Comments on: My Favorite WordPress Plugins for 2010

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 18:45:22 +0000

I don’t use Tweet This for auto-tweeting — I use it for the bookmarking capability. And if it becomes outdated, I’ll just find another option or go back to Sociable. I consider auto-tweeting to be spamming, so I definitely won’t be using something like WordTwit if that’s that primary function of it. Thanks anyway.

By: Gisi

Gisi — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:02:54 +0000

Unfortunately Tweet This will no longer be updated, I’m using WordTwit to autopost on Twitter.

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:59:16 +0000

Gravatar support is built into WordPress, so I don’t use any plugins for that. I believe the settings are in the discussion settings section in your WP admin area.

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 23:29:37 +0000

Jenn:
Recommendations for Gravatar plugins?

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:03:09 +0000

I haven’t finished the e-book version yet (keep hitting roadblocks along the way), but the free version is still available in the posts at . They should still be the most recent posts there. Later this week those posts will be moving to this blog though (so if you don’t find them at that link, take a peek in the marketing section here).

By: Kristen J. Gough

Kristen J. Gough — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 22:13:26 +0000

I’m in the process of rebranding my blog and going from Blogger to WP. I never liked that I couldn’t really get into the coding on Blogger. Looks like I need to check out your 30-day boot camp. Do you mind passing along the link?

Also, I second Moe’s fav Comment Luv.

By: Moe

Moe — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 20:25:10 +0000

I use many of the ones you mentioned. The Seth one is definitely cool so I’m going to check it out.

Some of my favorites (not already listed above): Comment Luv, Twitter tools hashtag, Broken Link Checker, One Click Plugin Updater and Easy Contact.

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:55:58 +0000

Excellent–thanks for the insight, Jenn.

By: Jennifer Mattern

Jennifer Mattern — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:25:42 +0000

I haven’t had many of these problems. Problems happen when plugin creators choose the same custom field names or something as another plugin you’re using already.

To avoid it just install and activate one at a time. Install, activate, and check your blog (admin and front end) make sure things are working. Then add another. If you come into a problem, then you’ll know one of them involved.

If you do have two conflicting plugins, just deactivate then reactivate them one at a time (noting if the problem goes away on deactivation). Once they’re identified, you just need to find a substitute plugin for one of the functions you want. It’s been a while since I’ve run into an issue, but it’s usually when you’re using two similar plugins (two plugins for SEO for example).

By: Cathy Miller

Cathy Miller — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:10:59 +0000

Hi Jenn:

I am going to be releasing a new business blog soon. I have a personal blog and just moved to WordPress (using a lot of your 30-Day Bootcamp suggestions!). My learning curve has been more than I expected on WordPress. My question is this. Do you find problems with having so many plug-ins? To quote your Bootcamp – some plug-ins don’t play nice with each other. I’ve run into that. Any suggestions?

Thanks–have a great 2010! Continued success.