Comments on: Would we use WordPress if there were no plugins? http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/ wordpress tricks, hacks, and tips Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:02:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ryan http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-11611 Ryan Mon, 22 Sep 2008 10:23:32 +0000 http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/#comment-11611 binil - If you don't have a web host, then you are presumably hosting your blog on WordPress.com or something similar, in which case you are unlikely to be able to install any plugins. binil – If you don’t have a web host, then you are presumably hosting your blog on WordPress.com or something similar, in which case you are unlikely to be able to install any plugins.

]]> By: binil http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-11286 binil Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:58:11 +0000 http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/#comment-11286 look buddy i have issues regarding plugins. agreed its excellent but to upload a plugin u need a webserver. what if i don have one ... i jus wan a flashy blog for myself ... is there any way i may be able to add a few plugins without going thru all the webserver n plugin folder problems ... please guide me if u can look buddy i have issues regarding plugins. agreed its excellent but to upload a plugin u need a webserver. what if i don have one … i jus wan a flashy blog for myself … is there any way i may be able to add a few plugins without going thru all the webserver n plugin folder problems …
please guide me if u can

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]]> By: Kyle http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-362 Kyle Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:20:59 +0000 http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/#comment-362 Ryan, You do need a good theme developer. For us, with no php experience, we've found plugins to be essential. Here's some at the top of my list: 1. <strong><a href="http://tekartist.org/labs/wordpress/plugins/wpdirauth/" title="Visit plugin homepage" rel="nofollow">wpDirAuth</a></strong> Allows us to use our Novell LDAP to authenticate users. 2. <strong><a href="http://www.im-web-gefunden.de/wordpress-plugins/role-manager/" title="Visit plugin homepage" rel="nofollow">Role Manager</a></strong> Can't say enough good things about this one. Granular control over user privileges. Create custom roles. 3. <strong><a href="http://dev.wp-plugins.org/wiki/dge-inlinerss" title="Visit plugin homepage" rel="nofollow">DGE_InlineRSS</a></strong> Pulling feeds and html content from other parts of the site to populate our pages. This one I'm sure is costing us some performance, but we love the dynamic content. 4. <strong><a href="http://www.shiftthis.net/wordpress-swift-smtp-plugin/" title="Visit plugin homepage" rel="nofollow">ShiftThis.net | Swift SMTP</a></strong> Didn't want to bother installing some kind of mail handler on the server and the network security people wouldn't have allowed it anyway. So I let Gmail send any mails that need to be sent. 5. <strong><a href="http://ocaoimh.ie/wp-super-cache/" title="WP Super Cache" rel="nofollow">WP Super Cache</a></strong> As I'm using Wordpress MU, this was a pain to set up. I wish that I didn't have to use it, but performance takes a big hit otherwise. Still looking for a good solution to the problem of file/upload management. The built-in tool is totally useless once you have lots of pictures and documents uploaded. Trying to find the file you want is a nightmare. Any suggestions? Also I hate what the built-in editor does to my html. Try putting in multiple line-breaks... So I just disable it and use <a href="http://get.live.com/writer/overview" title="Get Windows Live Writer" rel="nofollow">Windows Live Writer</a>. Ryan,
You do need a good theme developer. For us, with no php experience, we’ve found plugins to be essential. Here’s some at the top of my list:
1. wpDirAuth Allows us to use our Novell LDAP to authenticate users.
2. Role Manager Can’t say enough good things about this one. Granular control over user privileges. Create custom roles.
3. DGE_InlineRSS Pulling feeds and html content from other parts of the site to populate our pages. This one I’m sure is costing us some performance, but we love the dynamic content.
4. ShiftThis.net | Swift SMTP Didn’t want to bother installing some kind of mail handler on the server and the network security people wouldn’t have allowed it anyway. So I let Gmail send any mails that need to be sent.
5. WP Super Cache As I’m using Wordpress MU, this was a pain to set up. I wish that I didn’t have to use it, but performance takes a big hit otherwise.

Still looking for a good solution to the problem of file/upload management. The built-in tool is totally useless once you have lots of pictures and documents uploaded. Trying to find the file you want is a nightmare. Any suggestions?

Also I hate what the built-in editor does to my html. Try putting in multiple line-breaks… So I just disable it and use Windows Live Writer.

]]> By: Ryan http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-363 Ryan Tue, 19 Feb 2008 00:30:15 +0000 http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/#comment-363 Kyle - what plugins do you think are necessary to use WordPress as a CMS? The more I use WordPress, the less plugins I find I need as so many things can be controlled directly from the theme. Kyle – what plugins do you think are necessary to use WordPress as a CMS?

The more I use WordPress, the less plugins I find I need as so many things can be controlled directly from the theme.

