This chapter discusses how plugins can be used to customize WordPress sites. It explains that plugins are bits of code that extend site functionality and provides examples of popular plugins like Google Adsense, Advertising Manager, and plugins for Twitter and Facebook integration. The chapter also describes how to find, install, activate, deactivate and manage plugins to enhance WordPress sites.

1. Create a Professional Blog with WordPress
Chapter 6: Customizing Your Sites with Plug-ins
Atit Patumvan
Faculty of Management and Information Sciences
Naresuan University
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Objectives
In this chapter, you will learn about:
• How you can use plugins to change the
function of your self-hosted site.
• How to install some of the more popular plug-
ins
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What are Plug-ins?
• Plug-ins are bits of code designed to extend
the function of your site to do almost any thing
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Managing Plug-ins
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Finding Plug-ins
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Search Results
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Installing Plug-ins
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Activate/Deactivate Plug-ins
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Using CodeColorer Plug-ins
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Popular Plug-Ins
• Google Adsense for feeds
• Advertising Manager
• Google Analyticator
• Sociable
• Twitter Tools
• Publish To Facebook
• Twitter for Wordpress
• WP-Cumulus
• WP LaTeX
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Blogging Your Site
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