Install the best plugins for generating and sharing content with new WordPress book

Oct. 5, 2010 - PRLog -- WordPress Top Plugins is a new book from Packt that helps users learn WordPress plugin basics both  for Macs as well as for PCs. Written by Brandon Corbin, this book focuses on finding and installing the best plugins for creating and sharing content, building communities and reader base, as well as for generating advertising revenue.

WordPress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. It has many features including a plugin architecture and a templating system. A WordPress plugin is a collection of files (PHP, JavaScript, CSS) that creates a small feature or modification in a WordPress blog.

WordPress Top Plugins intrpduces readers not only to plugions but also teaches them to install and activate them on the blogs. They can convert their blogs into an online community by making use of the BuddyPress plugin, the best community building plugin available for WordPress. Additionally they will learn to use plugins to tweak and perfect a blog’s overall look and feel, thereby turning a blog into a revenue generator.

With the help of this book readers will learn to embed videos from YouTube, Google, Vimeo, and also Google Maps with custom markers. They will be shown how to protect websites from common hacking practices by eliminating comment spam, and also by creating backup of their database and entire blog.

Amateurs and seasoned WordPress developers will find this book useful. This book is out now and is available with Packt. For more information, please visit http://www.packtpub.com/wordpress-top-plugins/book