
Have you ever came across a Wordpress blog, saw something you liked, and questions like ‘how they did that‘, ‘is that a plugin or hack?‘, ‘where can I get those cool mods‘ begin to pop? Well, it’s really pretty normal because most of us did the same thing. For this article we’ve spent time with some 14 Wordpress bloggers, finding out what kinda hacks and plugins they are really looking for to enhance their blog in any aspect. Here’s our outcome, 40+ most wanted Wordpress tips and hacks, including those you don’t even knew the keywords to search for.
While you are at it, here’s few more Wordpress related articles we’ve previously written:
- 49 Most downloaded Wordpress themes
- Wordpress themes for Video Blogging
- 20 Desktop blogging clients
- 16 Wordpress premium themes that don’t suck
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Display categories in horizontal Drop-Down menu
Instead of using your categories in sidebar, you can put them up on the navigation bar, dropping down the sub categories in second-level drop down.
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Add Gravatar for post author
How about adding Gravatar to your post titles to highlight the comment author?
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Using custom page as homepage
Instead of showing recent entries as main page on your blog, customize it!
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Add author bio on every blog post
For multi-authored blogs, adding the bio info of each author at the bottom of their respective posts is a good way to give props to the author as well as providing information to the readers as to who that person is without having to refer to an about me page.
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Display recent post from specific category
Control recent post of any categories you want to display.
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Highlight author’s comments
This helps differenciate the author’s comments away from the rest. Useful for commentators to spot which are comments made by the author.
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Create thumbnails for each blog post and displays them
How to create thumbnails for each blog post, use them anywhere you want, make your post more interesting.
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Create and show categories image
How to add some simple PHP code to your Wordpress template and make linked images appear instead of text for your categories in posts.
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Format images for feed readers
Get your blog content to display properly, even in feeds.
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Create really cool Wordpress date button
Display your blot post’s date in the form of button.
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Hiding Advertisements For Single Posts
Quick and easy way to hide advertisements for any particular post by making some minor changes to your theme.
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Creating a dynamic sticky
There are some news you just want them to stay on top.
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Customize Error 404 page
Create a new Error 404 page of your own.
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Protect CSS Mods for ANY WordPress Theme
Implementing a custom stylesheet that simply overrides the styles defined in the theme’s original stylesheet
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Make your blog Digg proof
Tweaks and settings to add to your blog to take the Digg effect.
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Using Wordpress as Membership Directory
Create a moderated membership directory that showcases your member’s information.
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4 Ways to speed up your wordpress blog
Some quick tips on how to speed up your self-hosted WordPress site.
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Create mobile version of your blog
Create a mobile version of the website within clicks with Mofuse.
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Open links in new windows (by default)
Title’s pretty self-explainatory, make all links open in new window.
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Turn Wordpress blog into CMS (Content Management System)
Your Wordpress blog don’t have to look like a typical blog display. It can be something more fun.
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WordPress Thumbnail Size Limit Hack
Don’t like the default thumbnail JPEG quality? Change it.
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Automatically post Del.icio.us daily link to Wordpress
Get more daily post on blog, from del.icio.us
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Create a peel away effect on blog
Very effective way to market products and bring more attention to pages you want visitors to focus.
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Seperate Comments from Trackbacks/Pingbacks
Get a clear view on what are comments, what’s not.
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Blog Alone or Together with Writely
Writely is one of my favorte Web 2.0 apps. It’s a full-fledged web-based word processor that you can access from anywhere. Think of it as Microsoft Word for the Web.
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Embed Google Ad in first wordpress post
The leading SEO (Search Engine Optimization) sites will tell you that placing an ad after the first post in your blog’s home page is particularly effective.
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Creating multiple single posts for different categories
Fast and simple way to assign a specific stylesheet for only one category of blog posts in a WordPress blog.
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Using WordPress Custom Fields
You can do pretty much anything you want with custom fields. Your imagination is your limit.
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Creating an Archive Index
Create single page with links to all your archived entries, arranged just so to form the main gateway into your blog’s past.
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Wicked WordPress Archives in One Easy Step
Provide specialized archive views that place a premium on scannability.
