Where you can find free blog plugins

June 15th, 2009 Kevin Quinlan 1 comment

As I have mentioned in before, plugins for wordpress can really make a difference in the usability of a blog. A plugin can turn an ordinary boring common theme and make it stand out for the reader. So, where do you get all of these free blog plugins? Good question. The answer is there is a ton of places to find them.

I must say I love the new wordpress version where you can install plugins right from the admin. You no longer need to download and ftp over the files. A simple enhancement that has made me fall in love with WordPress blogs all over again.

Okay back to the point of the blog and that is where to find free blog plugins. Here are three places you can go to check for the whatever your need is for your blog. I recommend starting with WordPress Plugins main website. This is the most reliable place to stop which covers an overview of the free blog plugin and how to install it.

From there try out Siteground which has a good list of free blog plugins or a very large database of free blog plugs over at WP-Plugins. It really all depends on what you are looking for or better yet, if you even know what you are looking for.

What I mean is that you should surf around as many blogs as you can. Find plugins that you like and then google the plugin. Find the free blog plugin and use it. It is okay to mimic a blog that you like. You don’t want to be 100% the same but it is okay to take the pieces you like and reuse the layout and usability.

It is the content that will make you stand out but the presentation of the content does make a difference.