A while back I went over some of the plugins I use in the running of this blog (Cuban Nomad: WordPress Plugins). Since then I’ve had more time to interact with the blog, both locally on my PC and remotely via my Blackberry. Along the way I’ve picked up several additional plugins that make running the blog easier and accessing it remotely much, much smoother.
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MobilePress – I came across this fantastic plugin by visiting “A Dribble of Ink” through my Blackberry. It loaded super fast (which is amazing on the BB web browser) and was ridiculously easy to read. Even images embedded in the post come up smoothly. With no configuration necessary, it’s a breeze to deploy. Here’s a quick screenshot of what a blog looks like with this plugin.
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WPhone – Reading a blog via phone and administering same said blog via phone are two completely different experiences. The iPhone has an app that can do that, but for Blackberry and other smartphone users there is no built-in app. Here’s where WPhone comes in. Yes you can access the WordPress Dashboard via normal browser, but it looks like crap and is far from user friendly. Just install this app (no configuration necessary) and your interface now is ten million times easier.
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WP-Ban – As good as Askimet is at blocking SPAM (and it’s fantastic), you still have to wade through the comments in order to delete them. I always hoped for something that would prevent the SPAM-bots from making the comments in the first place. Thanks to Terry Atkison’s great post I found that answer. This dead simple plugin lets you pop in IP addresses and bans them from accessing your site altogether. It’s easy to harvest the offending IP’s from Askimet’s interface. As of writing this post, WP-Ban has prevented 114 access attempts from blocked IP’s. That alone is worth it’s weight in gold.
Hopefully these useful additions to any WordPress blog will make your little slice of the Inter Webs easier to manage. What kind of plugins do you use on your WordPress blog? Share your horror stories, triumphs or favorites in the comments.
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Everyone Wordpress blog should have MobilePress. It makes things so much more pleasurable while surfing the web while on the toil… erm, bus.