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The Tech Behind The Blog

I figure I owe a lot of people, who otherwise wouldn’t get credit:

First of all is WordPress who have created WordPress, the system that runs this blog.

Thanks to PDF Online for creating a great post to PDF conversion tool, and to Myo Kyaw Htun, whose tutorial told me how to integrate PDF Online’s tool cleanly into my blog.

Below are the plugins currently active:

404 Notifier 1.2a  404 Notifier 1.2a
» Alex King (url)
This plugin will log 404 hits on your site and can notify you via e-mail or you can subscribe to the generated RSS feed of 404 events. Adjust your settings here.

Akismet 2.2.1  Akismet 2.2.1
» Matt Mullenweg (url)
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin.

Anonymous WordPress Plugin Updates 1.0  Anonymous WordPress Plugin Updates 1.0
» Hannes Hofmann (url)
Anonymizes the data transmitted during plugin update checking and notification system.

BackUpWordPress 0.4.5  BackUpWordPress 0.4.5
» Roland Rust (url)
Manage WordPress Backups. Beta Release. Please help testing and give me feedback under the comments section of the Plugin page. Backup DB, Files & Folders, use .tar.gz, .zip, Exclude List, etc.

Breadcrumb Navigation XT 1.7  Breadcrumb Navigation XT 1.7
» Michael Woehrer (url)
Adds a breadcrumb navigation showing the visitor's path to their current location. For details on how to use this plugin visit Breadcrumb Nav XT.

CommentMailer 0.1  CommentMailer 0.1
» Huda Toriq (url)
Send email after replying a comment on the blog comment system.

GoCodes 1.2.3  GoCodes 1.2.3
» Matt Harzewski (redwall_hp) (url)
Create shortcut URLs to anywhere on the internet, right from your Wordpress Admin. When upgrading, be sure to read the upgrade notes.

Google XML Sitemaps 3.1.0.1  Google XML Sitemaps 3.1.0.1
» Arne Brachhold (url)
This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. Configuration Page

In Series 3.0.12  In Series 3.0.12
» Travis Snoozy (url)
Gives authors an easy way to connect posts together as a series.

No Self Pings 0.2  No Self Pings 0.2
» Michael D. Adams (url)
Keeps WordPress from sending pings to your own site.

Platinum SEO Pack 1.2.1  Platinum SEO Pack 1.2.1
» Rajesh - Techblissonline Dot Com (url)
Complete SEO solution for your Wordpress blog.

QuickPost 0.7  QuickPost 0.7
» Josh Kenzer (url)
QuickPost for Wordpress. Based on BlogThis! and the Tumblr Bookmarklet

Redirection 2.0.10  Redirection 2.0.10
» John Godley (url)
A redirection manager

Replace WP-Version 1.0  Replace WP-Version 1.0
» Frank Bueltge (url)
Replace the WP-version with a random string < WP 2.4 and eliminate WP-version > WP 2.4

Taragana's Del.icio.us mp3 Player Plugin 1.0  Taragana's Del.icio.us mp3 Player Plugin 1.0
» Angsuman Chakraborty, Taragana (url)
Makes any mp3 links (in post or page or any other location) playable directly on your webpage. In addition, your visitors will have the opportunity to easily tag and post the mp3 link to del.icio.us. This script is extremely lightweight, as is the flash movie that plays on demand. Must-have for podcasters.

Theme Test Drive 2.6.3  Theme Test Drive 2.6.3
» Vladimir Prelovac (url)
Safely test drive any theme while visitors are using the default one. Includes instant theme preview via thumbnail.

Ubernyms 2.6  Ubernyms 2.6
» Joel Bennett (url)
Wraps up the functionality of the Acronym Replacer, AutoLinker, and then some. Can replace anything with anything, and includes (optional) domTT powered tooltips.

Wordbook 0.14.2  Wordbook 0.14.2
» Robert Tsai (url)
Cross-post your blog updates to your Facebook account. Navigate to Options → Wordbook for configuration.

WordPress Database Backup 2.2.1  WordPress Database Backup 2.2.1
» Austin Matzko (url)
On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Manage → Backup to get started.

WordPress Mobile Edition 2.1a  WordPress Mobile Edition 2.1a
» Alex King (url)
Show a mobile view of the post/page if the visitor is on a known mobile device. Questions on configuration, etc.? Make sure to read the README.

WP-ContactForm 2.0.4  WP-ContactForm 2.0.4
» Douglas Karr (url)
WP Contact Form is a drop in form for users to contact you. It can be implemented on a page or a post. It currently works with WordPress 2.0+. The plugin was originally developed by Ryan Duff but has been modified by Doug Karr to require a challenge question and response to fight spam as well as some other features.

WP-Crontrol 1.0  WP-Crontrol 1.0
» Edward Dale (url)
WP-Crontrol lets you take control over what’s happening in the WP-Cron system. See my series on Taking control of WP-Cron using WP-Crontrol for usage ideas.

WP-Footnotes 3.3  WP-Footnotes 3.3
» Simon Elvery (url)
Allows a user to easily add footnotes to a post.

WP-PluginsUsed 1.31  WP-PluginsUsed 1.31
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.

WP Security Scan 2.3  WP Security Scan 2.3
» Michael Torbert (url)
Perform security scan of WordPress installation.