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Place a login form in the sidebar
Put a login on the front page of your Wordpress blog.
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Protect Wordpress post against hot-linking
Plugin for Wordpress that helps prevent image hotlinking as easy as installing and activating it.
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Moving a Static HTML Site to WordPress
how you retain the old URLs after moving static HTML to Wordpress.
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Build a Techmeme River of News Clone
Building something similar to Techmeme with Wordpress.
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Custom login page
This is more significant for multi author blogs, or sites you have set up for clients.
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How to Put Your Best Content Forward
Don’t let your best content get lost in the archives.
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Display Twitter messages in Wordpress
Customize the Twitter message display on your Wordpress blog.
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Add Stripe Ad to boost response / earnings
A new non-obtrusive way of displaying a single line of advertising message, a special note or other information right at the top of your blog
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How to Display Facebook Statuses on Wordpress Blog
Put your Facebook statuses directly on your wordpress blog. Works for both self-host Wordpress and Wordpress.com bloggers.
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Post text and image count
Counts and display number of words and images (leaving the default Wordpress smilies out)
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Place content only in RSS Feed
Ever wonder how some bloggers control some content to be shown only in RSS feed but not the blog. Here’s the plugin to do that – RSS Footer.
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Comments
Kay June 15th, 2008
This is awesome and very helpful~~
Replyahbing June 15th, 2008
PERFECT! I was configuring my wordpress whole afternoon. Came to hongkiat.com and try to look for more info. But couldn’t find any.
Few hours later, you published this entry. You’re my saviour, HK :D
ReplyFachia June 15th, 2008
very nice compilation. I’ve found something I’d never know before. Thanks..
ReplyRamy June 15th, 2008
You are the best, HK. This is awesome! Thx.
ReplySyahid A. June 15th, 2008
An awesome collection list of WP hacks HK. Dugg!
ReplyAshfame June 15th, 2008
Thanks for the resource list. Stumbled!
ReplyI was pointed to your blog by Ashish Mohta of Technospot.net
You got a good design here. I love your sleek sidebars.
KNizam June 15th, 2008
cool thanks ya :)
ReplyPachecus June 15th, 2008
Awesome list and very helpful.. thanks!!
Replynigelmcloughlin June 16th, 2008
thanks alot for the list
ReplyKeith Dsouza June 16th, 2008
Awesome list buddy quite useful really, I have bookmarked it so that I can come back to it at a later point.
stumbled and Dugg :)
ReplySandip June 16th, 2008
Best of best Hacks and Tricks List For Wordpress.Thanks alot for sharing this.most of the Tricks i didnt know.
ReplyMarvin June 16th, 2008
First i’m sorry, then i have been remove all content from you blog:)
ReplyKitkat June 16th, 2008
Wow, good collection of WP tricks and hacks! Thanks.
ReplyTravellerKit.Com June 16th, 2008
Wow, great post….thanks a lot HK….it’s perfect tricks…..
ReplyHamid June 16th, 2008
wery wery thanks :)
Replysyuxx June 16th, 2008
ohmy, this is really really useful!
Replythanks HK!
Johnson June 16th, 2008
really helpful list…
Replyhongkiat June 16th, 2008
Thanks, I’m glad you guys find it useful :-) If you have anything I’ve missed, appreciate a heads up. Keep the comments coming.
Replycalmhuang June 16th, 2008
thanks, Fav it now
ReplyIOSIS June 17th, 2008
Thanks, this will come in handy as I am redesigning my blog.
ReplyPChere June 17th, 2008
Lot of amazing tricks here. I think this is a great collection. Must read.
ReplyMyo Kyaw Htun June 17th, 2008
Great list! Stumbled!
Replysolar June 17th, 2008
this is really useful.Thanks!
ReplyMike June 18th, 2008
Great list.. Thanks
ReplyFenton June 18th, 2008
Saves me time to research and hang around, waiting the necessary things to be found. Worst, not sue what are the best WP addons could offer?
ReplyBrandon June 18th, 2008
Great list; thank you.
ReplyFriend June 18th, 2008
Wow, what a great listing. I’ll try some tricks to my Wordpress blog :)
ReplySangesh June 18th, 2008
Wow, this is an awesome list. Just impressive.
and congrats on making on top of del.icio.us
ur just rocks
ReplyVR June 18th, 2008
NIce. this is great stuff!
