Hearty Old Fashion Plug-In Stew
Ingredients
3 Cups of Posts
1 Cup of the Powerful Blog Marinade
5 Spice Blog Powder
1 Large TweetMeme Retweet Button cut into medium size chunks
1 Cup of Sketch Bookmarks (Sketch Bookmarks not Stretch Marks)
1 Large Popularity Contest
1 Cup of Subscribe to Comments
1 Cup of CommentLuv
1 Large Google XML Sitemap
1 Fresh Platinum SEO Pack diced
2 Cups of Hearty Blog Stock
1 Cup of Akismet
1 Cup WP Super Cache
1 Whole Yet Another Related Posts Plug-in peeled and quartered
1 Clean Archive Reloaded thinly sliced
1 Large WordPress Database Backup
Directions
1. Melt a tablespoon of butter in a large skillet then add 3 Cups of Posts. Slowly brown the Posts over medium heat stirring occasionally. Add a Cup of the Powerful Blog Marinade from the Grilled 5 Spice Chicken Blog and a dash of that 5 Spice Blog Powder. We all know what that does.
2. Then stir in the medium size chunks of the Tweetme Retweet Button. Just shove those medium size TweetMe Buttons in a corner somewhere. It adds a little tweeting to the stew.
3. Add 1 Cup of the Sketch Bookmarks and 1 Large Popularity Contest just because everyone likes to socialize and be popular.
4. Then add 1 Cup of the Subscribe to Comments and a Cup of the CommentLuv. This CommentLuv gives a little love back to your commentators.
5. Cook Posts until tender to the touch then remove pan from heat and place off to the side. Can you smell the Passion and Luv in the air?
6. Now take the Hearty Blog stock out of the refrigerator. Remove the lid and skim off any Blog Fat. I have been wondering if the Blog Fat is good for something. Put this Blog Fat in a container and put it off to the side. We may want to use it sometime.
7. In a large Wordpress Stock Pot add 1 large Google XML Sitemap and 1 Fresh Platinum SEO Pack diced. This helps Google and other search engines search and seek out your blog.
8. Now slowly stir in 2 Cups of the Hearty Blog Stock, 1 Cup of Akismet, 1 Cup of WP Super Cache, 1 Yet Another Related Posts Plug-in Peeled and quartered. Then add 1 Clean Archive Reloaded thinly sliced. Oh and don’t forget to add the 1 Large Wordpress Database Backup this is an important one.
9. Bring to a simmer over medium heat. Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
10. After simmering reduce heat and slowly stir in the tender bite size Posts that are covered with Passion and Spice. Make sure to add all the juices from the skillet as you want to get every last drop of that Spice that is in the skillet. Don’t be afraid to scrape the skillet if you have to.
11. Now bring the Plug-in Stew to a boil and then simmer for 30 minutes. Feel free to add another dash of your own 5 Spice Blog Powder to taste. You can’t get enough of this stuff.
Serve Plug-in Stew with a slice of Passionate Wordpress Blog Bread. What’s it for? Well for dunking in the juices of course.
Sure it’s a basic Old Fashion Hearty Plug-in Stew, but it should work in most Wordpress Blogs. Just as a note there are thousands of different plug-ins out there. I am just naming a few that I use and that have helped me put my blog together. Sure there are more you could add and of course there are substitutes for every recipe. I have even changed some of mine over time.
Take the Platinum SEO pack for instance. When I first started my blog I installed the All in One SEO. Then I had heard about the Platinum SEO Pack and I thought I would give it a try so I installed it. Did I notice any difference between the All In One SEO and the Platinum SEO Pack? Well actually no, but I think its good idea to install one.
Now let’s talk about a few of these Plug-ins.
Now as far as the Akismet Plug-in it is being added to kill off any spam that sometimes like to creep in from time to time. It will happen so make sure you add this plug-in. It has killed over 1500 spam in my blog already. So when spam attacks Akismet is there to catch it. I also hear it works well at getting spam off of Ham bones.
Subscribe to comments is a good one as allows the person commenting on your blog to be able to get an email if a new comment is left. I actually added this recently as a suggestion by Sire. If you think about how many blogs you travel to each day and leave comments it’s really hard to keep track of where you have gone. This helps by emailing you that a new comment is left on a blog that you commented on and gives you chance to reply back. I think it’s a great way to develop conversations on comments instead of just 1 lonely comment.
The Yet another Related posts plug-in is a pretty cool one. It actually looks at the posts you create and creates a list of related posts. This is a really cool way to drudge up older posts for people to look at and the best part about it is that it works all on its own.
Now the Wordpress Database Backup Plug-in is a great one especially if you do something like I did the other night. Well while I was cooking up another recipe, I like to try things out before I post them; I dipped my computer in egg then floured it up and dunked it into a fryer filled with oil. I was trying to make Deep Fried Blog. Well needless to say there was an awful smell then some guys in a big red truck came by to douse out the flames. Thank god I had the Wordpress Database Backup as my blog was saved. The computer well that’s a different story. You should have heard me talking to Dell Customer Service. “Excuse me Dell? Yeah I have a bit of a problem……… What do you mean it’s not covered under warranty?”
