February 3, 2007
Plugin Survey Results
One of the greatest strengths of Movable Type is its extensibility. It has an extensive plugin directory with hundreds of plugins that are in use by thousands and thousands of people. But which ones get installed and then used?
We are interested in the answer not just because we want to know what plugins are popular, but because as we begin planning the next major release of Movable Type, code named Athena, we believe the answer to this question provides incredible insight into how we can best improve the core product. If a plugin is so widely used by the community, and so many people recommend installing it, then why not just bundle it with the core platform?
To help us better understand what plugins are in wide use by our developer and user communities, we devised a quick and simple survey to help answer that question. In that survey we asked three simple questions:
- What plugins do you have installed?
- What plugins do you think should be folded into the core to Movable Type?
- If you were only allowed to install one plugin, which one would it be?
The results were both interesting and surprising...
1. What plugins do you have installed?
The top 10 are listed below, ignoring any plugins that installed by default.
| Plugin Name | Percent | Response Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Multiblog | 30% | 53 |
| 2. | MT-BlogRoll | 27% | 48 |
| 3. | Compare | 24% | 42 |
| 4. | SmartyPants | 22% | 39 |
| 5. | MT-Akismet | 21% | 38 |
| 6. | Plugin Manager | 19% | 34 |
| 7. | Markdown | 18% | 32 |
| 8. | MT-Amazon | 18% | 32 |
| 9. | Custom Fields | 17% | 30 |
| 10. | Right Fields | 17% | 30 |
2. What plugins do you think should be folded into the core to Movable Type?
The top 10 are listed below,
| Plugin Name | Percent | Response Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | MT-BlogRoll | 26% | 46 |
| 2. | Plugin Manager | 24% | 43 |
| 3. | Multiblog | 23% | 40 |
| 4. | MT-Akismet | 19% | 33 |
| 5. | Custom Fields | 18% | 31 |
| 6. | Better File Uploader | 16% | 29 |
| 7. | Right Fields | 16% | 28 |
| 8. | SmartyPants | 16% | 28 |
| 9. | Markdown | 14% | 24 |
| 10. | Paginate | 13% | 23 |
3. If you were only allowed to install one plugin, which one would it be?
| Plugin Name | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Akismet | 17 | |
| 2. | Right Fields | 14 | |
| 3. | SpamLookup | 11 | |
| 4. | Custom Fields | 9 | |
| 5. | MultiBlog | 7 | |
| 6. | Paginate | 7 | |
| 7. | Better File Uploader | 5 | |
| 8. | Markdown | 5 | |
| 9. | Media Manager | 5 | |
| 10. | Plugin Manager | 5 |
Complete Results
1. What plugins do you have installed? (complete results)
| Plugin Name | Percent | Response Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Nofollow | 41% | 73 |
| 2. | StyleCatcher | 35% | 62 |
| 3. | SpamLookup | 34% | 61 |
| 4. | Widget Manager | 34% | 61 |
| 5. | Multiblog | 30% | 53 |
| 6. | Feeds.App.Lite | 28% | 50 |
| 7. | Template Backup and Refresh | 28% | 49 |
| 8. | MT-BlogRoll | 27% | 48 |
| 9. | Compare | 24% | 42 |
| 10. | SmartyPants | 22% | 39 |
| 11. | MT-Akismet | 21% | 38 |
| 12. | Google Search | 20% | 36 |
| 13. | Plugin Manager | 19% | 34 |
| 14. | Markdown | 18% | 32 |
| 15. | MT-Amazon | 18% | 32 |
| 16. | Custom Fields | 17% | 30 |
| 17. | Right Fields | 17% | 30 |
| 18. | Better File Uploader | 16% | 28 |
| 19. | Feeds.App | 15% | 26 |