ReplyJohn Joubert June 18th, 2008
Very nice post! Was wondering about a couple of those plugins and where to get them! Very well done :)
ReplyCarlos Leopoldo June 19th, 2008
Nice list! very useful, I was looking for the “Create thumbnails for each blog post and displays them”
Thanks
ReplyGautam June 19th, 2008
This is awesome!!! I’ll try some of these out. More ways for us troubadours to spread our music across :)
Thank you!!
ReplyPosicionamiento web June 19th, 2008
Best list of plugins ever
Replyxiaomo June 19th, 2008
Thank you!!!!
ReplyCaleb June 20th, 2008
What a great list of hacks and plugins! Thank you so much for spending the time to put this together.
ReplyOkizoo June 21st, 2008
Great list of Wordpress Hacks. Didn’t see anything about Permalinks, SEO, or Multiple Social Bookmarking. However, on your blog you incorporate these points.
Replybatushaq June 21st, 2008
thanx guy
ReplyTony June 21st, 2008
Thanks for bringing all this tips together into one place. I have spent hours searching for some of them. Cheers.
ReplyMultimediedesigner June 22nd, 2008
Very nice list Honkiat. Thank you for sharring :D
ReplyRenato Tavares June 22nd, 2008
otima dica aprendi muito aqui
ReplyPavan Kumar June 22nd, 2008
That’s a great list… stumbled….
ReplyHectorMata June 22nd, 2008
Oh¡¡ Thanks, I’m going to translate it in to Spanish to my blog.
Thanks.
ReplyBye
wolkanca June 23rd, 2008
thanks alot for the list. Very nice list .
Replyblacksnoopy June 25th, 2008
Awesome
ReplyThank you
GusanoDeRed June 25th, 2008
Sólo para ver cómo funciona mi gravatar.
ReplyGusanoDeRed June 25th, 2008
Nice tips!
Replywebmaster blog June 27th, 2008
very nice. thanks ;)
ReplyMovie Goers June 27th, 2008
WOOW, Thanks for sharing this hack tips
Replyjocuri June 28th, 2008
Very interesting information! Thanks for your work ..
Replykerepek June 28th, 2008
yeah. wordpress is great. One problem is everytime wordpress major update say 2.5 -> 2.6 some plugin not work.
Replyjack petersen June 29th, 2008
Writing a will is one of the most important things you will ever do. My advise is that you see a solicitor who will be able to help answer any questions you may have.
ReplyDude World Order June 29th, 2008
Hey, this is a great list.
ReplyIm going to use some of these right now
THANKS!
Htoo Tay Zar June 30th, 2008
Oh Great List I ever seen!! thanks a lot HK for this post and I’ll wait to read more about WP.
ReplyMicha July 1st, 2008
This is a great collection and really helpful!
ReplyDavid Hobson July 3rd, 2008
Absolutly fantastic post thanks.
Replydiseño web July 5th, 2008
Thanks for this post, fantastic work :D
ReplyDiseño Web Peru July 8th, 2008
Bookmarked! Thanks for sharing this great tip compilation
Replyilahi July 17th, 2008
thanks for it :)
Replyfrank34f July 24th, 2008
te recomiendo esta pagina.
Replyhttp://www.manicho.com/index.php/2008/07/24/trucos-para-wordpress-26-y-que-hacer-despues-de-instalarlo/
vince July 28th, 2008
very helpful! great!
ReplyTom Schavo July 30th, 2008
Thanks for this great help.
Replyal July 31st, 2008
Great Tips for the blog
Replygypemoke August 3rd, 2008
Thank you
Replyiamme August 9th, 2008
I tried using a few free plugins, but I kept having problems. Its not that I am not technically savvy, I know a lot about networking and software, I just do not know anything about php. And this was my problem. Whenever the plugin I was using developed a problem I had to rely on the person or people who released it to help. As it was a free plugin that left me with users ready to signup, no working membership site and waiting for free support for a free plugin.