]]> By: Miriam Schwab http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-365 Miriam Schwab Mon, 18 Feb 2008 22:46:19 +0000 http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/#comment-365 Hi Kyle - I think you're right. This is yet another example of how Automattic made the right choices when developing their strategy. Hi Kyle – I think you’re right. This is yet another example of how Automattic made the right choices when developing their strategy.

]]> By: Kyle http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-364 Kyle Mon, 18 Feb 2008 21:28:18 +0000 http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/#comment-364 Out of the box, a Wordpress install is a little rough around the edges. It does one thing - plain and simple blogging, and does a pretty good job of that. For anything more complex, to have more control, to use it as a full CMS, you just gotta have plugins!  I think these guys at Automattic really knew what they were doing by providing a simple and stable platform which was very "pluggable" and released it to the Internet knowing that their baby would be adopted and cared for by the community... Great thinking. Out of the box, a Wordpress install is a little rough around the edges. It does one thing – plain and simple blogging, and does a pretty good job of that. For anything more complex, to have more control, to use it as a full CMS, you just gotta have plugins!

 I think these guys at Automattic really knew what they were doing by providing a simple and stable platform which was very "pluggable" and released it to the Internet knowing that their baby would be adopted and cared for by the community… Great thinking.

]]> By: Ryan http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-355 Ryan Thu, 02 Aug 2007 22:54:51 +0000 http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/#comment-355 OpenOffice.org is at about the same level as Office 2003 these days, maybe a little better. It certainly handles templates, styles and footnotes no problem and I assume anything else you'd want to throw at it. I actually prefer it personally, but I need to use a lot of custom designed plugins for Word for my job which aren't available on OpenOffice.org :( The latest Office 2007 does have quite a few extra features though - at least that's what I've heard from others. OpenOffice.org is at about the same level as Office 2003 these days, maybe a little better. It certainly handles templates, styles and footnotes no problem and I assume anything else you’d want to throw at it. I actually prefer it personally, but I need to use a lot of custom designed plugins for Word for my job which aren’t available on OpenOffice.org :( The latest Office 2007 does have quite a few extra features though – at least that’s what I’ve heard from others.

]]> By: Miriam http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-358 Miriam Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:43:50 +0000 http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/#comment-358 Garry - I just realized I've been spelling your name wrong. I'm so sorry! Ryan - I tried OpenOffice a while ago and couldn't use it. I'm a powerish-user of Word since I write to make a living, and some of the documents I work with depend heavily on templates, styles, footnotes, and so much more. Maybe OpenOffice has improved since then, but I don't have the time or need to check it out. MS Office 2003 really serves my needs well. But that doesn't mean I would fork out the cash for Office 2007. I know this is not WordPress related, but here's something that I don't understand about Microsoft: they have marketing and advertising budgets that match the budgets of small countries, and yet they didn't manage to convince me one bit to upgrade to Vista or buy Office 2007. They didn't manage to sell even one advantage of upgrading. And I'm a happy customer. It's like they didn't even try. It's weird. They should hire me :) Garry – I just realized I’ve been spelling your name wrong. I’m so sorry!

Ryan – I tried OpenOffice a while ago and couldn’t use it. I’m a powerish-user of Word since I write to make a living, and some of the documents I work with depend heavily on templates, styles, footnotes, and so much more. Maybe OpenOffice has improved since then, but I don’t have the time or need to check it out. MS Office 2003 really serves my needs well. But that doesn’t mean I would fork out the cash for Office 2007.

I know this is not WordPress related, but here’s something that I don’t understand about Microsoft: they have marketing and advertising budgets that match the budgets of small countries, and yet they didn’t manage to convince me one bit to upgrade to Vista or buy Office 2007. They didn’t manage to sell even one advantage of upgrading. And I’m a happy customer. It’s like they didn’t even try. It’s weird.

They should hire me :)

]]> By: Ryan http://wpgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/comment-page-1/#comment-357 Ryan Thu, 02 Aug 2007 12:24:21 +0000 http://wordpressgarage.com/plugins/would-we-use-wordpress-if-there-were-no-plugins/#comment-357 Oh, and to answer your question. Yes Wordpress would be my blogging tool of choice even without plugins. Does Wordpress really have any opposition though? Blogspot doesn't really count as you can't even host it on your own web space. Plus Wordpress straight out of the box is better than Blogspot anyway. I tried TextPattern briefly, but gave it the flick almost immediately as it felt awkward to use. There's a good list of users opinions of various blogging software here ... http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=467938 ... the most popular by far was Wordpress. Oh, and to answer your question. Yes Wordpress would be my blogging tool of choice even without plugins.

Does Wordpress really have any opposition though? Blogspot doesn’t really count as you can’t even host it on your own web space. Plus Wordpress straight out of the box is better than Blogspot anyway.

I tried TextPattern briefly, but gave it the flick almost immediately as it felt awkward to use.

There’s a good list of users opinions of various blogging software here … http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=467938 … the most popular by far was Wordpress.

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