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Akismet 2.1.2 anti-spam comment plugin has been released. The new version added comment type filters to separate comments and Pingbacks.

With the sub-navigation, you can choose to see only comments, pingbacks, or all. For developers, it has a new hook for other plugins to add more tabs to the sub-navigation.

So far, there is no plugin that “hooks” with Akismet 2.1. We can expect some other antispam plugins using the feature.

Generally, no new function in the new version, Akismet still works good to filter out spam comments from your blogs. Yes, it is still free.

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One of the most wanted feature about Automattic Stats for Self-Hosted WordPress Blogs is loading the stats report inline at our own blog’s dashboard, instead of redirect to WordPress.com. It has been addressed in the version 1.1 to load the stats in an iframe on your own blog dashboard.

Download WordPress.com Stats plugin

If you do not have a WordPress.com API key yet, read: How to get a WordPress.com API Key?

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I was asking for AuctionAds plugin in my Auction Ads review. Virtual Marketing Blog created the first AuctionAds WordPress Plugin — Easy AuctionAds.

Image: Easy AuctionAds options

Easy AuctionAds plugin allows you to add AuctionAds into blog post by adding a custom tag. The AuctionAds layout and format can be set on Option page. It means you can only have one ad format at one time. The plugin installation requires to edit WordPress internal file (general-template.php), which I do not recommend to newbies.

It would be nice if the plugin allows users to set a few of different ad layouts like AdSense Deluxe did.

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skeltoac released an Automattic Stats WordPress plugin for WordPress users. Automattic Stats is familiar to WordPress.COM bloggers because it is the default free web statistics for their blogs.

You need to get a free WordPress.com API key to install the Automattic Stats for your self-hosted WordPress blogs.

After installing Automattic Stats (or WordPress.com stats), you will get a “Global Dashboard” link under WordPress.com Blog Stats on your WordPress dashboard.

Clicking the link will lead you to WordPress.com Global Daskboard(dashboard.wordpress.com) where you can get the Blog Stats of your self-hosted WordPress blog.

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For WordPress, if you are using full-text feed on your blog but the feed truncate the content and shows a (more…) link where you insert a <!--more--> tag (to divide the post into half)… You can install the Full Text Feed plugin to remove the “more…” link and show the complete post content to your feed readers.

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