What WordPress plugins do you use?

[Grant Palin]

I've just gotten started with WordPress, and it's pretty nice. One feature I particularly like is the extensibility through plugins.

I've done some searching for WP plugins, and there's so darn many out there! So, what plugins do WP users on these forums use? Are there any that you find particularly useful, and would recommend to others?

[gsnedders]

I have an up to date list at my blog's about page (http://blog.geoffers.uni.cc/about/#colophon), big surprise for the location.

[JamieR]

I've just got wordpress 1.5 installed along with WPBlacklist..thats it really. I've just got it running bare until I finish my site.

[Grant Palin]

Error 404: do you use a plugin to do the syntax highlighting in your Easy CSV post? If so, which plugin do you use? I've been looking for a syntax-highlighting plugin since I will likely be posting bits of code on my blog.

[gsnedders]

I just use PHP 5's highlight_string() function, which uses <span style="color: #xxxxxx"> then dump the the output in my post.

[Grant Palin]

Ah yes, I saw that on the PHP website. Although from what I read, it works best with colouring PHP code...I'm looking for a more generic one. I've found a few particular ones that are looking good, I just need to decide which to try first.

[JamieR]

I just use PHP 5's highlight_string() function

It's also available in PHP 4, lol :D

[gsnedders]

It's also available in PHP 4, lol :D
That outputs <font color="#xxxxxx">

[JamieR]

O not exactly semantic then.

[Grant Palin]

Although I have read that you can capture the PHP 4 output into a variable, and run a regular expression to convert the font tags into span tags with the color attribute as a style.

[Jalenack]

Sounds pretty pointless to me...caring about <font color=""> vs. <span style="color:">. They are exactly the same, semantically. Both suck equally. The span one just takes up more space. The only thing you would have to worry about is validating your XHTML...but whatever.

[Grant Palin]

If that's the way you feel, then fair enough. I don't believe that XHTML standards are the be-all and end-all of things, but I do make reasonable efforts to ensure that my HTML is up to date and correct.

[Jalenack]

I feel the same way about xHTML. I buffer my content from wordpress to be html instead of xhtml.

Anyways, back to the subject. I live for Wordpress plugins. Here's the list that currently is active:

Witty Text - http://www.w-a-s-a-b-i.com/archives/2004/05/27/wordpress-random-witty-text-plugin/
Author Images - http://www.coffee2code.com/wp-plugins/#authorimages
EzStatic - http://www.asymptomatic.net/wp-hacks
Recent Comments - http://blog.jodies.de/archiv/2004/11/13/recent-comments/
Poll - http://www.lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming.php
Live Comment Preview - http://www.chrisjdavis.org/2004/03/15/live-preview-for-comments/
WP Gatekeeper - http://www.meyerweb.com/eric/tools/wordpress/wp-gatekeeper/
Wordpress Users Online - http://www.lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming.php
Spell Checker - http://www.coldforged.org/spelling-checker-plugin-for-wordpress/


I also run some of my own stuff. I have a plugin that I'm almost ready to release, for live shoutbox comments. You can check it out at my blog, along with all the other plugins, at http://blog.jalenack.com

I like to keep my wordpress install clean of my own code so that if I have to upgrade I can do it easily. So I have my own plugin for myself with functions I want to use, and then use filters and actions (those very handy built-in content modifiers in wordpress).

Oh, and nothing beats Eric Meyer's spam stopper, WP Gatekeeper. It's very simple, easy to use, and doesn't filter out real people. Sweet!