Blog Plugins
Updated September 29, 2010
Our blogs are currently in WordPress Multi-User (WPMU) version 3.0.3.
Here is the current list of installed plugins. Each plugin was modified to meet appearance, accessibility and security requirements.
If you don’t see what you’re looking for, make a suggestion on our Online Help Forum.
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1 Active on all blogs.
2 Users can choose to activate or deactivate.
Plugins available for standard blogs
| Plugin/Developer | Version | Description |
| Peter’s Login Redirect | 1.8.0 | Controls the site page a user is sent to after logging in. Also allows setting roles and capabilities for specific users, as well as blanket rules that apply to all. This is all managed in Settings > Login redirects.1 |
| WP-PostRatings | 1.50 | Adds an AJAX rating system for your WordPress blog’s posts/pages.1 |
| Blog Metrics | 1.2.6 | Provides blog metrics (based on a suggestion by Avinash Kaushik in this post) now with a widget!1 |
| Real IP | 1.3 | Correct comment’s IP address if you are behind a proxy or load balancer. There is no setting. It should start working once you activate it.1 |
| Header and Footer | 1.1.0 | Header and Footer plugin allows adding html/javascript code to page headers and footers.1 |
| EZ Blog Dashboard Plugin | 1.0 | This citizen.apps.gov custom plugin was created to simplify your Blog administration experience.1 |
| AJAX Report Comments | 2.0.3 | AJAX allows visitors to notify the administrator about inappropriate comments.1 |
| WP-PageNavi | 2.72 | Adds more advanced page navigation to your WordPress blog.1 |
| Register Plus | 3.5.1 | Enhance your Registration Page. Add a Custom Logo, Password Field, Invitation Codes, Disclaimer, Captcha and Email Validation, User Moderation, Profile Fields and more.1 |
| youtube with style | 7.0 | You can search using the YouTube API, and automatically insert videos into your post without leaving your site.1 |
| Configurable Tag Cloud | 5.2 | A tag cloud plugin for WordPress to give you more styling flexibility.1,2 |
| Sociable | 3.5.2 | Automatically add links on your posts, pages and RSS feed to your favorite social bookmarking sites.1,2 |
| Top Commentators Widget | 1.3 | Adds a sidebar widget to show the top commentators in your WP site. Adapted from Show Top Commentators plug-in.1,2 |
| WP-PostViews | 1.50 | Enables you to display how many times a post/page had been viewed. Modified by David Potter to include options for when and where to display view counts.1,2 |
Plugins available for blogs to use for Challenges
| Plugin/Developer | Version | Description |
| EZ Challenge Dashboard Plugin | 1.0 | This citizen.apps.gov custom plugin was created to simplify your challenge administration experience.1 |
| Blog Metrics | 1.2.6 | Provides challenge metrics (based on a suggestion by Avinash Kaushik in this post) now with a widget!1 |
| Real IP | 1.3 | Correct comment’s IP address if you are behind a proxy or load balancer. There is no setting. It should start working once you activate it.1 |
| Header and Footer | 1.1.0 | Header and Footer plugin allows adding html/javascript code to page headers and footers.1 |
| Amr Shortcode Any Widget | 1.2 | Allows inclusion of any widget within a page for any theme. [do_widget widgetname ] or [do_widget "widget name" ].1 |
| Quick Post Widget | 1.6.1 | This allows posting directly from the front panel of your site. 1 |
| User Role Editor | 2.1.5 | Allows you to change any standard WordPress user roles (except administrator) list with a few clicks.1 |
| WP-PageNavi | 2.61 | Adds more advanced page navigation capability1 |
| WP Status Notifier | 1.3 | Sends email notification of posts pending review.1 |
| Thank Me Later | 2.0.0.1 | Automatically send a ‘thank you’ e-mail to those who comment on your challenge. This plugin engages the visitor by reminding them to check back for responses or new challenge posts. Highly configurable with multiple messages, variable delay and restrictions.1 |
| Popularity Contest | 2.0b2 | Enables ranking of your posts by popularity; using the behavior of your visitors to determine each post’s popularity. You set a value (or use the default value) for every post view, comment, etc. and the popularity of your posts is calculated based on those values. Once you have activated the plugin, you can configure the Popularity Values and View Reports. You can also use the included Widgets and Template Tags to display post popularity and lists of popular posts on your challenge.1 |
| WP-PostRatings | 1.50 | Adds an AJAX rating system for your posts/pages.1 |
| Register Plus | 3.5.1 | Enhance your Registration Page. Add a Custom Logo, Password Field, Invitation Codes, Disclaimer, Captcha and Email Validation, User Moderation, Profile Fields and more.1 |
| youtube with style | 7.0 | You can search using the YouTube API, and automatically insert videos into your post without leaving your site.1 |
| AJAX Report Comments | 2.03 | Uses AJAX to allow visitors to notify the administrator about inappropriate comments. 1,2 |
| Configurable Tag Cloud | 5.2 | A tag cloud plugin for WordPress to give you more styling flexibility.1,2 |
| Countdown Timer | 2.4.1 | Add template tags and widget to count down or up to the years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes, and/or seconds to a particular event.1,2 |
| Facebook Posted Items | 0.3 | Goes all the way to Facebook and fetches the posted items for display.1,2 |
| Sociable | 3.5.2 | Automatically add links on your posts, pages and RSS feed to your favorite social bookmarking sites. 1,2 |
| Subscribe To Comments | 2.1.2 | Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry. Based on version 1 from Scriptygoddess.1,2 |
| Top Commentators Widget | 1.3 | Adds a sidebar widget to show the top commentators in your WP site. Adapted from Show Top Commentators plug-in. 1,2 |
| Twitter Hash Tag Widget | 1.1 | A widget for displaying the most recent twitter status updates for a particular hash tag.1,2 |
| Vertical Scroll Recent Comments | 4.0 | This will vertically scroll the recent comments in site sidebar (with avatar or name if desired).1,2 |
| Wordbook | 0.15.7 | Cross-post your challenge updates to your Facebook account. Navigate to Settings → Wordbook for configuration. 1,2 |
| WP to Twitter | 2.0.4 | Updates Twitter when you create a new challenge post or add to your challengeroll using Cli.gs. With a Cli.gs API key, creates a clig in your Cli.gs account with the name of your post as the title. 1,2 |