| 20. | IfEmpty | 15% | 26 |
| 21. | Enhanced Entry Editing | 14% | 25 |
| 22. | FilterCategories | 14% | 24 |
| 23. | Regex | 12% | 22 |
| 24. | Paginate | 12% | 21 |
| 25. | Amputator | 11% | 20 |
| 26. | Dirify Plus | 11% | 20 |
| 27. | Gravatar | 11% | 20 |
| 28. | MT-Category | 11% | 20 |
| 29. | FlickrPhotos | 11% | 19 |
| 30. | Textile2 | 11% | 19 |
| 31. | MT-Collate | 10% | 18 |
| 32. | Power Rebuild | 10% | 18 |
| 33. | CatEntries | 10% | 17 |
| 34. | Comment Challenge | 10% | 17 |
| 35. | Media Manager | 10% | 17 |
| 36. | SimpleComments | 10% | 17 |
| 37. | Enclosures | 9% | 16 |
| 38. | FirstNWords | 9% | 16 |
| 39. | Live Preview | 9% | 16 |
| 40. | MT-Notifier | 9% | 16 |
| 41. | Catx | 8% | 15 |
| 42. | CCode | 8% | 15 |
| 43. | DateTags | 8% | 15 |
| 44. | Macros.pl | 8% | 15 |
| 45. | NaughtyWordChars | 8% | 15 |
| 46. | Word Count | 8% | 15 |
| 47. | Autoban | 8% | 14 |
| 48. | Better Entry Preview | 8% | 14 |
| 49. | KeyValues | 8% | 14 |
| 50. | Photo Gallery | 8% | 14 |
| 51. | Previousnextincategory | 8% | 14 |
| 52. | StatWatch | 8% | 14 |
| 53. | Accept Comment Pings | 7% | 13 |
| 54. | Archive Year | 7% | 13 |
| 55. | OpenID Comments | 7% | 13 |
| 56. | MT-EntryIfComments | 7% | 12 |
| 57. | MT-Protect | 7% | 12 |
| 58. | WeblogsActionMenu | 7% | 12 |
| 59. | Collect | 6% | 11 |
| 60. | MT-Relatedentries | 6% | 11 |
| 61. | Perlscript.pl | 6% | 11 |
| 62. | Random Entries | 6% | 11 |
| 63. | SimplyThreaded | 6% | 11 |
| 64. | TCode | 6% | 11 |
| 65. | Acronyn | 6% | 10 |
| 66. | Archive Date Header | 6% | 10 |
| 67. | Authors.pl | 6% | 10 |
| 68. | Fast Search | 6% | 10 |
| 69. | glue.pl | 6% | 10 |
| 70. | Icon-o-matic | 6% | 10 |
| 71. | MT-Grid | 6% | 10 |
| 72. | Plugin Network | 6% | 10 |
| 73. | SQL.pl | 6% | 10 |
| 74. | exclude_cats | 5% | 9 |
| 75. | Feed Manager | 5% | 9 |
| 76. | MT-Entry | 5% | 9 |
| 77. | MT-RelativeURL | 5% | 9 |
| 78. | OnThisDay | 5% | 9 |
| 79. | OpenID Server | 5% | 9 |
| 80. | Technorati Tags | 5% | 9 |
| 81. | TypeMover | 5% | 9 |
| 82. | Weblog Cloner | 5% | 9 |
| 83. | Google Analytics | 5% | 8 |
| 84. | NotifyWho? | 5% | 8 |
| 85. | Tagsupplementals | 5% | 8 |
| 86. | UpdateEntryDate | 5% | 8 |
| 87. | Workflow | 5% | 8 |
| 88. | Big Template Window | 4% | 7 |
| 89. | Columnize | 4% | 7 |
| 90. | CommentEmailFilter | 4% | 7 |
| 91. | Email Whitelister | 4% | 7 |
| 92. | Format Breaks | 4% | 7 |
| 93. | GetXML | 4% | 7 |
| 94. | globallistings | 4% | 7 |
| 95. | Google Map | 4% | 7 |
| 96. | MT-Archivedateheader | 4% | 7 |
| 97. | MT-Close Comments | 4% | 7 |
| 98. | Sanitize | 4% | 7 |
| 99. | Technorati.pl | 4% | 7 |
| 100. | TinyTuring | 4% | 7 |
| 101. | UpdateAuthoredOn | 4% | 7 |
| 102. | AutoSave | 3% | 6 |
| 103. | CloudNine | 3% | 6 |
| 104. | Disguise Comment URL | 3% | 6 |
| 105. | MainMenuRecent | 3% | 6 |
| 106. | MT-SafeHref | 3% | 6 |
| 107. | Switch | 3% | 6 |
| 108. | IfVar | 3% | 5 |
| 109. | KeywordList | 3% | 5 |
| 110. | Kill-nav-commenters-gif | 3% | 5 |
| 111. | MT-FastInclude | 3% | 5 |
| 112. | MT-List.pl | 3% | 5 |
| 113. | Promote This | 3% | 5 |
| 114. | RateIt | 3% | 5 |
| 115. | Transfer | 3% | 5 |
| 116. | Category Comment Count | 2% | 4 |
| 117. | Countdown | 2% | 4 |
| 118. | Email Blacklister | 2% | 4 |
| 119. | Loop | 2% | 4 |
| 120. | MT-LJPost | 2% | 4 |
| 121. | MT-QuickTags | 2% | 4 |
| 122. | No Harvester | 2% | 4 |
| 123. | PHP TypeKey | 2% | 4 |
