SOB’s Top 5 Wordpress Plug-in Alternatives

Plug-ins are fun and add a lot of interactive features to your blog but some are just not necessary at all cos they sometimes slow down the loading of your pages.

Below are my top 5 wordpress plug-in alternatives which can be hardcoded into your theme's template

1. NoFollow Free Plug-in Alternative: A simple way of making your comment author's URL nofollow free is by modifying comment-template.php which can be found in wp-includes folder of your wordpress installation. Simply look for this code "<a href='$url' rel='external nofollow' class='url'>$author</a>" and delete rel='external nofollow' and you're done. The only drawback here is that you have to repeat this each time you upgrade/downgrade your blog.
2. WP Email Plug-in Alternative: Find a good location in your single.php (preferably after php tag, <?php the_content("<p>Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>"); ?> ) and add this code: <a href="mailto:?subject=<?php the_title(); ?> - From ChurchCrunch.com&amp;body=<?php the_permalink() ?>" title="Email this Post to a Friend!">Email Post</a>. Do remember to change From ChurchCrunch.com to your own site. Thanks to Church Crunch for this tip.
3. Tweet This Plug-in Alternative: Simply add this code <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/home/?status=Just Read : <?php the_title();?> : http://localhost/wordpress/?p=<?php the_ID(); ?>"><img alt="Tweet & Share This Post!" src="http://localhost/wordpress/wp-content/themes/illacrimo/images/twitter-search-logo.jpg"/></a> after <?php the_content("<p>Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>"); ?>. Remember to change the parts of the code in green to your blog's URL and twitter image url respectively. Tweet this post  using the link/image @ the end of this post and see for yourself that it works. The only drawback is the URL shortening bit but hey I'm perfectly okay with this solution.
4. Bookmarking Plug-ins Alternative: Adding this code below <?php the_content("<p>Read the rest of this entry &raquo;</p>"); ?> solves this once again.
   

   <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://del.icio.us/post?v=4&partner=fb&url=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&title=<?php the_title();?>">Del.icio.us</a>
   | <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://digg.com/submit?phase=2&url=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&title=<?php the_title();?>">Digg it</a>
   | <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://reddit.com/submit?url=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&title=<?php the_title();?>">Reddit</a>
   | <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.stumbleupon.com/submit?url=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&title=<?php the_title();?>">StumbleUpon</a>
   | <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://technorati.com/faves?add=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&title=<?php the_title();?>">Technorati</a>
   | <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=<?php the_permalink(); ?>&title=<?php the_title();?>">Facebook</a>

5. Google Analytics Plug-in Alternative: This has somewhat of tormented most bloggers (including me) as they couldn't find which file amongst those that made up their theme, that had the </body> tag. Well, allow me to say that after looking at over 30 themes, I can confidently say the </body> tag will ALWAYS be found in the footer.php. So go there now and add your Google Analytics code just before this </body> tag and you are done.

So there you have it, my top 5 wordpress plug-in alternatives.

If you know of any alternative that works like a charm, do leave a comment below. Thanks in advance.

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