Three WordPress plugins for Mormon bloggers

Posted by Richard K Miller on Dec 19th, 2006 in Cool Sites, Mormon | 0 comments

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Many blogs around the Bloggernacle are powered by WordPress. For example, LDS News Watch, LDS Web Guy, LDS CIO, and Ask Gramps (and this blog!) all run on WordPress software.

WordPress can be customized through a variety of “plugins”. Here are three WordPress plugins that might be helpful to Mormon bloggers:

  • LDS Linker — When you type a scripture reference like Moroni 10:3-5, LDS Linker automatically links to the appropriate verse at scriptures.lds.org.
  • LDSlinks — Powered by LDSsearch.com, LDSlinks automatically adds related links to any blog post. For example, if you indicate that your blog post is about Gordon B. Hinckley, LDSlinks will automatically add links to other pages about President Hinckley.
  • WWSGD — I blogged previously about the importance of giving context and background to visitors to your site. This plugin, by yours truly, lets new visitors to your blog see a customized message, perfect for explaining which Church you belong to and what your basic beliefs are before you expound on the mysteries of the Kingdom.
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