WordPress TAP (Tips and Plug-ins)

I’m new to Word Press and have come across some really great plug-ins I’ve seen on other blogs. The video tutorial below will show you how to change your permanent links (from this ?p=144 to this: word-press-quick-tip) in Word Press. The title of your post makes for a better description than ?p=144. Don’t use the categories text as suggested, instead use postname. The video shows you how: Options, Permalink, Custom field and paste this in /%postname%/ instead. I’m passing this along, and a few other links below, just in case anyone else feels like me, the last to know.

Add custom smilies to your posts and comment box. This plugin was first released in 2005 and it is now updated to be compatible with WordPress 2.3.2.

I love this plug-in! How many times do you wish you could go back and edit your comment because of an error? Well Edit Comments XT makes it possible. Edit Comments XT is a simple WordPress plugin that allows commenters to edit their own comments. The edits required to make this plugin work are fairly extensive, so if you don’t know what you are doing, I wouldn’t bother.

Custom Comments. This is really cool. Instead of saying “18 comments” you can customized it to say “18 Great Thinkers Said”. Compatible with WordPress 2.1.

And lastly, if you upgraded to WordPress 2.3.1 and have noticed that you have not been receiving notification of comments on your blog, here’s how to fix it!

These are just four of my favorites for now. Hope you find them useful. If you have one you want to share, drop a link. That’s all folks!