30+ New Useful WordPress Tricks & Hacks

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As an experienced WordPress user, we keep ourselves updated with the development of the core, plugin releases and useful WordPress tips and tricks shared by developers and enthusiasts. In today’s post, we’d like to share with you updated WordPress tips and tricks and plugins that are interesting and useful. Without further ado, here’s another 30+ More Useful WordPress Tricks & Hacks.

Full list after jump.

  1. Antivirus for Wordpress

    AntiVirus for WordPress monitors malicious injections and warns you of any possible attacks.

    antivirus

  2. Digg/bury blog comments like Digg.com

    This plugin will allow users to digg / bury every thread of your comments, thus find out the most valuable comments as well as the human-spammers.

    comment digg

  3. Spell, Style and Grammar check with After the Deadline

    Smart plugin that uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing technology to find your writing errors and offer smart suggestions.

    after the deadline

  4. Detect Adblocker and display alternative

    Anti-AdBlock WordPress Plugin detects if a regular visitor to your blog (10 visits by default) has AdBlock software enabled. If so, it will display a floating notification message on the 11th visit to your visitor.

    adblock

  5. Insert anything into Wordpress Blog Post – WP-Insert

    An allrounder wordpress plugin which takes care of it all be it your ads, your feeds, your tracking codes even the way you edit your posts!

    wp-insert plugin

  6. Improved web typography in WordPress – WP-typography

    A one stop shop for improved web typography in WordPress. Ability includes:

    • Hyphenation
    • Spacing control, including: gluing values to units, widow protection, and forced internal wrapping of long URLs & email addresses.
    • Intelligent character replacement, including smart handling of: quote marks ( "foo" ), dashes ( foo - bar ), ellipses ( … ), trademarks ( ™ ), math symbols ( 1024×768 ), fractions ( 12/23 ), and ordinal suffixes ( 3rd )
    • CSS hooks for styling: ampersands (class "amp"), acronyms (class "caps"), numbers (class "numbers"), initial single quotes (class "quo"), and initial double quotes & guillemets (class "dquo").

    wp-typography

  7. Improve page load time – WP Minify

    Once enabled, this plugin will combine and compress JS and CSS files to improve page load time.

    wp-minify

  8. Disable Comments in Old Posts via PHP

    Simply set the desired number of days by changing the number “30” to whatever you would like. As is, this script will close comments, pingbacks and trackbacks on all articles posted more than 30 days ago.

  9. Custom ‘Read More’ and Thumbnailed Recent Posts

    Display a customized Read More message and display related post in Thumbnails by manipulating Wordpress custom fields.

    thumbnail related post

  10. Add shadows to a range of objects

    Wordpress Shadows plugin is a plugin to add shadows to a range of objects. Currently supported are images, divs and blockquotes.

    shadows

  11. Implement E-Commerce Shopping Cart – WP e-Commerce

    State-of-the-art e-Commerce platform with a focus on aesthetics, web standards and usability. Similar plugin: MiniCart

    instinct

  12. Alternative way to display dates – WP-RelativeDate

    Change date displays to ‘Today’, ‘Yesterday’, ‘2 Days Ago‘, ‘2 Weeks Ago‘, ‘2 ‘Seconds Ago‘, ‘2 Minutes Ago‘, ‘2 Hours Ago‘.

  13. Vote Post Up/Down

    This plugin adds voting functionality for posts. This function is similar to Reddit or Digg, in that visitors can vote for and against.

    vote post

    vote post

  14. Wordpress Thread Comment

    An enhancement for Wordpress’s comment function. It enables users to reply on a exist comment, and the discussion will be displayed threaded or nested.

    threaded comments

  15. Add private notes to Wordpress blog post

    How to leave admin-visible notes on a public visible blog posts.

  16. Customized Greeting Messages – WP Greet Box

    This plugin lets you show a different greeting message to your new visitors depending on their referrer url. For example, when a Digg user clicks through from Digg, they will see a message reminding them to digg your post if they like it. Similar plugin: Referrer Detector

    wpgreet

  17. Allow users to upload and share photos at ease – PhotoSmash Galleries

    PhotoSmash Galleries makes it easy to create photo galleries in posts or pages that your users can upload images to. Click here for a demo.

    photosmash

  18. Thank your commentators with Thank Me Later

    Automatically sends out thank you emails to readers after they post a comment. By default, it will send emails out after 1 day to remind readers of their comments and to get them engaged with future discussion and your blog. Comment Relish is another similar plugin worth a mention.

    thank me later

  19. Paginated Comments

    Plugin that gives you the ability to break your comments into a number of search engine optimized pages. Particulary useful if you have a lot of comments on blog posts.

    paginate comments

  20. Check for Broken Links

    This plugin will monitor your blog looking for broken links and let you know if any are found. It also works for images.

