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WP plug-in directory

It has been a joy to watch WordPress evolve over the past couple years. I’m by no means an early adopter, but my use of the open-source blogging software did begin long enough ago to see how quickly the tools have improved and how much deeper the community programming has gone. Now, the upgrades to the WordPress main site have reached a point where search and information about those extensions needed to improve, too.

If you are thinking about blogging but haven’t made the commitment, or if you are using some other blogging tool, here’s another reason to drop everything and join the WordPress community: the plug-in directory.

It has been a joy to watch WordPress evolve over the past couple years. I’m by no means an early adopter, but my use of the open-source blogging software did begin long enough ago to see how quickly the tools have improved and how much deeper the community programming has gone. Now, the upgrades to the WordPress main site have reached a point where search and information about those extensions needed to improve, too.

WordPress plug-in directory

I’m running out of spring break time to go on a shopping spree for new stuff, but this Twitter plug-in did catch my eye. Maybe after basketball tonight …

WordPress rocks.

By Kevin Makice

A Ph.D student in informatics at Indiana University, Kevin is rich in spirit. He wrestles and reads with his kids, does a hilarious Christian Slater imitation and lights up his wife's days. He thinks deeply about many things, including but not limited to basketball, politics, microblogging, parenting, online communities, complex systems and design theory. He didn't, however, think up this profile.