My WordPress Plugin List

Just like Nick, Jan, and Tracy, I’m sharing the list of plugins I have on this site and what I use them for.

IndieWeb

ActivityPub

Makes your blog available in the fediverse. Made by my colleagues at Automattic, Matthias Pfefferle in particular.

I still mostly use the toot.cafe server, but eventually I think I might to move move of my fediverse posting, liking, and replies to my own website.

Add Fediverse Icons to Jetpack

Exactly what it says on the tin. Made by Jan Boddez.

Friends

Made by Alex Kirk. The Friends plugin allows you to follow content from other WordPress sites, and interact with them on your own site. You can follow friends and others via RSS. If you also have the ActivityPub plugin installed, you can follow people on Mastodon and other ActivityPub-compatible social networks.

+ Friends Post Collection and Friends Send to E-Reader

I use these to make collections of posts that I then send to my Kindle and read offline. Very niche, but very useful.

IndieAuth

IndieAuth is a way to allow users to use their own domain to sign into other websites and services

IndieBlocks

Powers the Likes, Replies, Bookmarks, and Microblog section of my website. Made by Jan Boddez.

IndieWeb

Powers a bundle of indieweb functionality. Check it out.

RSS Cloud

Adds RSS Cloud capabilities to my RSS feed.

RSS to Indie Likes

I made this one. It takes items from an RSS feed and automatically posts Likes to them on my site, using the IndieBlocks Like functionality mentioned above.

Share on Mastodon

Auto shares microblog posts to Mastodon. Also made by Jan Boddez. I think I owe him a beer.

JSON Feed

The more syndication options the better IMO. I do wonder if anyone is actively using my JSON feed, though.

Micropub

API endpoint for making new posts. I built some Apple Shortcuts using it:

iOS Shortcut Actions for Micropub posting

Syndication Links

Shows links to syndicated copies on other platforms on my microblog posts. Made by David Shanske.

Webmention

A Webmention is a notification that one URL links to another. I send them for Likes, Replies, Bookmarks, and links in posts.

Made by Matthias Pfefferle

Wunderground PWS

I made this to show data from my personal weatherstation on my website. (It is currently offline and I need to fix the station.)

I put it in the IndieWeb section because, well, who else besides indieweb folks put the weather on their websites?

Layout & theme functionality

Advanced Custom Fields

If any of my coworkers are reading this, know that I cringe about having this on my site, too. I’ve removed most uses except for the Reading section of my site, which I intend to rebuilt from scratch on the next iteration of my site. Consider this my personal Data Liberation project.

Bookmark Card

This is one of my favorite blocks, and it should be in Core. Turns any URL into a beautiful preview card. Made by George Mamadashvili.

Breadcrumb NavXT

Nice breadcrumb block. This should probably be in Core, too. Made by John Havlik.

GenerateBlocks

I use this for the more advanced Query Loop block, which takes basically any wp_query argument right in the GUI.

Gutenberg

I like to run the bleeding-edge.

Post Modified Time Block

Made by Rich Tabor. I add this to some templates because I care when things like /now and /blogroll were last updated.

SVG Support

Another thing that should probably be in Core.

Utilities

Akismet

Spam shall not pass.

Confetti

Occasionally I add some whimsy to posts by adding a confetti cannon.

Jetpack

You already know what it is and you either use it or have a post on your site about why you don’t.

Yes, I work at Automattic, but I was using it even before I started working here. I love it.

I run the beta version.

Pressable Cache Management

I host on Pressable. This tool makes it easy to granularly manage cache on the platform from wp-admin.

I regularly test new versions and provide feedback to the team.

QuickPost

Adds an “Add New” button to the Block Editor toolbar, so you can easily create new posts/pages/custom post types, as well as duplicate them.

Made by Aurooba Ahmed.

Redirection

I’ve tested every redirects plugin out there and this one is the best. Made by John Godley.

I’d love to see your plugin list. If you post one, send me a link!