  21. Manage who sees the ads

    Advanced ad management plugin that lets you decide who will see your ads, depending on user defined conditions. Click here to see a demo.

    ad manager

  22. Wordpress Download Counter

    Shows the current download count and even refreshes the count every 15 seconds automatically.

    download counter

  23. Add Post Thumbnails with ease – Simple Post Thumbnails

    With the Simple Post Thumbnails plugin, adding thumbnail images to your posts is as easy as uploading any image (no editing required) and clicking the “Update Post” button. Upon upload, the plugin will re-size and crop the selected image according to whatever parameters you specify within the plugin configuration.

    simple post thumbs

  24. Display Thumbnails for Related Post

    How to increase pageviews by adding thumbnails to related posts using the popular YARPP plugin and Wordpress custom fields.

    related post thumbnails

     

  25. Link Codes to 33 Social Bookmarking Sites

    If you prefer to manage and control your own blog posts’ permalinks to their respective social bookmarking sites instead of using plugins, these Wordpress link codes will come in handy.

    wordpress link codes

  26. Display Random Posts from Category

    List random posts from a chosen category. You can choose how many posts to display, and whether to show the excerpt or the full content in addition to the post title.

    random fro category

  27. Mass manage Wordpress custom fields

    Useful plugin to help people who use WordPress to manage their post’s custom fields with ease.

    custom field manager

  28. Create beautiful blogroll down-drop (without Javascripts)

    Title says it all. Click here for a demo.

    dropdown blogroll

  29. Automatically insert content after each post

    If you have something you’d like to insert in every blog post, this trick will save you from manually inserting them to each post one by one.

  30. Better commenting functions and management with Intense Debate

    A great commenting module that makes the default Wordpress module looks really dumb. Read more about what Intense Debate can do.

    intense debate

  31. Better Wordpress Search Page

    By using a template file you can completely control the look and feel of the search results page.

    better search

  32. Filter content by country

    This plugins allows you to control the visibility of Wordpress elements depending on the users country of origin. You can hide or show certain elements of a page or some sections of a post from users browsing from a particular country.

  33. Create your own private Twitter site using WordPress

    Turn your Wordpress blog into Twitter alike site.

    twitter alike wordpress

More Useful Tricks & Hacks

Here are more useful Wordpress tricks and hacks related articles we’ve previously published. If you come across any good one that we’ve missed, please let us know :-)

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Posted by hongkiat in Wordpress , at 08.12.09

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Comments

  1. Jay Philips August 12th, 2009

    Great list. Thank you for putting this collection together.

    Reply
  2. david August 12th, 2009

    Thanks, it was awesome!

    Reply
  3. Desktop-walls August 12th, 2009

    Hey Those are Some new Ones,
    I am going to Try all comment related tricks and plugins

    Reply
  4. Trendy Wordpress Themes August 12th, 2009

    Thanks, good tricks here

    Reply
  5. teys August 12th, 2009

    great post! will give these a try… thanks!

    Reply
  6. Stefan (Webdesigner) August 12th, 2009

    Very nice collection, but most aren’t that hold. What you might add is a Cheat Sheet for Wordpress. That’s not THAT new, but it’s basics for all that Tricks. ;-)

    Reply
  7. townguyz August 12th, 2009

    awesome tips, im new for wordpress. Trick looks tricky..

    Reply
  8. Zach Dunn August 13th, 2009

    This is a great starting point for taking themes up a level. Thanks for including one of Build Internet’s tutorials!

    Reply
  9. Akshay August 13th, 2009

    Very well combined, you can find some hacks over here http://softloads.in/wordpress/wordpress-tricks-and-hacks/

    Reply
  10. Mia August 13th, 2009

    The “Filter content by Country” plugin section of this article has the wrong link :(

    Reply
  11. Mezanul August 13th, 2009

    Great list of hacks and plugins! But as Stefan suggests a Cheat sheet for Wordpress is much appreciated. Thanks.

    Reply
  12. Web Hosting Reviews August 13th, 2009

    Wow!This is a new kind of idea that was shared in this article.
    This is really an informative article which gives much more knowledge and tricks on hacks.

    This is really interesting!

    Reply
  13. iphoneholic August 13th, 2009

    great post and collections hk

    Reply
  14. Friedbeef August 13th, 2009

    SUper!!! I’m gonna do the related thumbnails one…

    Reply
  15. hongkiat August 13th, 2009

    @Mia We are so sorry, it’s now fixed :-)

    Reply
  16. Joanne August 13th, 2009

    Hi,

    Thanks for putting together useful Wordpress plugins that I never know about. I will explore them one by one.

    Reply
  17. CreativePics August 13th, 2009

    Some of them I already read them somewhere and some of them are cool since I never know such tricks/hacks exist.

    Great work.

    Reply
  18. John Hoff - WpBlogHost August 13th, 2009

    Excellent list. I love these kinds of posts. I also like the Bluetrait Event Viewer plugin so you can see what all your WordPress install is doing, who logs in and out, etc.

