I have just added a new plugin that is the WordPress WordCount plugin. This plugin is very useful for those who are writing reviews and wish to know how much words he/she has written. You need to download and then uploaded the plugin to your Wordpress plugin folder ( wp-content/plugins/ ). After that, activate the plugin.

To calculate the words in your post, just click on “Calculate Words” and it will display the number of words. This plugin works with the visual editor on or off. One thing that I like about this WordCount plugin is that I do not need to save my post first. Other plugins that I tried either need me to save my post or publish it first. By the way, this plugin works right up to WordPress version 2.3.1

You may download the WordPress WordCount plugin here.

This blog will be using Theme Leia which is made by Kapikua. This theme is really nice and simple with plenty of headers that you can change from including Christmas headers. There are other themes from Kapikua site which you can download. The only thing is the site isn’t in English.

However this theme doesn’t support the popular widget function. I have customized this theme with widgets and added in widget 3 widgets control for now. There are Leftbar, Rightbar and Postbar. The LeftBar and RightBar is just like the normal widgets for sidebar. The Postbar will be located right at the bottom of the post.

I have already added the AuctionAds which is made to float to the left inside the content container. I haven’t added any plugins yet. Currently the only plugin I’m using will be Akismet. There will be more customization to this theme more when I have the free time to do so.