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Everybody knows about WP Super Cache, Contact Form 7, All in One SEO Pack, Google XML Sitemaps those are all interesting plugins, but I tried to fiend some that are not well known but super cool plugins. Here’s the list:
1. Post Teaser
Couple of months ago I bought the Four Hour Work Week audiobook and since that I’m a big fan of Tim Ferriss and read his blog regularly. He likes to put the estimated reading time on his post and I tough it’s very cool so I searched a little bit and found this plugin that can display that automagically and also number of words and pictures. (Plugin link)
2. AskApache Google 404
Behind this confusing title there is a plugin that manages 404 errors on your site and displays by default the Google search results for images, news, blogs, videos, web, custom search engine, and your own site. The new version (which isn’t new at all) can display related post and recent posts. (Plugin link)
3. Show Me Options
I like to experiment with plugins and use a lot of them. Some times when I install a plugin it takes some time to find the link to settings of the plugin, Show Me Options does it that for you. (Plugin link)
4. Life Stream
We all have account on many social networking accounts like Twitter, Facebook, Delicious, FriendFeed, … This plugin can stream your activity on those networks and display it as a widget or in a post using a shortcode. On my site it looked a little bit bad but I really like the idea behind it. (Plugin link)
6. Shadowbox JS
Shadowbox JS is similar to Lightbox but works with video and audio links. The cool thing about it is if you already have Lightbox you don’t need to edit anything in order to use Shadowbox just install this plugin. (Plugin link)
7. Redirection
You can make short links with this plugin or any type of custom redirection links. You can choose between 301 and 302 redirection and track number of clicks to a link. (Plugin link)
Most of you are familiar with the virtues of a programmer. There are three, of course: laziness, impatience, and hubris.
