
• WordPress SEO

Friendly links

Use either of these plugins to create shorter, friendly links.

• Pretty Link Lite
• Simple URLs

Site speed

Use one of the follow to cache your site and make it run faster.

• Hyper Cache
• WP Super Cache
• W3 Total Cache

Mobile-friendly

Either of these will make your site usable to mobile devices.

• A really good theme
• WPTouch
• Learn responsive web design

Podcasting

• Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting plugin

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These plugins are easy to use and don’t require any HTML, CSS, PHP, MySQL, or Javascript, and no animals will be harmed in the making-easier of your blog.

This is an interactive discussion, some come with opinions and favorite WordPress plugins of your own! Add to or discuss the suggestions that arise.

Listen to my podcast episode on WordPress Plugins for Podcasters and Bloggers.