Plugin Picks 16: Jetpack

By Kym Huynh on 13 April 2011No Comments »

Jetpack is a WordPress plugin that supercharges your self-hosted WordPress site with the awesome cloud power of WordPress.com.

Features include:

Simple, concise stats with no additional load on your server. Previously provided by WordPress.com Stats.
The WP.me URL shortener.
Hovercard popups for your commenters via Gravatar.
Easily embedded media from popular sites like YouTube, Digg, and Vimeo.
For the Math geeks, a simple way to include beautiful mathematical expressions on your site.
A widget for displaying recent tweets. Previously provided by Wickett Twitter Widget
Your readers can easily share your posts via email or their favorite social networks. Previously provided by the Sharedaddy WordPress plugin.
Your writing will improve thanks to After the Deadline, an artificial intelligence based spell, style, and grammar checker. Previously provided by the After the Deadline WordPress plugin.
and many more to come!

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