Advice for Ultimate Tag Warrior users upgrading to Wordpress 2.3

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One my favorite WordPress plugins is AdSense Deluxe. It’s a great way for easily managing AdSense on your blog. Did you know you can use this WordPress plugin for any type of Javascript, not just Google AdSense? I’ve successfully used AdSense Deluxe to implement CrazyEgg tracking code on my site. You could use it for [...]

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Many blogs have a search box where users can enter a search query. But did you know your readers could be missing out on valuable content? The problem with these search queries is that they only search your blog articles, not your blog pages or blog comments. Over time, your blog comments can accumulate a [...]

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How to easily add content before or after each of your Wordpress blog pages using the PostPost plugin from Douglas Karr. This plugin also supports adding content before or after your feed too.

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If you’re looking for ways to encourage readers to comment on your blog then one option to consider is the Comment Relish Wordpress plugin.

This plugin will send an automated email to users who leave a comment on your blog for the very first time, who have never commented before. The idea is to thank the user for taking the time to leave a comment and hopefully encourage them to come back again.

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How to easily add a list of related posts to your RSS feed.

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How to better manage social bookmarking on your blog or web site, and in turn drive extra traffic to your site.

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The Custom Query String (CQS) Wordpress plugin is not that well known, but it is a powerful plugin offering functionality I have been seeking for ages on my blog. The plugin allows you to specify how many pages to display on different sections of your blog, such as 5 posts on your home page, 10 posts on your archives, 30 posts on your search results, etc.

In the Wordpress Options Reading screen there is a section where you can set the number of blog posts to display.

This is all well and good, but this setting will apply to every page on your blog. This isn’t very intuitive. Let’s say for example I want to display 5 blog posts at most on my home page. I can set this by using the text box shown above. My blog home page will look fine, showing the last 5 posts, but it doesn’t take into account the archives or search results pages.

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