There are countless of posts that highlight great WordPress plug-ins and after sometime you keep coming across the same ones over and over again. The fact is that no matter how good or great these plug-ins are sometimes they are just overkill for your needs. Once a plug-in is popular developers will mostly keep expanding its features to satisfy all its users.
For a change I decided to look around what other plug-ins there are out there that are almost never mentioned and I came across more than two that I will be using on my own WordPress install. Especially wp Time Machine and Simple SEO are plug-ins I can’t believe I didn’t know about.
Check out these 10 plug-ins for different purposes.
postMash – custom post order
Organize the order of your posts using a handy AJAX drag and drop admin interface. Handy if you use WordPress more like a CMS then for content publishing only.
Pretty Link
Your own URL shorten-er with your domain address. Easily hide affiliate links and keep track of amounts of clicks, where users click from and other details. There is also a pro version.
wp Time Machine
Create a back-up of your WordPress:
- Your data (from your WordPress MySQL database)
- Your files (and Uploads) — everything in wp-content
- Your .htaccess file
- Instructions for a smooth recovery
- A shell script that can help automate recovery — though this is still a “work in progress”
and store them on your DropBox account, Amazon AWS S3 or on another server using FTP. You need to have PHP5 to use Amazon and DropBox. A cheaper alternative then VaultPress if you can’t afford the latter.
Shortcode Exec PHP
An admin interface to create and manage your shortcodes.
SEO Data Transporter
Transfer your plug-ins and SEO data from theme to theme and plug-in to plug-in.
Supported Themes
- Builder
- Frugal
- Genesis
- Headway
- Hybrid
- Thesis
- WooFramework
Supported Plug-ins
- All in One SEO
- Headspace2
- Platinum SEO
MailChimp Archives
Display your past MailChimp newsletters on your site using a shortcode.
Facebook Likes it!
A simple plug-in to add Facebook like button, fully customizable. It’s a modified version of Like plug-in by Bottomless.
Breadcrumb NavXT
Custom location breadcrumbs.
Easy Verification
Verify your website with Google, Bing and Yahoo! without going through the hassle of FTP and file editing. Just fill out your verification code and the plug-in will generate the correct meta tags.
Simple SEO
Add a custom page and menu title to your pages for usability or SEO purposes. This plug-in is perfect if you don’t need the whole SEO she bang or use WordPress as CMS for a low key website.