    Reply
  19. Luis Lopez August 13th, 2009

    What an excellent post I’ll try some fo these because they look really helpful for getting more visitor time visit.
    thanks Hongkiat

    Reply
  20. Wallpapers August 13th, 2009

    Thanks for sharing new stuff , all these are really cool and useful

    Reply
  21. Traffic Schools August 13th, 2009

    Great list you have put together! My all time favorite should be Detect Adblocker and display alternative – It becomes very handy if you have sources of revenue other than ads.

    Reply
  22. Vim August 13th, 2009

    Thanks for the post, great post i must add, i using wordpress and was finding ways of how to implement thumbnails into the recent posts, thanks again because you have a tool in this post which i can use!

    Reply
  23. daren August 13th, 2009

    Tks again HongKiat for the great plug-ins suggested. Awesome list!

    I am looking for a plug-in that can help convert my site for mobile users…. do u know of any good plug-ins for suggestion?

    Tks again!

    Reply
  24. Enemy of Average August 13th, 2009

    Brilliant list!! Thanks!

    Reply
  25. Silver Firefly August 13th, 2009

    Thanks for the list! Bookmarked and tweeted!

    Reply
  26. Pjan August 13th, 2009

    great is the only word i can say. This will be really usefull tips for me as a newbie.

    Reply
  27. Peter August 14th, 2009

    Spelling of “grammer” must be changed to “grammar”

    Reply
  28. Marcell August 14th, 2009

    Very good post! These are some good hack!

    Reply
  29. Ajay August 14th, 2009

    Thanks for recommending Better Search :)

    Reply
  30. Rahul August 14th, 2009

    Word Press rocks. Awesome compilation of tools for WordPress.

    Reply
  31. abdullah August 14th, 2009

    great collection , thanks :) ..

    Reply
  32. Freelance Jobs August 14th, 2009

    Wow… Nice WordPress collections…

    Reply
  33. lightdes August 14th, 2009

    Cool, I like the antivirus and thumbnail related post the most, but your list is more to plugin than hack…

    Reply
  34. V.C August 14th, 2009

    I used to use wp-minify but it compressed my file and made my site look very simple.
    I have a question: How can I prevent ddos? I’m really care about that.

    Reply
  35. Rakesh Juyal August 14th, 2009

    very nice collection, please write a post for Blogspot tricks as well.

    Thanks

    Reply
  36. Richard Castera August 15th, 2009

    Great list! Thanks!

    Reply
  37. Cindy Bruce August 15th, 2009

    Great list and very helpful to us newbies – thank you.

    Reply
  38. Josh Stauffer August 16th, 2009

    Great list! I enjoyed reading “Automatically insert content after each post.”

    Reply
  39. Feby August 17th, 2009

    thanks a lot, that’s a good information.

    Reply
  40. Leather Furniture Indonesia August 17th, 2009

    Great tools compilation.

    Reply
  41. Altis Lo (Beaulife) August 19th, 2009

    This compilation is really an eye-opener to me as a supporter of WordPress. Thank you for the cool recommendations.

    Reply
  42. jason August 21st, 2009

    This is the best site ever…

    Reply
  43. MJ Stapleford Corporate Identity August 21st, 2009

    The broken link checker is a nice idea. Will look more into this one. Thank you for the helpful list.

    Reply
  44. David Leonhardt SEO consultant August 22nd, 2009

    Thanks for the list and the explanations. There are a couple I’ll have to check out for my blogs.

    Reply
  45. Rei August 22nd, 2009

    Awesome

    Reply
  46. Stefan August 22nd, 2009

    Really great and comprehensive roundup. I’m going to save some of the, so thank you.

    Reply
  47. Jackson Guitars August 22nd, 2009

    Why would you want to disable comments on older posts? (re: Disable Comments in Old Posts via PHP)

    I figure new comments on older posts would keep that old post alive…thoughts?

    Reply
  48. zoe4everf August 23rd, 2009

    thanks

    Reply
  49. SuperMario290 August 26th, 2009

    Another reason why I love this site! Keep up the amazing lists, and thanks a million you guys! :D

    Reply
  50. thaidigg August 27th, 2009

    i find Awesome Thumbnailed Recent Posts plug in so long time
    Thanks lot!

    Reply
  51. Suneel August 28th, 2009

    No word to thank you for writing this awesome post. I am working on customizing a theme and I am going to use some of these plugins for sure.

    Some were unknown to me even after this long time. Thanks again.

    Reply
  52. MaiTiano August 29th, 2009

    Your post content are always awesome. Thanks guys.

    Reply
  53. jtop September 5th, 2009

    Nice :P

    Reply
  54. Gary September 26th, 2009

    great list, have downloaded most of the plugins

    Reply
  55. Muhammad Faisal Jawaid Attari October 6th, 2009

    u guys are really very helpful for new comers in IT field. i like ur all post specially beautiful and enticing blog post..

    keep it up :)

    Reply
  56. Thailandblog October 10th, 2009

    I like the anti adblock plugin

    Reply
  57. gatelband October 15th, 2009

    Thank’s

    Reply
  58. learning graphics November 20th, 2009

    very nice sharing us thanks

    Reply

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