# Wordpress: You have my soul **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 30, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360 "2006-11-30T18:34:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/1 "2006-11-30T18:34:54Z")
After trying myspace (bleh) and Windows Live Spaces (double bleh) I’ve decided to try Wordpress. Now imagine my surprise when my webhost includes it in as a value added package and even when I install it myself to my site, it works flawlessly. There are a million easy to use options, tons of themes, widgets, plugins, etc. Oh wait, it’s a blog. I’m supposed to write crap, but the TOYS! Oh the toys! Someone save me from myself as I have wasted the entire morning futzing around with my blog. Right now I’m waiting for a photo album pluginy thing to upload. Now, who is gonna make an SDMB widget so I can see what threads I’m subscribed to have responses? Goodbye cruel world, I’ve sold my soul. ---
**Author:** ![Cowgirl\_Jules](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@Cowgirl\_Jules](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cowgirl_Jules)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/2 "2006-11-30T18:53:50Z")
I love WordPress too. Not to the extent that you seem to, but I’m pretty happy with it! 😃 I’m just a \*little \* dumb for it though, as it can obviously do so many more things than I’m capable of. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/3 "2006-11-30T19:10:31Z")
I like it, but I was less than thrilled with its interface for writing/posting. I set up a family blog, but not everyone who wanted to blog was comfortable with it. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [November 30, 2006, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/4 "2006-11-30T22:19:08Z")
I just switched to WordPress too and love it. I designed my own theme. I’ll show you mine if you show me yours! 😉 BTW, what is the photo album plug-in you have? ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/5 "2006-12-01T02:38:52Z")
Don’t ask! I’ve been fighting with the photo album for hours. I’m using gallery2, but I’ll be darned if I can get it to work. ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/6 "2006-12-01T05:02:42Z")
I’ve yet to find a good photo gallery plugin; I just cross-post from Flickr. Other than that, though, Wordpress is terrific. Once you get going, be sure to activate the Akismet comment-spam filter; you’ll need to get a key-code of some kind (I forget the details), but it’s not too complicated, it’s free, and it WORKS. On occasion I’ve had it catch up to 100 spam-comments a day, and I think only one or two have ever gotten past it. ---
**Author:** ![tashabot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tashabot/32/6250_2.png) [@tashabot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tashabot)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/7 "2006-12-01T08:11:36Z")
I LOVE Wordpress. I use it on my personal blog on my domain, and the media network I work for is switching over to it for our Technology and Gadgets section. It’s versatile and awsome. And it has some really AWSOME plugins. ~Tasha ---
**Author:** ![Auntbeast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Auntbeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Auntbeast)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/8 "2006-12-01T18:48:51Z")
For those of you that might be wondering, my site is [www.chicksrock.net/wordpress](http://www.chicksrock.net/wordpress) and has the gallery up and running. Cool beans! I found a now reading widget! ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/9 "2006-12-01T18:52:04Z")
I actually switched my blog from Wordpress to Blogger because it kept losing my posts. I’d write up a long post, try to publish it, and it’d disappear. Gone. Happened several times, and I finally said fuck it. Several other things didn’t work right for me, as well. In closing, not a fan. ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Cymbeline](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_cymbeline/32/9244_2.png) [@Green\_Cymbeline](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Cymbeline)\ **Post date:** [December 1, 2006, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wordpress-you-have-my-soul/382360/10 "2006-12-01T18:57:14Z")
Auntbeast, I love it!! I don’t have any plugins or cool widgets yet, but I did design my theme. Here it is: [http://brookenelson.com/wordpress/](http://brookenelson.com/wordpress/)