| 124. | Privacy | 2% | 4 |
| 125. | Publishing Buttons | 2% | 4 |
| 126. | Real Comment Throttle | 2% | 4 |
| 127. | Rebuild Other Blog | 2% | 4 |
| 128. | Rebuild Queue | 2% | 4 |
| 129. | Scripturizer | 2% | 4 |
| 130. | SomeDays | 2% | 4 |
| 131. | Trim words by len | 2% | 4 |
| 132. | Unicode | 2% | 4 |
| 133. | Again | 2% | 3 |
| 134. | EntryContents | 2% | 3 |
| 135. | EntryList | 2% | 3 |
| 136. | HMPassphrase | 2% | 3 |
| 137. | Moderate | 2% | 3 |
| 138. | MT-Localization | 2% | 3 |
| 139. | MT-Nontagfix.pl | 2% | 3 |
| 140. | MT-Plural | 2% | 3 |
| 141. | MT-SubCatCount | 2% | 3 |
| 142. | Registration Page | 2% | 3 |
| 143. | Super Save | 2% | 3 |
| 144. | WeatherNWS | 2% | 3 |
| 145. | AdminLinks | 1% | 2 |
| 146. | BanNumericEntities | 1% | 2 |
| 147. | BatchEditFeedback | 1% | 2 |
| 148. | Codenl | 1% | 2 |
| 149. | Dropcash | 1% | 2 |
| 150. | ModerateViaDelay | 1% | 2 |
| 151. | MT-CategoryFaceted | 1% | 2 |
| 152. | MT-Eel | 1% | 2 |
| 153. | Pings | 1% | 2 |
| 154. | Poll | 1% | 2 |
| 155. | PostToVox | 1% | 2 |
| 156. | Reblog | 1% | 2 |
| 157. | Redirect | 1% | 2 |
| 158. | Require Preview | 1% | 2 |
| 159. | RooLatex | 1% | 2 |
| 160. | Seeker | 1% | 2 |
| 161. | SimpleTemplate | 1% | 2 |
| 162. | Textags | 1% | 2 |
| 163. | TypeKISS | 1% | 2 |
| 164. | Widon't | 1% | 2 |
| 165. | Atom App Callback | 1% | 1 |
| 166. | Builderoo | 1% | 1 |
| 167. | Custom Version | 1% | 1 |
| 168. | Dirify Ex | 1% | 1 |
| 169. | DoLines | 1% | 1 |
| 170. | Filename | 1% | 1 |
| 171. | ParentCategoryRebuild | 1% | 1 |
| 172. | Short Title | 1% | 1 |
| 173. | Syntax Highlighter | 1% | 1 |
| 174. | Technorati Blog Comments | 1% | 1 |
| 175. | Verbatim | 1% | 1 |
2. What plugins do you think should be folded into the core to Movable Type? (complete results)
| Plugin Name | Percent | Response Count | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | MT-BlogRoll | 26% | 46 |
| 2. | Plugin Manager | 24% | 43 |
| 3. | Multiblog | 23% | 40 |
| 4. | MT-Akismet | 19% | 33 |
| 5. | Custom Fields | 18% | 31 |
| 6. | Better File Uploader | 16% | 29 |
| 7. | Right Fields | 16% | 28 |
| 8. | SmartyPants | 16% | 28 |
| 9. | Other | 15% | 26 |
| 10. | Markdown | 14% | 24 |
| 11. | Paginate | 13% | 23 |
| 12. | Live Preview | 12% | 21 |
| 13. | OpenID Comments | 11% | 20 |
| 14. | Photo Gallery | 11% | 20 |
| 15. | Power Rebuild | 11% | 20 |
| 16. | IfEmpty | 11% | 19 |
| 17. | Media Manager | 11% | 19 |
| 18. | Compare | 10% | 18 |
| 19. | FlickrPhotos | 10% | 18 |
| 20. | Fast Search | 10% | 17 |
| 21. | Feed Manager | 10% | 17 |
| 22. | Feeds.App | 10% | 17 |
| 23. | MT-Notifier | 8% | 15 |
| 24. | Amputator | 8% | 14 |
| 25. | CCode | 8% | 14 |
| 26. | Comment Challenge | 8% | 14 |
| 27. | Dirify Plus | 8% | 14 |
| 28. | FilterCategories | 8% | 14 |
| 29. | glue.pl | 7% | 13 |
| 30. | Textile2 | 7% | 13 |
| 31. | Word Count | 7% | 13 |
| 32. | OpenID Server | 7% | 12 |
| 33. | Regex | 7% | 12 |
| 34. | SimplyThreaded | 7% | 12 |
| 35. | Autoban | 6% | 11 |
| 36. | MT-Relatedentries | 6% | 10 |
| 37. | WeblogsActionMenu | 6% | 10 |
| 38. | Authors.pl | 5% | 9 |
| 39. | CommentEmailFilter | 5% | 9 |
| 40. | Gravatar | 5% | 9 |
| 41. | MT-EntryIfComments | 5% | 9 |
| 42. | Previousnextincategory | 5% | 9 |
| 43. | MT-Amazon | 5% | 8 |
| 44. | MT-Category | 5% | 8 |
| 45. | MT-Entry | 5% | 8 |
| 46. | exclude_cats | 4% | 7 |
| 47. | StatWatch | 4% | 7 |
