I’ve not done one of these in some time. And since the tools I use on the site have a lot to do with why I enjoy writing it (and, hopefully, why you enjoy reading it), fairness demands that we share.
Anti-Feed Scraper Message: Some sites re-use our content without permission. I’ve had it happen to me with this site. While this plugin does nothing for manual copying of what I’ve written, it does tend to have an effect on the automated scrapers.
Disqus comment system: I really don’t know why I didn’t use this before. While anyone can still comment without registering (a key feature for me), it allows the community to retain individual ownership of their words and connect it to their own profiles. Even better, you won’t end up with yet another set of credentials to remember.
FancyFlickr: If you’ve seen my Screenshots page, you’ve seen what I do with it. I really like the ability to connect specific photosets to this blog, and it looks nice. I should tweak it a little more so it doesn’t kill your CPU when rendering the page, though.
Inline Google Docs: Great for bringing in tabular data I already put in a spreadsheet. I have mixed feelings about it, because I have a metric buttload of Google Docs and it lists them all in my post editing page, which can get really annoying. I may replace this, tweak the plugin myself, or just look closer at configuration options.
Shockingly Big IE6 Warning: Because you shouldn’t use IE6. I mean that. Seriously, don’t.
SSG WordPress Google Audio Player: So I can share my dulcet tones with you…
WP Greet Box: I like giving new visitors a little something extra, to encourage them to subscribe or otherwise stick around. But mostly just to treat them nicely.
WP Render Blogroll Links: Once I realized my blogroll had reached unwieldy proportions, I needed to move it out of the sidebar. This plugin let me do that.
Any other suggestions? Any of these causing undue pain or frustration for you?
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