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My favorite WordPress plugins

Gerae Lindsey — Sat, 01 May 2010 17:26:13 +0000

These are my personal “must install” plugins that I use on virtually every single WordPress site I set up.

This plugin allows you to add breadcrumbs on your posts and pages. Example: Home > WordPress 2.9 Tutorials

Adding breadcrumbs is good for two reasons:

They allow your users to easily navigate your site
They allow search engines to determine the structure of your site more easily

This is my utmost favorite contact form plugin for WordPress. Multiple forms, multiple recipients, completely customizable. I seldom ever use another form.

3. HeadSpace 2

I used to use the All in One SEO Pack plugin but recently switched to HeadSpace after having conflict issues with it and other plugins. HeadSpace, in my opinion, is so much easier to use! I love the mass editing feature, allowing you to make general edits to categories, posts etc all at once. Makes optimizing meta tags super easy.

What are your favorite plugins?

How to install a new WordPress plugin

Gerae Lindsey — Thu, 08 Apr 2010 06:05:21 +0000

If you are running the latest version of WordPress, then installing a new plugin is super easy. You can even search for new plugins, right in your admin area!

First, locate and download the plugin you wish to use. It will be usually downloaded to your computer as a .zip (compressed) file.

Once you have your plugin saved to your computer, login to your WordPress admin area.

To the left hand side, click on “Add New” under the “Plugins” tab:

When the new page opens, click on “Upload”

You can now click on “Browse” to locate the plugin you downloaded. Once opened, click on “Install Now” to upload the .zip file to your server.

Unless an error is displayed, your new plugin is now available to “Activate”

That’s it!

How to install a new WordPress theme

Gerae Lindsey — Mon, 05 Apr 2010 06:05:55 +0000

If you are running the latest version of WordPress, then installing a new theme is a breeze.

First, locate the theme you wish to use. It will be downloaded to your computer as a .zip (compressed) file.

Need help finding a new theme? Here are some places to search both free and premium themes:

Once you have your theme saved to your computer, login to your WordPress admin area.

To the left hand side, click on “Add New Themes” under the “Appearance” tab:

When the new page opens, click on “Upload”

You can now click on “Browse” to locate the theme you downloaded. Once opened, click on “Install Now” to upload the .zip file to your server.

Unless an error is displayed, your new theme is now available to “Preview” or “Activate”

That’s it!

Page Cornr plugin not working in Internet Explorer

Gerae Lindsey — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:38:33 +0000

After nearly pulling my hair out trying to get one of the few WordPress page corner plugins to work, I finally managed to get one working. Yay!

I used Page Cornr and while it worked okay in Firefox, when I checked IE it wasn’t there.

I searched and searched and eventually realized that the theme the site I installed it on didn’t have a doc type listed in the coding.

I added in the following line:

and VOILA! the plugin instantly appeared in IE.

FYI: This line goes in your header.php file – right BEFORE the first < html > tag. Some themes include it, some don’t.

Thought I’d pass on the tidbit to anyone out there who may be experiencing similar issues.

Hope it saves someone time, and hair