12 Must use plug-in for Windows Live Writer ~ Best FREE Blogging software

1. Polaroid Picture Plug-in:

The best plug-in for decorating the pictures in the way you want.

• Add Pictures in Polaroid style, add caption, tilt image and do more…
• Also supports adding border to the picture and adjust margin.

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The Windows Live writer logo is modified with the Polaroid Plug-in ;)…

2. Picasa Image Plug-in:

Useful if you have a Picasa image account and want to insert picture directly from there…

• Insert single image or Slide show from your existing albums
• Also Upload images to your Album and even create a new one

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3. Adsense Coder:

  Allows you to add Adsense code directly on your Blog post without editing in HTML mode. Very useful if you wish to place your ads in between your post for getting maximum chances of clicks.

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Note that this Plug-in is currently in beta stage. But it serves the purpose very well till now. Also do keep checking the Plug-in page for getting update.

4. Code Snippet Plug-in:

Want to share your programming language codes with your readers through your blog and also want to add syntax highlighting on it? If so then this plug-in is all what you need

• Supports Auto In, PHP, CSS, JS, JAVA, C/C++, C#, HTML, MSH, RegExp, TSQL and Visual Basic code highlighting.
• Automatically converts the code into escaped HTML character and wraps them inside pre block. Also adds alternate line color and line number.
• There is nothing which you can not customize. Open up code-snippet and go to Tools > Options and customize everything in the way you want.

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Although there are many plug-in of the same kind, but I have found this to be the best. Use it to feel the difference.

5. Insert Table Plug-in:

Although by default Live writer has a table inserting option, but with the help of this you can customize your table more…

• Select Width in %-age or in Pixel. Also align it the way you want [Center, Left, Right]
• Choose cell padding, spacing and more. Also Choose the background color and font color.

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6. Text Template Plug-in:

Want to save your formatting template and insert it to all the posts you want? No problem. With this plug-in you can

• Save HTML rich source in a template.
• Insert the template anywhere to any of you post. Saves loads of time on formatting!

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I recommend this Plug-in to everyone!

7. Insert MSN, Yahoo and custom smiley Plug-in:

How about inserting some smiles on
your Blog post? With the help of this plug-in you can

• Insert MSN and Yahoo smiles directly. Also it supports Hidden Yahoo Smiles…
• Also you can add your custom smiles by providing the link to that smiley image!

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8. Custom Bullet Plug-in:

Although we previously have discussed about how to customize you bullets using image or even to make them appear like piled list, but if you don’t want to edit all those HTML and CSS then this plug-in is all what you need.

• Supports over 42 bulleting styles to choose from. Also add you custom bullet images.
• Just select the number of bullets you want to insert and it will get formatted automatically. Just add the texts and you are done…
• You can also wrap them inside a blockquote if you want to!

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9. Insert Google Translation Plug-in:

Have reader from all over the world and want to share your post in their language? Then this plug-in is all that you need. Allows you to put some text in, translate it using Google translator, then insert the translated text…

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10. Insert Video Plug-in:

• Allows you to insert video into your blog post by just entering the link from MSN SoapBox, Google Video, YouTube, MySpace Video, Yahoo!!
• Alternatively, you can now just paste the video link into the blog entry and the plug-in will do the rest

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11. Sharper Photo Plug-in:

Edit pictures inserted in the windows live writer editor more easily, integrates with many image editors, streamlined workflow for editing pictures are you need.

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Note that there seems to be a compatibility error under Windows 7.

12. Word Count Plug-in:

This plug-in fills one of the basic holes in Windows Live Writer’s functionality by allowing bloggers to easily and quickly check their word count before posting.Unfortunately, Windows Live Writer’s plug-in system is relatively limited, but by pretending to be an "Insert…" plug-in, the functionality can be included easily enough.Simply hit Ctrl+A to select all your text, then click "Insert Word Count…" and it will popup a dialog box displaying an analysis of your masterpiece.

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Well so that was the complete list of 12 effective plug-in you should use with your Live-Writer. Just download them and install like any other software. Make sure that you have WLW installed before downloading or installing them! If you have any queries then feel free to ask us! Also do share your own collection with us…