Top 20 WordPress PluginsYou’ve Never Heard Of

Brad WilliamsWebDevStudios.com

WP Hide Dashboard

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-hide-dashboard/

Any subscriber who logs in will only have access to the Edit Profile screen

Everything else is hidden and thus less confusing

Simply Show IDs

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simply-show-ids/

Simply shows the ID of posts, pages, media, links, categories, tags, and users

Category Order

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/order-categories/

Drag and drop categories in any order you want

Sets the order when using wp_list_categories()

WordPress Reset

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-reset/

• Resets WordPress back to defaults• Deletes all content and customizations• Does not modify files, only a database reset

Search Regex

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/search-regex/

Easy find and replace plugin for your content, titles, comments, etc

Twitter Hash Tag Widget

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-hash-tag-widget/

Add a widget displaying tweets from any hash tag

External Links

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sem-external-links/

Force all external links to open in a new windowAdd rel=nofollow to all external links

Add an icon to all external links

WP Manage Plugins

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-manage-plugins/

• Disable the ability to upgrade individual plugins• Hide individual plugin updates all together• Can also hide the Plugin admin page

WP Tuner

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptuner/

• Analyzes web site to determine load time issues• Determines if any plugins are slow thus causing load time problems• Counts queries ran and load times• Great for large sites with a lot of plugins installed.

NextGen Public Uploader

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nextgen-public-uploader/

Easily add a front-end uploader to any NextGen Gallery

Minimum allowed user role can be set

Images must be approved before showing live in a gallery

WP Breather

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/brewhahahaha/

Allows you to take a breather during an insanely fast Ignite presentation

PHP Speedy

http://aciddrop.com/php-speedy/

Combines all plugin JavaScript files into a single JavaScript fileCombines all plugin CSS files into a single CSS fileAlso adds compression for even faster load times!

BEFORE AFTER

WordPress File Monitor

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-file-monitor/

Auto email notify if any files in WordPress are modified in anyway

Hackadelic Sliding Notes

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/hackadelic-sliding-notes/

Add sliding notes to your WordPress Content

Props to @r_diamond

Login Lockdown

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/login-lockdown/

Post Google Map

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-google-map/

Easily add addresses to your posts/pagesAddresses are then plotted on a map in a widget or embedded in the post

Shockingly Big IE6 Warning

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shockingly-big-ie6-warning/

Tell IE6 users they suck in style!

.html on Pages

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/html-on-pages/

Add .html to the end of your page permalinks

that is all…

WP-Optimize

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-optimize/

Optimize your database tables directly in WordPress

Cleans up unneeded post revisions, spam comments, etc

CollabPress

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/collabpress/

Think Basecamp inside WordPress – Coming Soon ;)

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