After several attempts at testing various themes and plugins, it became apparent that I needed to upgrade to version 2.5 of Wordpress. That entailed manually removing the current software version, keeping the database, and replacing with the new software. The only thing I had to do was transfer system information from
I had installed Wordpress 2.5, upgrading from 2.3.3, thinking that I would be able to use all the plugins that I had set up on the prior version with no difficulty. However, that soon became evident that it was not that easy.
Wordpress 2.5 has a lot of internal changes from 2.3.3. They were necessary to provide some of the new features and to help prepare for the next round of updates. When I went to use many of the plugins that I had installed and worked in 2.3.3, many of them did not work at all or malfunctioned.
So, I had to remove (first deactivate then delete) and then verify that all the plugins were tested for 2.5 before reinstalling.
The ones that worked and provided added functionality to my blog that most people may want:
Cforms II- One of the best and most sophisticated contact form plugins. Great configurability for building your own forms.
WP e-Commerce - Provides a storefront and shopping cart. Some additional fees may be required for authorization, etc. [I did not use this one, but put it here in case this is something you may need for yours.]
Google Sitemap Generator- Saves manual labor updating sites maps, It sends an index of your site to google, yahoo, MSN Live, and Ask.com every time you update your site.
All in One SEO Pack - This plugin inserts keywords and other META tags in runtime, so the keywords are always related to the content of the current page.
Chunk Urls for WordPress - trims the display (not the actual link) of extra long URL so it doesn't mess up you page display.
FeedBurner FeedSmith- RSS feed plugin for FeedBurner.
Tan Tan Noodles - allows you to view your Google Analytics and Feedburner stats from within your Wordpress Admin section.
Sig2feed - adds a copyright notice to your feed.
WP-Cach- works by caching Worpress pages and storing them in a static file for serving future requests. (see also Wp-super-cache)
Search-Highlighter - highlights the search terms in your posts returned from the search results.
Spam Karma - free replacement for Askimet. More powerful and thorough.
Wordpress Global Translator Plugin - translate your pages into different languages.
AdSense Manager- Manage Google AdSense and Yahoo, etc. ads on your blog.
Ajax Calendar - displays a calendar.
Amazon Machine Tags - checks for machine tags with ISBN or ASIN numbers, gets the product data from amazon, and displays it in the sidebar or in a blog article.
Articles - allows you to display a list of posts you wish to feature/highlight.
DB Manager - allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up and optimizing of database.
MyTwitter - allows users to display their recent Twitter updates (tweets) on their blog.
Peter's Custom Anti-Spam - Stop a lot of spambots from polluting your site by making visitors identify a custom word displayed as an image before commenting.
ShareThis - sharethis allows users to add your post to many social bookmarking sites, or to send as an email.
Subscribe to Comments - enables commenters to sign up for e-mail notification of subsequent entries.
Delink Comment Author - gives you the ability to remove the link a commenter left as their URL without removing the entire comment.
WordPress Mobile Edition - shows an interface designed for a mobile device when visitors come to your site on a mobile device.
Contact Form - easy-to-install form has many accessibility, usability, and security features. (Follow instructions for creating a Contact Page. Make sure that the one line of code you add to your Contact Page is done in HTML mode.)
Simply RSS Fetcher - Simple plugin to fetch a desired RSS and put it wherever you want in your blog.
TinyMCE Advanced - This plugin adds 14 plugins to TinyMCE: Advanced hr, Advanced Image, Advanced Link, Context Menu, Emotions (Smilies), Date and Time, Layer, Nonbreaking, Print, Search and Replace, Style, Table, Visual Characters and XHTML Extras.
PrivatePlus - By default, only administrators and editors can view posts and pages that are marked as private. This plugin will allow you to determine which groups are able to see private posts by default. It will allow other authenticated users to view 'private' posts and pages.
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Related articles about Wordpress 2.5:
Wordpress 2.5 Themes
Wordpress Installation and Use - What I Learned
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Are all these 2.5 compatible? I am updateing my blog so if you have found all the plugins that already work with 2.5 thanks.