WordPress obviously stands as the most popular blogging platform in use today. And it is, for the most part, an excellent piece of software. However it is always a good idea to explore the alternatives, and you might even find one that you like! So here I present to you five excellent alternatives to WordPress for your blog.
Probably my absolute favourite thing about WordPress is the fact that it is so easy to extend its functionality, with currently over 9000 plugins included in the WordPress Plugin Directory, with that number increasing every day.
But which plugins are the most useful? Here are 11 great hand-picked plugins that I use at FWebDe.
WordPress 3.0, Beta 1 has been released today. WordPress 3.0 will bring many new features to the blogging platform that I'm sure we are all waiting for. You can read the official announcement at the WordPress blog. There are many new features included in this release, but keep in mind that this is only a beta, and will probably have some problems.
We've all put so much work into our blogs, and I'm sure you'd hate to see all that hard work just disappear. Unfortunately, there are some people who would get rid of all that, either because they think it would be fun, or because they want to spam your site to push some terrible product that they wouldn't be able to advertise any other way.
Google Analytics is a great tool for checking and analyzing website traffic. But at times it can be a pain to go through your theme, and find just the right place to put the tracking code. There are plugins that can do this, but they aren't really necessary to do this. Thanks to the magic of WordPress hooks, you don't need to worry!