Developers are always releasing new plugins for Wordpress. As the blogging platform is “alive”, it’s always interesting to see what is hitting the community. Here are some of the newest, most promising, plugins I’ve found in the last few days.
You know how you go to Google and start typing in the search box and suggestions drop down, allowing you to pick from a list of potential results? Bingo. That is exactly what you have here for your site.
WordPress Video Solution Framework
Developed by Automattic, the group behind Wordpress, this is a solid release. This plugin provides a video framework, including a transcoder and and administration screen. Note that a significant amount of configuration is required, so if you are not a “technical” person you may want to stay way
Google Custom Search Plugin for Wordpress
Now this is promising (and MUCH needed). One reason I do not have a search function on the site is due to the poor performance of the built-in search feature. Wordpress is a blog platform, not a search platform, so why would the development team spend huge amounts of time developing search functionality? Well, this plugin removes the old search and utilizes Google to provide search results to your readers!
I haven’t tested any of these extensions as of yet, so be warned, you may be getting a product that is less than perfect. From what I’ve see and read, however, they really look to have promise.