50 Wordpress Resources that Will Improve Your Blog!

by Matt Langford on February 19, 2009 · Comments

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One of the most important requirements for being a successful blogger is having the ability to admit that you do not know it all! Every popular blog has been forced, at one time or another, to look for help. 

I’ve compiled a list of 50 of the most requested and most popular resources for blogging with wordpress. I guarantee you that these resources will help increase your blog’s traffic, comments, and usability!

Individual Articles and Resources

SMASHING MAGAZINE (visit)
10 Killer Wordpress Hacks
100 Excellent Free High Quality Wordpress Themes
User Generated Wordpress Plugins Tutorials

WP CANDY (visit)
The Wordpress Help Sheet
WP Candy Free Theme

HOW TO MAKE MY BLOG (visit)
6 Ways I Customized the Thesis Wordpress Theme
How to Use Images to Style Your Blog Post
How to Turn Your Passion into a Blog

PRO BLOGGER (visit)
How to Write Your About Me Page
Blogging for Beginners
3 Simple Actions that Doubled My Website Traffic in 30 Days
How to Use Facebook to Promote Your Blog

COPY BLOGGER (visit)
How to Write an Article Fast
Popular Grammar Writing Mistakes
10 Effective Ways to Get More Blog Subscribers
5 Simple Ways to Open Your Blog Post with a Bang

NET TUTS (visit)
Creating a Custom Wordpress Plugin from Scratch
Don’t Ignore Your Wordpress Footer
Creating a Wordpress Theme from Scratch (Part 1)
Creating a Wordpress Theme from Scratch (Part 2)

BLOG PERFUME (visit)
Free Glossy Blogging Icons Set for Bloggers
Analyze Your Feedburner Feeds
Blog Smarter with Zemanta Plugin

PEARSONIFIED (visit)
How to Format Images for Feed Readers
Get 53% More Searches with One Tweak
Wicked Wordpress Archives in One Easy Step

WP HACKS (visit)
Collection of Wordpress Comment Hacks
How to Create a Slick iPhone Interface for Wordpress
How to Add Email This Button to Your Blog
How to Add Social Bookmarking to Your Theme
How to Add a Sticky Post to Your Wordpress Blog

PRO BLOG DESIGN (visit)
30 Ways to Improve Readability
Should a Sidebar Go on the Left or Right?
7 Elements to Make Your Blog Look Great

DAILY BLOG TIPS (visit)
Things to Do After Installing Wordpress
Manipulating Wordpress

A Few Random Extras

PREMIUM WORDPRESS THEMES
Thesis Theme
Woo Themes
Studio Press Revolution Themes
Theme Forest

ESSENTIAL WORDPRESS PLUGINS
(That are not listed in everyone else’s Essential Plugins List!)
Broken Link Checker (Examines entire site for broken links)
Referrer Detector (Greets visitors from other sites)
Thesis OpenHook (Must have plugin for users of Thesis theme)
Cool Excerpt (Show media icons in excerpts)
Media Burner (Creates media player from sitewide media)

BEST AFFILIATE OPPORTUNITES
DIY Themes
Theme Forest

HONORABLE MENTION
Blogging Pro
Web Log Tools Collection

  • "One of the most important requirements for being a successful blogger is having the ability to admit that you do not know it all!"

    And all this time I've thought that you were a really good blogger... =/

    You are the hero.

    <abbr>Krista’s last blog post..That’s Discrimination.</abbr>
  • Great resource list! Maybe you can do one for Blogger too? I'm a Blogger user :)

    <abbr>blogaboutnothin’s last blog post..Make Millions of Dollars Blogging About Nothing: Day 5</abbr>
  • blogaboutnothin, I'm an avid WordPress user, but I'm not incredibly familiar with Google Blogger. I have, however, sent you an email of a few resources that may help you. Thanks for commenting!
  • Matt,

    Thank you for the resources. These tools are going to be helpful. I am also on Blogger as well...are your resorces for blogger similar?
  • Ian Haseltine, My blogger resources are pretty much just links to other sites that have listed resources. There have been a few people who have asked for them, so I'll list a few here:

    -40 Resources for Google Blogger
    -Blogger Template Resources
    -Blogger Tips and Tricks

    Hope that helps!
  • RaiulBaztepo
    Hello!
    Very Interesting post! Thank you for such interesting resource!
    PS: Sorry for my bad english, I'v just started to learn this language ;)
    See you!
    Your, Raiul Baztepo
  • Thanks for including links to my articles, along with all these cool blogs, Matt!

    <abbr>Marko Saric’s last blog post..How I got two consecutive record breaking blog traffic days</abbr>
  • Marko Saric, Thanks for the Thanks! It's well deserved! I send as many people as I can your way, especially Thesis users.
  • well, this is a lots to me..
    thanks for this listing Matt.
    i'm one of your blog reader from Malaysia.
    did u know where the heck is Malaysia? lol

    cheers Matt!

    <abbr>baloot’s last blog post..Belajar Adobe Photoshop Photo Effects Tutorial: Cara-cara Menukarkan Gambar Girlfriend Anda Kepada Vampire</abbr>
  • Glad to have you, baloot... I actually do know where the malaysia/indonesia area is! Thanks for reading!
  • Yeah, u really know where Malaysia is located rite.. Haha..

    Anyway, Malaysia n Indonesia is different. Indonesia is my neighbor.

    Nice to read your blog Matt. Help me a lots about Thesis theme.

    Cheers!
  • Yeah, I know Malaysia and Indonesia are different, I was just saying I know where to find that region on a map! Not that I've ever visited or anything, although I'm sure I'd love it!
  • Yeah, u r very cool man. U know where its located. I'm sure you'll love when u had 1st visit to Malaysia. Because of our unique culture, Malay, Chinese, and Indians in one country can live happily.. :D

    If u were planning to vacation in Malaysia, just tell me. I will tell you the BEST PLACE to visit.

    I got a friends who pros at this, he's tourist travel guide.

    Cheers!

    p/s: i need more and more tutorial on Thesis from you Matt. I love the way you write the tutorial. Very easy for me to understand. Because my 1st language is not English.. Hee...

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  • I am so thankful for this list. I recently started my blog. I've had the domain for years, so the Sandbox was not an issue, but I really don't trust anyone who calls my office or asks for money for help promoting the blog. Maybe if I were selling t-shirts, the pay services would tempt me, but now that I'm armed with this list I can't possibly fall victim to these Blog Promoters.
  • brianfranklin
    great list, retweeted, bookmarked and followed :-) thanks for the resource
  • Thanks for sharing such a nice resource.
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