It seems as though the word Howdy, is not liked by many people in many places. I’ve been monitoring an ongoing discussion taking place in the WordPress hackers mailing-list about the subject of the word Howdy being used in all instances of WordPress, despite the locality of the end user. The discussions have ranged from “Not everyone greets each other by saying Howdy” to “Whats the big deal about the word Howdy anyways, it’s not like it breaks WordPress”. The good news is, because WordPress is open source, there is generally someone out there who has the skill and know how to put together a solution for even the most mundane problems. This brings me to the “No Howdy Plugin” created by Ozh. No Howdy provides you with the opportunity to change the text in that area of the WordPress administration panel, or you can completely remove the text from […]

Automatic Plugin Update Checker simply notifies users when plugin updates are available without the plugin needing to be stored in the WP plugin repository. AZ-One locates the Amazon store (com, ca, co.uk, de, fr, jp) closest to your visitor and changes the associate links on your site to direct the visitor to the right store. Banner Admin allows you to manage various banner ads from different affiliate programs. TextMe sends a carbon-copy of all admin emails sent via SMS to your cell phone. Video Embedder makes it easy to embed videos from various sources, such as YouTube and Google Video.

Benjamin Sterling Galleries uses your current flickr and/or picasa web photo album, the power of WordPress and jQuery, and some jQuery gallery plugins to embed your photos into your site/post. WordPress Admin Reminder Plugin adds a reminder tip (in large red letters) in the top right corner of your WordPress admin pages.

Adsense Manager has been updated to include the new features added recently by Google. Crossroads interfaces with Flickr, Lightbox, Greybox and Highslide image galleries, adding thumbnails and Flickr photo comments to your blog entries. Minimalist Gallery allows you to display an image gallery in posts or pages. Social Dropdown displays several social bookmarking options in a dropdown.

FeedEntryHeader allows you to add a copyright statement and a link to the original article, to the top of your feed entries. Latest Post Category allows you to display the latest entries created in each category of your blog. Opt-In uses a form to collect email addresses from users for the sake of sending mass mailings. Pipholic Latest Edited Widget lets you easily display which entries you’ve edited recently. Tags Autolink automatically turns every tag name, when used in posts and pages, into a link the to the same tag archive. Theme Test Drive lets you test out a theme while your users view only the default theme. Voice Comments lets your readers record voice comments on your blog.

Calendar Cloud displays yearly calendars containing 12 months weighed by their post counts. fGallery Categories Widget allows you to show a link to the different galleries you made with the fGallery plugin. Limit Posts Automatically lets you automatically choose when to cut your post excerpts on the front page. WP-Members restricts WordPress content to be viewable by registered site members. wp-richcomments lets your blog subscribers attach flickr photos and YouTube videos to their comments. User Level Themes allows a site administrator to select different themes for users with and without administrative access rights.

aStickyPostOrderER allows you to re-arrange the order that WordPress displays posts. ClickQuote will wrap selected text in appropriate tags and insert it into your comment reply box. Limosin Status Line displays a line of text at the top of your blog page. PowerBlogroll allows you to display a blogroll with name and favicon. Simple Feed Copyright will add a simple copyright notice at end of full text articles in your feed.