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Akismet WordPress Plugin Updated – Twice

Akismet, the often misspelled battler against blog comment spam, has recently updated their WordPress Plugin – a second time.

Plugin Picks 8: WP125

Ever seen those 125×125 ads in the sidebars of blogs around the web? (Like those on our very own blog right here?) You, too, can have the square advertisements that seem to be all the rage these days. Dave and Kym have a plugin to make it happen.

Plugin Picks 7: Pretty Theme Files

Do you use the built-in WordPress theme editor? If so, you probably know that it’s incredibly easy for files to get cluttered and disorganized, making it difficult to find what you’re looking for. Kym and Dave have a plugin that can help!

Plugin Picks 5: WP Tabbity

Javascript tab interfaces have become a popular method of displaying content on the web these days. Today on Plugin Picks, Kym and Dave take a look at a WordPress plugin that makes tabs incredibly easy to implement in WordPress blog posts.

Plugin Picks 4: WP Function Reference

For those WordPress users who have trouble remembering all the various PHP functions used when coding extensions for the platform, the WP Function Reference WordPress plugin adds a dashboard widget for quick reference.

Plugin Picks 3: WP Google Buzz

To kick off the second week of Plugin Picks, Kym and Dave take a look at the WP Google Buzz WordPress plugin which brings the newest social media craze, Google Buzz, to your site by adding a “Buzz This” button to your blog posts.

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WordCast Recap: 3/1/10

It’s Friday once again! The WordCast network has been bringing you the best WordPress, blogging and social media news, tips, tricks, reviews and how-tos all week long, and we’re bringing the best of the best to you. A new WordPress hack, the THEME TEAM! and more.

Plugin Picks 2: Google Analyticator

This Wednesday on Plugin Picks, Kym and Dave share a plugin that allows you to track your blog with Google Analytics, without worrying about javascript code in your themes, with a few extra neat features rolled into the mix.

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iThemes Releases WordPress Plugin To Simplify Upgrading Themes

Ever since version 2.7, upgrading WordPress plugins and even the core of WordPress itself has been extremely simple. Users on most server configurations can simply click a few buttons and watch the magic happen. However, the same can’t be said for themes. Premium theme retailer iThemes decided that this process needed to be simpler, so they released their Easy Theme Upgrades WordPress plugin, which allows you to upgrade a theme simply by uploading the new zip file.

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Get Blog Visitors Involved With the WP Greet Box WordPress Plugin

No matter where a visitor to your blog came from, it can be difficult to turn that single visitor into a member of your site’s community. Today we’re taking a look at a plugin that aims to help keep visitors involved.

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