Bestplayerontheplanet.com is my other blog that I actively write in having to do with another passion of mine, and that is NBA basketball. The blog is built using the Wordpress content management system, and it features quite a few cool features and types of content. Because of that I wanted to give you a peek at all the plugins that I have used on the site, which I hope will give you some ideas and inspiration for your own blog project with Wordpress.

NextGen Gallery

http://alexrabe.boelinger.com/wordpress-plugins/nextgen-gallery/
I’m using this for a photo gallery just simply located on one of the static pages.

Admin Drop Down Menu

http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-admin-menu-drop-down-css/
Using this plugin to improve the effectiveness of the admin backend. I found this plugin to help me write and manage posts/comments/pages as well as plugins in a much quicker and more effective manner.

Podpress

http://www.mightyseek.com/podpress/
I am using podpress as the tool for flash audio when I have a short audio clip that I want to post on the blog.

Popshops

http://www.popshops.com/plugins/wordpress
This plugin is a new favorite of mine. I’m using to display product feeds from my Linkshare account for NBA.com. Basically it’s an affiliate store that I can easily manage which products from NBA.com are displayed. Very cool plugin!

Askimet

http://akismet.com/
Using this plugin for spam control of course. Very common plugin.

WP Wall

http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/wp-wall
This gives a “facebook wall” type functionality to my wordpress blog. People can leave posts on the wall when they come and visit the site.

All in One SEO Pack

http://semperfiwebdesign.com/portfolio/wordpress/wordpress-plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
Another very common Wordpress plugin. Using this to help improve the SEO on the blog.

WP Post Views

http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/readme/wp-postviews.html
I’m using this plugin to show the visitor the ammount of views each post has. Kind of like a traffic counter but on a per blog post basis.

WP Post Ratings

http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/readme/wp-postratings.html
Installed this plugin so that readers of a blog post could rate that blog post with a 1-5 star ranking.

Sitemap Generator

http://www.dagondesign.com/articles/sitemap-generator-plugin-for-wordpress/
I use this plugin to display a visual sitemap that’s located on the sitemap page.

FlickrRSS

http://eightface.com/wordpress/flickrrss/
I’m using this plugin to display random 14 pictures on the homepage on my favorites list with Flickr. The pictures show up in thumbnails and when clicked on go to flickr.

Get Recent Comments

http://blog.jodies.de/2004/11/recent-comments/
I’m using this as a widget on my sidebar on only the single blog posts so that people can see the conversations that are going on.

Google XML Sitemap Generator

http://www.arnebrachhold.de/projects/wordpress-plugins/google-xml-sitemaps-generator/
Another very commonly used Wordpress plugin. Just using this to automatically generate a Google compliant sitemap for my entire blog.

WP-Polls

http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/readme/wp-polls.html
Using this plugin for a simple poll that I run on the sidebar on the homepage. I’m finding that polls are very popular with my sports blog.

WP-PageNavi

http://lesterchan.net/wordpress/readme/wp-pagenavi.html
This plugin I installed for a better navigation of older blog posts on the homepage and category pages.

WP-o-Matic

http://devthought.com/wp-o-matic-the-wordpress-rss-agreggator/
This plugin is being used for importing rss feeds from other reliable NBA resources into the site. The feeds are imported automatically and pushed into “Draft” status until I approve them.

Wpads

http://thesandbox.wordpress.com/wpads/
Wpads is being used for random dynamic ad serving throughout the entire site. A very valuable plugin for monetizing this site.

Vipers Video Quicktags

http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/vipers-video-quicktags/
Using this plugin for easy posting of Youtube videos and other videos such as Vimeo among others.

Tubepress

http://tubepress.org/

This plugin is one of the most valuable to this particular blog. I’m using it to on the page called “Kobe TV” to show various Kobe Bryant highlights and video mix’s.

TDO Mini Forms

http://thedeadone.net/download/tdo-mini-forms-wordpress-plugin/
Using this plugin on the “Community Post” page giving community members an opportunity to post their own blog posts if they want to.

Subscribe to Comments

http://txfx.net/code/wordpress/subscribe-to-comments/
Using this plugin to give the users the ability to subscribe to a comment thread on the site. Keeping users in the conversation.

Subscribe2

http://subscribe2.wordpress.com/
Used for an “opt in” to gather new email addresses and for email notifications of new blog posts

Sociable

http://yoast.com/wordpress/sociable/
A very common plugin used for displaying social media buttons on each blog post.

Simple Sticky Posts

http://bitworker.blogspot.com/2008/04/wordpress-plugin-my-sticky-posts.html
Using this to show my post of choice always on top on the homepage. That way I can continue to write up to the minute news on the blog, but keep my main editorials on the top!

Search Unleashed

http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/search-unleashed/
Improving the searchability of the site overall.

SEO Smart Links

http://www.prelovac.com/vladimir/wordpress-plugins/seo-smart-links
This plugin is definitely my favorite wordpress plugin right now! I use it for text link ads. Basically I am able to choose which keywords or keyphrases thrughout the site that I want linked to specific affiliate links!

I hope that was helpful and gives you an idea of what a specific combiniation of plugins can accomplish. If you find this helpful at all, then let me know by giving me a thanks in the comments so that I will know to continue to write these type of posts for the Wordpress blogs that I build.

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