With increasing popularity of jQuery plugins choosing these great tools is more than a smart decision. We believe in the power of JavaScript and our today's collection is another proof of the amazing flexibility and mightiness of the amazing jQuery plugins. Even if you are not a blogger or never ever use WordPress (though that would be quite weird given the fact that this very blog is powered by WordPress) we think that you'll be able to find some useful web tools in our collection of jQuery Plugins for WordPress Blogs. These tools are all about efficient simple and spectacular methods of enhancing the functionality of your blog.
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Apple-Flashy WordPress Sidebar
This jQuery plugin allows to implement originally displayed sidebar to your blog. By installing this great plug-in you'll receive the stunning accordion effect similar to the sidebar on the Apple Startpage.
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Insights
Insights plug-in allows to insert Flickr Images, Youtube videos, search Google and insert Google Maps. You can do all these things due to the dynamic AJAX interface which loads the relevant information to your post in just a few seconds.
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SimpleModal Contact Form
SimpleModal Contact Form (SMCF) is an Ajax powered modal contact form. This tool will help you to include certain elements, such as a Subject field and other options useful both for the sender and for the administrator.
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Infinite scroll
Frankly speaking this plugin will create an endless home page for your blog and your visitors won’t have to use the "next page" button while browsing through your web site. This plugin will make your blog more user-friendly, just make sure your content is interesting enough for the visitors to keep scrolling it forever 🙂
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Advanced Spoiler
Advanced Spoiler's aim is to show or hide content (text, image etc.) with the help animated effects. This plugin will add more dynamics to your personal web page without a doubt!
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Tweet Blender
Tweet Blender is a jQuery WordPress plugin and a Widgetbox widget that blends Twitter tweets from multiple sources. For WordPress, it shows up in the blog sidebar and also automatically adds a tweet archive page.
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J Post Slider
J Post Slider will show your post in elegant jQuery box, and it will rotate latest posts from blog presented with selected image, post headline, and optional post excerpt.
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Live Blogroll
Live Blogroll will enliven your blogroll by showing a number of 'recent posts' for each link in your Blogroll using Ajax.
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Google AJAX Translation
This plugin is an efficient, simple, and original way to add translation to your blog. A "Translate" button can be added to the bottom or at the top of posts, pages, and/or comments. When the button is clicked a popup window opens showing a list of available languages.
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Lightbox plugin
Lightbox jQuery plugin for WordPress will help you to present images in a spectacular and original manner by overlaying images on the current page.
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jQuery powered carousel
This plugin will allow your visitors to browse through all of the pictures in the gallery and they'll slide from the right to the left and seamlessly start over at the end.
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Shadowbox
Shadowbox is a great web tool that allows to display wide assortment of media in all major browsers without navigating users away from the linking page.
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jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries PLugin
jQuery Lightbox For Native Galleries Plugin makes the native WordPress galleries use a lightbox script called ColorBox to display the fullsize images right there in the page.
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µAudio plugin
µAudio is a light-weight plugin, its aim is to create a flash mp3 player when mp3 links are clicked. Extremely user-friendly and doesn't require any extra skills.
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Hopefully you've enjoyed these nice ones and believe us, for WordPress fans (such as ourselves) all of these plugins are absolutely essential. We're sure you'll be able to put them to a good use. Plus, we would like to thank all of the developers of the plugins we've mentioned today, you guys are doing a great job and make sure you keep them coming!