I looked everywhere for a wordpress membership plugin that would take subscriptions via paypal and would allow me to charge on a subscription basis for each access level I wanted to set up. Eventually I have up and bought one. It was only €19.99 for a whole year and that included support. It is called wp-member and I have found it really easy and straight forward to use. I contacted their support when I had a quick question and found that they have online support! I can not shout about this membership / payment plugin enough.
ReplyMaigret August 13th, 2008
Great list ! I’ll try most of those differents points for my blog. Thx so much !
ReplyArjen August 17th, 2008
Great list with very useful tricks.. I’ll apply some of them to my weblog. It will probably be a big improvement.
Thanks!
ReplyErnan August 22nd, 2008
Just a list that I need to organize my wordpress blog. Thanks a lot.
ReplyDavid August 26th, 2008
This is a great post – thank you!
ReplyKudungga September 11th, 2008
thanks a lot for sharing. Good luck for you
ReplyAmirsyah September 11th, 2008
thanks a lot for sharing. Good luck for you
ReplyFont chu September 14th, 2008
Wonderful, I love these tips.
ReplyMahendran September 20th, 2008
wow..thkx alot bro! usefull
ReplyAnggaRifandi September 21st, 2008
I’m still learning to build my own WP, and this article really helpful for me …
ReplyJay at BizChoiceReview September 29th, 2008
Thanks for all the useful info. Still going through it.
ReplyHusin October 6th, 2008
Thank you very much, it’s a lot of very useful info.
TQ again
Cheers
Replyhasan October 6th, 2008
I’m interested to use wordpress, thank for your informative blog.
ReplySynergy Informatics October 6th, 2008
Hi,
How can we convert existing static html site to wordpress? I would appreciate a link where can I get more resources….
Thanks
ReplySynergy Informatics
rule-xdesign October 9th, 2008
just an excellent list! it took a while for me to check every link but none of them were useless!! thanks a lot!
Replythevemo October 11th, 2008
tgx good info..but can you show how to count visitor and top post a like in wordpress.com
Replyawii9667 October 11th, 2008
Awesome work to check
Replyالعاب October 13th, 2008
Awesome work to check
ReplyTumblemoose October 28th, 2008
My comment is a simple one, but heartfelt:
Thank you!
Thank you!
Thank You!
Cheers!
George
Replyvixcious October 29th, 2008
that’s grat buddy!! very helpful
ReplyCesar Noel Quiñ October 31st, 2008
Nice list, I will try some of it on my wordpress blogs.
ReplygLENN October 31st, 2008
brilliant! this is a great wordpress collection of hacks. just stumble upon this post ;)
ReplyPremium Wordpress Theme November 13th, 2008
Great article. Very useful list of the most wanted 4 sure mate.
ReplyAnami November 17th, 2008
Nice list, I will try some of it on my wordpress blogs.
ReplyYong How November 20th, 2008
Good tricks, I will start modify my blog to a better looking and features.
Hopefully can earn an income too ~ hehe..
ReplyRajeev Edmonds November 24th, 2008
Adding highlighted author comment section and gravatars support is really cool. Converting it into complete CMS solution is very useful for webmasters. Great compilation.
ReplyoxyncCymn November 26th, 2008
hey!
ReplyI made with photoshop anime myspace banners.
take a look at them:
http://tinyurl.com/66k3ae
Thank you for your site ;-) xoxo
kenwooi December 5th, 2008
nice one. but im currently using blogspot. =)
ReplyWatch Free Channel December 17th, 2008
Very useful info. Good on you HK. I will definately try the tactic you listed on my wordpress blog.
Replyvetweb December 27th, 2008
great list.. i’ll try these useful hacks
Replyzrmbilisim katkilari ile 2009 seo yarismasi December 31st, 2008
thank you.Very good.
ReplyJhay January 5th, 2009
Perfect! Thanks,and Happy New Year!
ReplyDavor January 7th, 2009
Great list of hacks, thanks
ReplyET January 12th, 2009
Thanks, this is sooooo useful.
Will be trying many of these over the next few weeks.
see ya
ReplyET
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Lida Dai Dai Hua Jiao Nang Seo Yarismasi January 18th, 2009
Thank you man.
