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Great PlugIns I have used #2: Word Statistics Plugin

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I have been using this plug in for quite sometime. I quite like having the ability to know how many words there are in a post. It’s useful! So I’m now recommending this.

It also has readability scores, but I don’t know how useful they actually are for writing as I actually tend to just write. The readability statistics are quite practical once you know what they signify. I found a website that helps provide some ‘standards’.

This post rates: Fog: 9.6 which indicates that you need 9.6 years of education to read this, or a headcold to write it!

(edited: the two possible modes of writing with ‘tags’ and mini-word style buttons produce widely different numbers of words).

Payperpost discloses its change on Disclosure Requirements

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Techcrunch recently wrote about PPP here. Payperpost is finally requiring postings to be identified as paid for postings. This is quite a change for Payperpost, and is something that many bloggers will feel more comfortable when they do blog advertising. Once guidelines are promoted, this blogger will be happy to conform to the new policy. I believe that it will help to clarify the relationship between the reader and the blogger. In the meantime, you will see a first step in the right direction here.
Sponsored by Payperpost.

Great PlugIns I have used #1: Adhesive 3.2

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I am a great fan of the Adhesive (or Sticky) plug-in that adds a ‘sticky’ function to your blog in the “Post Status” Area. The sticky can work on your frontpage or on the categories only. The option to configure it is in the “Plugins > Adhesive” Menu.
It’s a great plug-in for WordPress, unfortunately, Owen Winkler lost the server that it was hosted on. Seems he has not restored it yet, so you have to get the download here or here. As a result, I guess development work on it has stopped! Wishing Owen the best in getting his server working again. Also, I noted that some people are saying it doesn’t necessarily work with Wordpress 2.0.5 yet. So you will need to check your version.

I’ve requested permission to host the file here for Owen, but I’m still waiting for his okay.

In the meantime, I’ll host the zip file here for download.