Happy Blogger Tip Tuesday! I’ve done a post about plug-ins that I love, but that was awhile ago, so I figured it was time for a little update. So for today’s tips, I’m sharing five great plugins for wordpress. As I’ve noted before, I use self-hosted wordpress, so if you are on blogger, these plugins might not be available — sorry!
- Coschedule. Remember how much I loved my editorial calendar? I love Coschedule more! Coschedule takes your standard editorial calendar and adds easy functionality to schedule social media posts (including posts to Pinterest!). It’s like a editorial calendar on steriods. The best thing is you can try it for free – and then it’s only 10$/month – totally worth it in my opinion!
- Comment Reply Notification. Don’t you love it when you comment on a blog and you have to go back to that blog to see if you got a reply? No, of course you don’t — no one does! Comment Reply Notification takes care of that — it’s a plugin that will email your reply to that awesome blog reader who left you a comment. It’s great and your readers will love it!
- Recipe Card. If you post recipes to your blog, you should definitely add this plugin. It takes your recipes and makes them easy to save and print for your readers. You can see it in action here.
- Revive Old Post. Do you ever see those “in case you missed it” tweets sharing older posts from some of your favorite bloggers? They aren’t shifting through their archives and posting things — they are using this plugin. You choose the frequency in which you want posts sent and the format. Easy as pie and a great way to get some of your older posts some love.
- Ultimate Nofollow. I talked about some tips for writing sponsored posts and mentioned this plugin there, but in case you missed it, I’m mentioning it again. It’s so easy and allows you to add nofollow links with ease. I highly recommend it!
What’d I miss? Shout out your favorite plugins in the comments!
Thank you! I was going to ask what your go to plugins were 🙂
Sue @ This Mama Runs for Cupcakes recently posted…My fav compression sleeves and a contest!!
your welcome! 🙂
I hadn’t heard of a couple of those thanks! I also started with akismet bc I was getting too many spam comments and I think it’s really helping a lot.
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner recently posted…Tempeh Edamame Rice Noodle salad & June Foodie Pen Pals
akismet is great — it was definitely on the top of my list in the first plugin roundup i did a few months ago — it’s a must have!
I need to get the Revive Old Posts one. I didn’t know about that one. Thanks!
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Great list Courtney. I’m still debating whether I want to go the self hosted route (I’m on free Word Press right now), but if/when I make the decision to do so I’ll definitely use your list for reference.
Kathryn @ Dancing to Running recently posted…July 2014 Monthly Goals
you definitely should! 🙂
These are great plugins–thanks so much for sharing them!
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happy to help!
Oh I definitely need to look into the Revive Old Post ones. My editorial calendar has me not blogging on weekends but that might be a good time to let the plug-in do some ICYMI’s 🙂 Thanks for the tips Courtney! See ya tonight!
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ICYMI are good any time! at night, weekends or just in between scheduled posts 🙂 see ya soon!
I have comment reply notification, but it only works for some people – it’s so weird! 🙁 I personally love Comment Luv because I love to check out everyone’s latest posts!
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that is totally weird! commentluv is THE BEST – i think it was number one in my plugin roundup post a few months ago!
oooh, co-schedule, I like this!! Cracks me up “like an editorial calendar on steroids” haha. You and I need a plugin session over wine or something.
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WINE! please!!!!!
Great plugin recommendations! I need to integrate a few of these. Thanks for sharing!
Erin @ Girl Gone Veggie recently posted…What I learned at FitBloggin’ 14
glad it was helpful, erin!
These are all great plugins. I hadn’t heard of a couple of them. Thanks for sharing!
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happy to share – hope some of the new to you plugins are helpful!
I’m such a newb to blogging and on top of that so not tech savvy–I appreciate posts like this! Thanks!
Helly recently posted…Helloooo July!! Mid-Year Review
anytime, lady! (well, usually once or twice a month, LOL). 🙂
Oh neat I’m actually about to be posting a couple recipes next week so that recipe plug in is the perfect suggestion! It’s like you’re a psychic!
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it’s really really cool — and yeah, i totally “felt” you needed a recipe plugin 🙂
part 2 to my comment-I owe you big time. I assumed that all of this time my commenters were getting my responses emailed back to them. When I saw your post I went back and asked people and they are not getting my responses. Boy do I feel like an idiot-I’ve spent hours commenting back and no one has seen them. Thanks for the tips. Live and learn I guess.
Deborah @ Confessions of a Mother Runner recently posted…Tempeh Edamame Rice Noodle salad & June Foodie Pen Pals
i think that’s a natural assumption — it took me awhile to figure it out as well!
I use all of these – except the recipe one — I will have to check that one out!
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i really like recipe card — it’s SO easy to use!
As a follower (and non-blogger) who received the “comment reply notification”, I can attest that this was great for me to know that you replied to my comment! Other bloggers, take note! 🙂
i think it makes a world of difference knowing that your comment was actually read and someone took the time to respond — thanks for sharing your perspective, shawn!
And this is why I need to move to self-hosted WordPress…I wish I had the capability to do these things!
Janelle @ Run With No Regrets recently posted…June Recap: So Busy But Lots of Fun!
yes you do, ma’am! you have SO many more options when you self host! 🙂
Love these I totally added the SEO one after you suggested it last time.
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oh good — isn’t that one awesome?!
Thanks for the tips! I also use WordPress and any words of wisdom are definitely appreciated 😉
i try to do blogger tip tuesdays once a month or so!
Thank you especially for the “Ultimate Nofollow” and “Comment Reply Notification” plugin tips. I have a couple of other plugins that I added when you did a similar post quite a while ago, and I’m so happy to have them. Thank you!
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