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What really makes WordPress stand out from similar Content Management Systems? Is it the easy-to-use admin panel? What about all the free themes for it? Does it stand out because it’s free? Or is it because of the huge selection of free plugins available to the public? It’s definitely those plugins!

Plugins allow users to extend WordPress’ capability beyond most people’s expectations. In the end, WordPress is worthless without plugins. According to WordPress.org, “plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress.”

Still not convinced that plugins are essential to WordPress? As a test, disable all your plugins for a week and see how your WordPress powered site runs. A good percentage of you won’t last a day!

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These days, WordPress themes are flowing left and right, non-stop. I see at least a couple of new WordPress themes every single day. I wouldn’t even hesitate to say dozens of WordPress themes are created and released daily.

Here at WPCandy we try to bring you the best of WordPress. We do the hard work for you. We dig through all sorts of WordPress themes, select the ones that stand out to us, and bring them to your door step.

In this post, I’ll be writing about two WordPress themes that stood out to me while surfing around.

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During the last couples of days I’ve seen some pretty neat stuff coming from different blogs throughout the WordPress Community. The WordPress Community is a pretty big place. A while back, I read 0.8% of the Internet is powered by WordPress. Woah! Now, 0.8% may not seem a lot, but think about it, at least a couple hundred sites are created a day.

Anyway, I’ll be going through some cool WordPress related stuff you should check out!

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Hey guys, we’re experiencing some horrible server issues. Please bare with us while we try and get WPCandy back and running normal.  Sorry for the inconvenience! Anyway, since I’m making a post, let’s play a game. Make a comment on this post, stating your favorite WordPress powered site (keep it clean).In your comment, you should include the following:

1.  Your name, website, and e-mail
2. Favorite WordPress powered site (preferably with a link)
3. Explanation on why that is your favorite WordPress powered site

Thanks for playing and enjoy the rest of your day!

Once upon a time, there was a Web stats application called Mint. “Mint is an extensible, self-hosted web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity. Visits, referrers, popular pages and searches can all be taken in at a glance on Mint’s flexible dashboard.”

I love Mint. Although it costs $30, it’s still simple, sexy, reliable, and easy to work with. But what does Mint have to do with WordPress?

In this post, I’ll be going over how to install Mint, install a Pepper (a Mint add-on), my review of Mint, and show you how it can work with WordPress.

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