WordPress plug-ins for creating static pages and eliminating comment and trackback spam

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Creating Static Pages using WordPress

WordPress creates dynamic pages on the fly, using PHP, which means that it takes a WHOLE lot less time to publish your pages/site with WordPress than it does with MovableType. However, some have said that the dynamic pages create an additional load on the server (hey, but so does the process of publishing using MT), and others want static pages as they are more easily cached. According to Jeff Minard, a plugin for WordPress called "WP-Statictize", will make "WP will create static versions of pages on the fly and essentially act like MT by creating static pages, just in a slightly different (note: better ;-) ) way."

Fighting comment and TrackBack spam with a WordPress Plugin

Craig from nuclear moose candy said, "If you use WordPess in combination with Kitten's Spam tool plugins, you get fantastic comment spam moderation. I can delete a comment, flag it as spam, add the IP, email address, and some keywords to the spam words list with a single click of the button. The tool is intelligent enough to delete duplicates from the spam words list, as well. Additionally, Kitten created a "retrospaminator" which will go back through all of you old comments looking for any you may have missed.

Note - his site has a lot of great WordPress tips on it which I'm gonna go check out right now!