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Every blogger is different and they way they manager their blog is different as well.  One of the great things about WordPress is just how easy it is to extend base functionality by adding and activating a plug-in.  Plugins fit into a ton of different categories and there are literally hundreds of them.  If you don’t believe me all you have to do is take a peek at the WordPress Plugin Directory.

I’ve included here some of those that I use on my blog – Projects Possible - They are in no particular order.

CoolPlayer - This is the plugin that I use to add the audio and video content into posts.  It does all of the under the covers stuff so that it is real easy for me to add an Xtube video or a MP3 file for your viewing pleasure.  Integrated right into the WYSIWYG post editor, adding media content couldn’t be easier.

FireStats- I am a stats geek and I really like the interface attached to FireStats.   There are a lot of different statistics programs out there.  I tried quite a few of them and liked the stats I got from FireStats so it has been my choice now for quite sometime.

NextGEN Gallery- For those of you that know me from my Big Brother past you know that I have galleries and galleries of images.  I used to run a site that was on Coppermine but when I decided to start a blog I didn’t want to integrate my Coppermine with WordPress.  NetxGEN became my picture solution.  If any of you Big Brother fans want those images posted just let me know.  I still have most of them from the first 5 years of the show.

TinyMCE Advanced- Lets me add some functionality to the WordPress Editor that I like or was used to when editing including Font Families, Styles and Formats, Rule Lines, Non Breaking Spaces, and Full Screen.  It just makes the writing of the posts much easier for me.

Dagon Design Sitemap Generator- I have always liked sites that had site maps where I could see content organized in some fashion and all on a single page.  Dagon’s Sitemap Generator does that anywhere you would like to put the tag to have it work it’s magic.  I chose to put it on it’s own page but you could realistically put it anywhere.  I may actually decide to change the page name to something like Archive since that is what it is.

Stray Quotes – I’ve always like short inspirational quotes.  The small little “blurbs” of wisdom that you see on calendars and posters or in the inspiration or motivation books.  Stray Quotes allows me to collect some of my favorites and to share them with you.  I currently display them in the sidebar.

Different Posts Per Page- Max Blog Press has a few nifty little utilities that you have to jump through hoops to download but once you get the link to them they offer some nice extended functionality.  I use a couple of them but the one I want to point out here is Different Posts Per Page.  When you are on my main page I want to specifically only show you the most relevant content.   When you display a category or search I want to you to see a lot more.  With this plugin I can tell WordPress how many posts to show you in these different situations.

As I said before I have many different plugins that I use and I will surely add to this list in the future.  If you are a WordPress blogger I would love to hear about your favorites.