Now you will notice that I did put the links to the Wordpress.org Plug-in page for each plug-in, but you don’t need to install them from there. The easiest way to add one of these Plug-ins is to go to your Dashboard on your Wordpress blog and on the left hand side look for the Section called “Plug-ins”. Click on “Plug-ins” and Add New. In the Search Engine box type in any one of the Plug-ins above find it and click “Install”. Of course most of you probably know this already.
So these are just a few plug-ins out there and sure there are certainly more that you can install. Once installed and activated these plug-ins are will add functionality to your blog. Of course only you can add your own Spice and Passion to your Blog. There is no substitute plug-in for the Passion inside of you.
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Darn it to heck. I went and left out ingredients again, but I think I made an ok stew. What ya think?
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Jim Hardin Reply:
January 21st, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Well I have tasted your stew and its dam good! You have a special spice that you add to your stew
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It’s so true Jim, if you leave out some of those plug-ins for your stew it could do more than just taste like crap, you could even lose the whole thing. Don’t forget to always update the ingredients otherwise you could get into strife.
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Jim Hardin Reply:
January 21st, 2010 at 10:26 pm
Yeah at times I am afraid I might loose the hole thing. I nearly spilled the stew all over the floor the other night. What a mess that would have been. But I guess I could have soaked it up with some of that Bread that I made.
Hey thanks for coming by I always enjoy your comments!
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Sire Reply:
January 22nd, 2010 at 12:17 am
Not as much as I do dropping in for these instructive meals.
Sire´s last blog ..The Difference Between Flexibility And FlexSqueeze
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Can this stew be frozen, Jim? I want to start planning a Wordpress “concoction” but I just can’t seem to get to it. Most stews freeze at least six months. I’m just a bit unsure about the SEO pack. (probably because I’m not quite sure what it is:) ‘
I love these recipes posts!!!
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Jim Hardin Reply:
January 23rd, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Frozen Plug-in stew thats a great idea. Store it for later on when you get hungry and for those cold days in January and February. Well the SEO pack is something to install to help optimize your Blog for search engines. Don’t worry though its alot like that oven you see on TV mmmmmmmmm I think the saying is “Set it and Forget it”. Seriously once you install the plugin there are a few settings but once they are set it pretty much runs on its own.
Always a pleasure to have a real cook come by
Thanks Louise!
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Louise Reply:
January 23rd, 2010 at 11:13 pm
That’s my style, Jim. “Set it and Forget It. I’m figuring some time around June. I a bit hesitant…
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Jim Hardin Reply:
January 24th, 2010 at 6:37 am
Hey Louise! I hope that you aren’t too afraid of Wordpress. Really with all of these plugins they are a “Set it and Forget it” type of thing and really they are not that hard to install at all. Sure there are some inital settings that you might need to add, but sometimes you don’t do a thing. Like the Google XML site map. Just install and you don’t do anything. The TweetMeme one you can set the location of the button. Thats the twitter button that is in the corner of each post. I am sure you probably knew that. So these plugins add functionality to your blog allowing you to customize your blog the way you want to. Yes it seems scary at first but its not that bad. And really some of these are optional like the Twitter button. You don’t need to add it. Once you install a plugin it adds a what I am going to call a menu so you can add or change settings. Like the SEO Pack once installed you just type in your blog title and description and a few other things. Ok I am probably scaring you with all of this. Believe me its not as scary as it may sound.
Seriously if you need some help I am not an expert, but I can help walk you through some of this stuff when you want to move over to Wordpress. I think you will be happy with it once you do
Thanks Jim, I really appreciate it. Between you and sire I feel like it won’t be as difficult as it may seem.
P.S. I’ll be answering your email later today:)
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Jim Hardin Reply:
January 27th, 2010 at 2:31 pm
Hey sorry the email was so long. I just kept typing and typing and typing.
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Thanks for the list of plugin but I wanna ask. Which seo plugin is best for you? Wpseo , Platinium seo or all inone seo pack?
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Jim Hardin Reply:
January 28th, 2010 at 7:04 am
Well I started off using the All In One SEO and it seemed fine. A little while later when I had done a post about plugins one of my blogger friends said he used the Platinum SEO pack so I went to take a look at it. He had said it had more features. So I thought why not. So I uninstalled the ALL in one SEO and installed the Platinum SEO Pack. Now did I notice a difference. Well not really. I do think the Platinum has more settings that you can set, but again once you set the settings thats pretty much it. Now if you are using the ALL in one SEO right now and you want to move to the platinum the Platinum does have a feature for migrating all the settings you have from the All in one SEO to the Platinum. So its easy to set up. So I would say I like the Platinum better I believe it has more features than that of the All in one.
Before you change over check out the Platinum SEO Plugin Website. It describes in more detail what the Platinum gives you and information about the All in one SEO. Platinum SEO Plugin Website
Thanks for dropping by I hope that helps
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Sorry Jim… I was just about to surf away from this article, thinking that it was about cookery! Spotted the list of plugins and decided to have a read.
I’ve just installed CommentLuv on my site… seems like an easy way to reward people for leaving a comment.
Another good thing about this plugin? It makes you come up with catchy post titles that people want to click.
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Jim Hardin Reply:
February 15th, 2010 at 9:36 pm
Hey Keith! Well I am glad you stayed to read it
Didn’t mean to trick you. Just finding a different way of getting blogging tips out there. I hope you enjoyed it.
Yes CommentLuv is a good one! I have had that installed from the beginning and I do think it can attract new visitors
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