This site is created using WordPress, a really great, free program for creating blogs and other websites. I have created several sites with WordPress and I’ve been quite happy with the results. The software is so easy to use that, once set up, even non-technical people can maintain their site. In fact, most of the WordPress-based sites that I have set up are being maintained by non-technical people. At the same time, WordPress has enough power in the program to keep a geek like me tweaking it till all hours of the morning. This page is for those folks that get as geeked about WordPress as I do. Whenever I see somebody else’s WordPress site, I often wonder what theme they are using or what plugins and widgets they are using. So this page is to answer those questions.
WordPress Theme that I am using
It has been my experience that I’m just too picky to settle on one of the thousands of themes that are available for WordPress. I always pick a theme that is somewhat close to the physical layout and color that I want; and then modify the heck out of it. I’ll always try to leave a link to the theme designer on the bottom of my pages. However, that was before WordPress 3.0 with a new default theme. So far, I’m using it unaltered.
We’ll see how long that lasts.
WordPress Plugins that I am using
The sidebar is completely widgetized. The Lunarpages ad and the Google Ads, etc are just text widgets with some html or javascript.
There are 10 plugins used: 9 active plugins and 1 inactive plugin.. Here’s a list of the active plugins:
Akismet 2.4.0
» Automattic (url)
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need an API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin.
Audio player 2.0.4.1
» Martin Laine (url)
Audio Player is a highly configurable but simple mp3 player for all your audio needs. You can customise the player’s colour scheme to match your blog theme, have it automatically show track information from the encoded ID3 tags and more. Go to your Settings page to start configuring it.
Clean Options 1.3.2
» Mittineague (url)
finds orphaned options and allows for their removal from the wp_options table
Fast Secure Contact Form 2.9
» Mike Challis (url)
Fast Secure Contact Form for WordPress. The contact form lets your visitors send you a quick E-mail message. Blocks all common spammer tactics. Spam is no longer a problem. Includes a CAPTCHA and Akismet support. Does not require JavaScript. Settings | Donate
Lazyest Gallery 0.16.7
» Brimosoft (url)
Easy Gallery management plugin for Wordpress with automatic creation of thumbnails and slides, an integrated slideshow and commenting per image.
Quotes Collection 1.4.2
» Srini G (url)
Quotes Collection plugin with Ajax powered Random Quote sidebar widget helps you collect and display your favourite quotes on your WordPress blog.
Revision Control 2.0
» Dion Hulse (url)
Allows finer control over the number of Revisions stored on a global & per-type/page basis.
WordPress Database Backup 2.2.2
» Austin Matzko (url)
On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Tools → Backup to get started.
WP-PluginsUsed 1.50
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.
Here’s a list of the inactive plugins. (I often deactivate plugins for performance reasons).
Smooci (WordPress on Mobiles) 1.2
» Marius-Cristian Donea (url)
Smooci (WordPress on Mobiles) plugin can be used to display a diferent theme when your WordPress site is visited on mobile phones or devices.
The list above was generated by the WP-Plugins-Used plugin. Many thanks to all the above plugin creators!
I hope that you found this information helpful.