Bring Dead Posts To Life
May 11th, 07 | 4 remarks
Want to breathe new life into old posts that didn’t receive the attention you think they deserved?
I just came across the Tumbleweed plugin, and it seems like a good idea so I wanted to give it a mention. Basically, it finds old, uncommented posts buried in your Archive, dusts them off, slaps a shiny new coat of paint on them, and features them where your viewers are sure to notice.
Okay, so it doesn’t do any dusting or painting but still!
A plugin of this sort gives your unrecognized posts a second chance at proving their worth. This is particularly useful if you’ve got a fairly new blog, and didn’t have any readership starting out. Many of your opening entries may have been overlooked as your traffic improved.
The author also has a plugin called 5 posts you might’ve missed, which opted for instead of Tumbleweed. If you’re looking for ways to sticky up your blog, these plugins could be beneficial.
Update: (9/21/07) Just switched over to a plugin called Customizable Post Listings, which offers a little more functionality in the way posts are displayed, such as recent posts, recently commented, recently modified, and my favorite - random posts.
I have been using tumbleweed for a couple of weeks now and its really working for me. I have received a lot of comments on older posts.
May 11, 07 | 3:27 pmRight on. I haven’t tried it out just yet - I was going to wait a few more weeks to build up more “old” posts to feature, but I guess there’s no time like the present. :)
May 11, 07 | 4:23 pmHey Charity, it does the vacuuming though :D
Thanks for the mention, let me know how you get on with it. :)
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