Replyzrmbilisim katkıları ile 2009 seo yarışması January 21st, 2009
thanks for this..ı love this site
ReplyAlex February 5th, 2009
Thank you for putting this together!
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Replymadhysta February 12th, 2009
great post… very important for me… newbie bloger… thanks your sharing…
Replydursun ali erzincanlı February 17th, 2009
Great list of hacks, thanks
ReplyChinese Girl February 19th, 2009
This is an ultimate list for wordpress users, I found certain things I have never thought possible, thanks for generating such useful list for us can not wait to see your other posts.
ReplyEbo February 19th, 2009
A nice job.
Replywirtuell.net March 3rd, 2009
perfect!
ReplyI’ve linked your entry on my blog.
really great job!
Orijinal Delikanlı March 12th, 2009
Yakında yeni bir site açmayı planlıyorum. Belki bu sefer wordpress kullanabilirim.
ReplyVe açıklamaların için teşekkürler.
Jimmy March 18th, 2009
Great list! But I think setting a custom Gravatar image is missing here. Here’s a great article how to do that and let the user chose the custom Gravatar from the Wordpress back-end. Great for theme authors:
ReplyHowTo: Set A Custom Gravatar Image In Wordpress 2.7
Farid Hadi March 20th, 2009
Nice list. Thanks for sharing!
ReplyLearning is FUN! March 24th, 2009
THANKS!!!! These are perfect and several are just what I have been looking for as someone fairly new to wordpress.
ReplyAtlanta Private Investigator March 24th, 2009
Fantastic List – thank you
Replycbi April 2nd, 2009
a good information to learn better about wp.
ReplyYashvir Bagwandeen April 13th, 2009
Really cool I am DEFINITELY adding some to my blog. Come by and see.
Replyzyva April 14th, 2009
Really I like your post, very useful information for me.
Replythank you Mr.
Ubisan April 16th, 2009
excellent list of hacks and mods – a few things on here that I didn’t think were possible. keep it up!
ReplyWordPress Tips April 21st, 2009
Great post. Thank you for sharing!
ReplyWORDPRESSGALA April 22nd, 2009
Thank you very much, very,very helpful resources.
ReplyFrank May 13th, 2009
Great Job
ReplyMillionairemumma May 28th, 2009
A big thanks for this. I am about to go down the Wordpress road and information like this is very helpful. Much appreciated.
ReplyAlthough a newb at WP it will be an interesting journey learning all the tips and tricks for such a great platform.
xaer8 May 28th, 2009
This list of tricks & hacks will make sure our wordpress website have lots of features as hell. Great list though. Thanks!
ReplyJustin Lee May 30th, 2009
Thanks for sharing…this is a great resource. Already have my webmaster installing some of these.
Replymüzik dinle May 31st, 2009
thank you web master
Replymüzik dinle May 31st, 2009
thank you web coder
ReplyShabu Anower June 11th, 2009
Found a nice solution for RSS footer, thanks a lot for saving my time.
ReplySohbet June 14th, 2009
thanks web master
Replyilahi June 14th, 2009
thanks web coder
ReplyMarc Boesch June 18th, 2009
Wow, this list is awesome..thanks for sharing!
Replymoneysaver June 23rd, 2009
That’s an excellent list of suggestions, thanks!
ReplyMichael Clements June 26th, 2009
Great post and list. Very informative.
Replykuld33p June 26th, 2009
Hi Thanks for the inspiration for writing my own tips and tricks. I would not have done it if i had not read this.
I have compiled a post of 2 Best Social Bookmarking Plugins for wordpress..
Please check
http://www.revolutioners.com/best-social-bookmarking-plugins-for-wordpress-2-8/
Replyrenzuken June 28th, 2009
nice guide
thanks man
Replyrenzuken June 28th, 2009
i will DIGG THIS SITE
ReplyAnunay Kulshrestha June 29th, 2009
wow! thanks! these tips rock!
ReplyCan Elmas July 1st, 2009
cool this stuff is for me…
ReplyStefan July 21st, 2009
This is really a great collection with several methods I’ve been looking for. Voted + for you over at StumblerUpon as well.
Replyandol July 27th, 2009
it is helpful.
