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For an open-source blogging CMS, WordPress’s admin interface is pretty dang good. With the release of version 2.5, the revamped administrator area has been re-organized and cleaned up to make it easier for users to write and edit posts, change settings, manage site content, and more. However, some sites require a bit more functionality than others. In this case, WordPress plugins come to the rescue. Here are ten plugins that expand the functionality of the admin area. Read more…

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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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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