WordPress.com Stats

There are many plugins and services that provide statistics, but data can be overwhelming. WordPress.com Stats makes the most popular metrics easy to understand through a clear and attractive interface.

Twitter Widget

The Twitter Widget shows your latest tweets within a sidebar on your theme. It’s an easy way to add more activity to your site.

There are also a number of customization options. Change the number of displayed tweets, filter out replies, and include retweets.

Gravatar Hovercards

What’s a Hovercard?

Hovercards enhance plain Gravatar images with information about a person: name, bio, pictures, their contact info, and other services they use on the web like Twitter, Facebook, or LinkedIn.

Hovercards offer a great way to show your internet presence and help people find your own blog.

WP.me Shortlinks

Instead of typing or copy-pasting long URLs, you can now get a short and simple link to your posts and pages. This uses the super compact wp.me domain name, and gives you a unique URL you can use that will be safe and reliable.

It’s perfect for use on Twitter, Facebook, and cell phone text messages where every character counts.

Sharedaddy

Share your posts with Twitter, Facebook, and a host of other services. You can configure services to appear as icons, text, or both. Some services have additional options to display smart buttons, such as Twitter, which will update the number of times the post has been shared.

The following services are included: Twitter, Facebook, Reddit, StumbleUpon, PressThis, Digg, Print, and Email.

Additionally you can define your own custom services.

LaTeX

LaTeX is a powerful markup language for writing complex mathematical equations, formulas, etc.

Jetpack combines the power of LaTeX and the simplicity of WordPress to give you the ultimate in math blogging platforms.

Wow, that sounds nerdy.

After the Deadline

After the Deadline can check your spelling, grammar, and style when you publish with WordPress.

After the Deadline also provides a number of customization options. You can edit the phrase ignore list and enable extra options.

Shortcode Embeds

Shortcodes allow you to easily and safely embed media from other places in your site. With just one simple code, you can tell WordPress to embed YouTube, Flickr, and other media.