Replykuzey August 12th, 2009
Tanks.
ReplyVishveshwar Jatain August 13th, 2009
What a brilliant resource this post is for wordpress admins, awesome stuff! Saved a bookmark on del.icio.us!
ReplyRobyn August 13th, 2009
WOW! Thank you SOO much!
ReplyHermanus August 25th, 2009
thank, i will try now
Replyilahiler dinle August 28th, 2009
thank, i will try now
Replyshaunjudy September 8th, 2009
Thanks for the tricks and tips.. I have been implementing these on my blog.
Replycrashoverdrive September 25th, 2009
Nice tutorial!
ReplyMana Tulberg September 26th, 2009
Thank you for this AWESOME list. I can use so many of these plugins.
ReplyTess Ledesma September 26th, 2009
Very interesting. This will be my guide in creating my new blog using WordPress. I’ll visit you again.
Replysearch the internet October 3rd, 2009
good info, thanks very much
ReplyMatador October 6th, 2009
Really nice job. Thanks you so much.
ReplyJamaica-Dream-Vacation.com October 11th, 2009
Thank you very much. I needed the code for “placing an ad after the first post in your blog’s home page”… and I got it… Yeah Mon!
Replyjukswebguy October 12th, 2009
Thanks, this helps a lot.
Replyexpertz October 23rd, 2009
gr8 jod dude./…….
ReplyMatt Houldsworth October 29th, 2009
Great work, very useful list and loads of tips to try!
Replytriyandi November 10th, 2009
good site I have ever seen before. :-)
ReplyArjuna November 13th, 2009
Extraordinary post, thanks a lot.
ReplyPavan Somu November 22nd, 2009
post contain awesome plugins
ReplyJerry November 22nd, 2009
Thank training was very good
ReplyJuedM November 23rd, 2009
What I’d really like to see is “How to have a Fixed header” within Wordpress.
Now that would Rock!
ReplyLeobenNews November 28th, 2009
Thanks for the very helpful tips
ReplyPaul Coughlin December 4th, 2009
I’ve only just come across your site – and it’s jam packed with useful stuff. Excellent wordpress resource.. it’s on my blogroll!
Thanks for all the information.. pc
ReplyJal December 9th, 2009
Your posts are never ending and fully awesome… I am having nerd burps and still hungry!
Replyankara boyacı December 19th, 2009
nice thanks
ReplyWPExplorer December 25th, 2009
This is awesome. I have definately bookmarked this page and as soon as I get the time test out all these tricks and hacks. They will certainly come in handy in my next project.
Replyrakesh January 5th, 2010
this tips can be very helpful for newbie blogger. thanks for sharing
ReplyEscorts January 9th, 2010
Keep up the great work!
Replytechiepark January 18th, 2010
Thanks.. its a really good post..!! Keep up the good work..!!!
Replyilahiler dinle January 19th, 2010
this tips can be very helpful for newbie blogger. thanks for sharing
Read more: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/40-most-wanted-wordpress-tricks-and-hacks/#ixzz0czAFJsJU
Reply1000 games January 29th, 2010
Very good article, I’ve found something I’d never know before.
ReplyWordPress February 2nd, 2010
Thanks
Very good article
ReplyMuhammad Jamshed February 3rd, 2010
I have not yet seen a post like this. A very good collection to rule on the world. thanks author
Replywpthemescool.com February 7th, 2010
nice collection , thanks kt :D
ReplyXAVIER February 9th, 2010
A lot of useful tips.
Replysesli sohbet seslichat February 10th, 2010
thanks admin good super
ReplyAboubaker Nour February 20th, 2010
Thank you for this collections…
ReplyLuis Rivera Colon February 21st, 2010
thanks for share really good information
Replydynn February 22nd, 2010
nice article…some of the features is a standard feature in the current new themes.
ReplyTrueVisions February 23rd, 2010
thanks for the great info.
ReplyJuan February 28th, 2010
thanks for this great info
ReplyAnggara March 3rd, 2010
very helpful..thanks !
Replymrul March 5th, 2010
i’m loving it! thanks bro…
Replyuncleboob March 15th, 2010
This article really helped me out. Cheers for that
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