It's a new mattselznick.com!

The official website of the author and DIY advocate, and his friends and fans!

Credits

What Goes Into The Pot?

This is a WordPress site using a theme I designed from the ground up with the guidance of the excellent tutorials found at the WPDesigner web site. It includes the following plugins:

Nr. Plugin Version Description
1. Akismet 2.1.6

Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin.
By Matt Mullenweg.

2. All in One SEO Pack 1.4.6.13

Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog.
By Michael Torbert.

3. Blogroll Links 1.0

Displays blogroll links on a Page or Post. Insert <!--blogroll-links category-slug="blogroll"--><!--/blogroll-links--> to a Page or Post and it will display your blogroll links there.
By Rajiv Pant.

4. cforms 8.5.2

cformsII offers unparalleled flexibility in deploying contact forms across your blog. Features include: comprehensive SPAM protection, Ajax support, Backup & Restore, Multi-Recipients, Role Manager support, Database tracking and many more. Please see the VERSION HISTORY for what’s new and current bugfixes.
By Oliver Seidel.

5. Clean Options Beta 0.9.6

finds orphaned options and allows for their removal from the wp_options table
By Mittineague.

6. Configurable Tag Cloud 4.5

A tag cloud plugin for Wordpress 2.3 to give you more flexibility with the styling of your tag cloud.
By Keith Solomon.

7. DBD Login Style 1.1

This plugin enables you to specify a style sheet to be used on the login page. It also offers additional PDIV tag creation for custom messages.
By Don't Blink Design.

8. DDay 0.3.4

This plugin allows you to display DDay’s. It also has a spiffy management tool in the administrative console. Fully customizable.
By Mdkart.

9. DDay Widget 0.3.4

Adds a Sidebar Widget To Display DDays From DDay Plugin. You Need To Activate DDay First.
By Mdkart.

10. Democracy 2.0.1

This poll plugin is easy to use, install, and manage. It uses AJAX to load data, making it quick and fun to use. Add {democracy:*id*} to your posts to include polls in your posts, where *id* corresponds to the ID of your poll.
By Andrew Sutherland.

11. Exec-PHP 4.8

Executes <?php ?> code in your posts, pages and text widgets.
By Sören Weber.

12. Flexi Pages Widget 1.4.1

A highly configurable WordPress sidebar widget to list pages and sub-pages. User friendly widget control comes with various options.
By Srini G.

13. Google XML Sitemaps 3.1.0.1

This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. Configuration Page
By Arne Brachhold.

14. MiniMeta Widget 3.5.6

Mini Version of the WP Meta Widget with different logon types and some additional admin links.
By Daniel Hüsken.

15. My-Plugins 0.2

Displays all the plugins - just insert [my plugins] in post where you want to display a table of plugins that you use. Example here.
By Matej Nastran.

16. My Page Order 2.5.1

My Page Order allows you to set the order of pages through a drag and drop interface. The default method of setting the order page by page is extremely clumsy, especially with a large number of pages.
By froman118.

17. podPress 8.8

The podPress pluggin gives you everything you need in one easy plugin to use WordPress for Podcasting. Set it up in ‘podPress’->Feed/iTunes Settings. If you this plugin works for you, send us a comment.
By Dan Kuykendall (Seek3r).

18. ProgPress 0.8.1

CSS Based progress meters
By Jason Penney.

19. Role Manager 2.2.1

Role Management for WordPress 2.0.x, 2.1.x, 2.2.x and 2.3.x..
By Thomas Schneider.

20. SABRE 0.7.3

Simple Anti Bot Registration Engine
By Didier Lorphelin.

21. ShareThis 2.1

Let your visitors share a post/page with others. Supports e-mail and posting to social bookmarking sites. Configuration options are here. Questions on configuration, etc.? Make sure to read the README.
By ShareThis and Crowd Favorite (crowdfavorite.com).

22. Simple:Press Forum 3.1.3

Fully featured but simple page-based forum
By Andy Staines & Steve Klasen.

23. Twitter Tools 1.1b1

A complete integration between your WordPress blog and Twitter. Bring your tweets into your blog and pass your blog posts to Twitter. Configure your settings here.
By Alex King.

24. Weasel's Login Redirect 2.0

Redirects user login from the wp_loginout function to a page of your choice. Also allows changing the text of the wp_register button. Requires Red Alt’s Role Manager for access control.
By Andy Moore.

25. WordPress Database Backup 2.1.5

On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Manage → Backup to get started.
By Austin Matzko.

26. wp-cache 2.1.2

Very fast cache module. It’s composed of several modules, this plugin can configure and manage the whole system. Once enabled, go to “Options” and select “WP-Cache”.
By Ricardo Galli Granada.

27. WP-Syntax 0.8

Syntax highlighting using GeSHi supporting a wide range of popular languages. Wrap code blocks with <pre lang="LANGUAGE" line="1"> and </pre> where LANGUAGE is a geshi supported language syntax. The line attribute is optional.
By Ryan McGeary.