| 48. | UpdateEntryDate | 4% | 7 |
| 49. | Weblog Cloner | 4% | 7 |
| 50. | Acronyn | 3% | 6 |
| 51. | AutoSave | 3% | 6 |
| 52. | SimpleComments | 3% | 6 |
| 53. | TCode | 3% | 6 |
| 54. | Archive Date Header | 3% | 5 |
| 55. | Format Breaks | 3% | 5 |
| 56. | KeyValues | 3% | 5 |
| 57. | KeywordList | 3% | 5 |
| 58. | Plugin Network | 3% | 5 |
| 59. | Transfer | 3% | 5 |
| 60. | No Harvester | 2% | 4 |
| 61. | Tagsupplementals | 2% | 4 |
| 62. | Big Template Window | 2% | 3 |
| 63. | MainMenuRecent | 2% | 3 |
| 64. | SQL.pl | 2% | 3 |
| 65. | Catx | 1% | 2 |
| 66. | Collect | 1% | 2 |
| 67. | Macros.pl | 1% | 2 |
| 68. | OnThisDay | 1% | 2 |
| 69. | Perlscript.pl | 1% | 2 |
| 70. | Countdown | 1% | 1 |
| 71. | MT-Collate | 1% | 1 |
| 72. | MT-Nontagfix.pl | 0% | 0 |
3. If you were only allowed to install one plugin, which one would it be?
| Plugin Name | Votes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Akismet | 17 | |
| 2. | Right Fields | 14 | |
| 3. | SpamLookup | 11 | |
| 4. | Custom Fields | 9 | |
| 5. | MultiBlog | 7 | |
| 6. | Paginate | 7 | |
| 7. | Better File Uploader | 5 | |
| 8. | Markdown | 5 | |
| 9. | Media Manager | 5 | |
| 10. | Plugin Manager | 5 | |
| 11. | Comment Challenge | 4 | |
| 12. | Enhanced Entry Editing | 4 | |
| 13. | SmartyPants | 4 | |
| 14. | Textile2 | 4 | |
| 15. | Ccode/Tcode | 3 | |
| 16. | Feeds.app | 3 | |
| 17. | Scode | 3 | |
| 18. | Compare | 2 | |
| 19. | Fast Search | 2 | |
| 20. | MT Blogroll | 2 | |
| 21. | MT Protect | 2 | |
| 22. | Auto-save | 1 | |
| 23. | Blacklist | 1 | |
| 24. | Close Comments | 1 | |
| 25. | CommentEmailFilter | 1 | |
| 26. | EmailWhitelister | 1 | |
| 27. | EntryIfComments | 1 | |
| 28. | FlickrPhotos | 1 | |
| 29. | GlobalListings | 1 | |
| 30. | Glue | 1 | |
| 31. | IfEmpty | 1 | |
| 32. | KeyValues | 1 | |
| 33. | Live Preview | 1 | |
| 34. | MT Amazon | 1 | |
| 35. | MT Close | 1 | |
| 36. | Notifier | 1 | |
| 37. | openid-comments | 1 | |
| 38. | Photo Gallery | 1 | |
| 39. | Related Entries | 1 | |
| 40. | Relative URL | 1 | |
| 41. | Simply Threaded | 1 | |
| 42. | Smilies | 1 | |
| 43. | SQL | 1 | |
| 44. | StyleCatcher | 1 | |
| 45. | Tag Supplemental | 1 | |
| 46. | Tiny Turing | 1 |
6 Comments
Multiblog and MT Blogroll should certainly be rolled into MT proper.
The results are really quite interesting and in parts unexpected to me (not that I'd want to claim any importance for myself).
Answer 3 is showing the need to fight spam pretty clearly (rel=nofollow is a failure, admit it and don't use it...)
Replying "Plugin Manager" on #2 would seem like a logical choice, as it would basically mean Movable Type comes with "all" plugins, or at least they're just a click away.
What surprises me is the relatively bad scoring of Textile2 -- do people in search for an easier way to input their posts just find Markdown first because it comes alphabetically first, and stick with it?
Pagination is a core standard in basically every Web App. Just Movable Type needs a plugin... unfortunately I don't have PHP, so I can't use it myself.
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it's too hard to use it myself,and there's no multiblog in MTpro.
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it's so great,and full dates,
Thank u very much for your hard work.
i always think u r the best in sixapart.
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Akismet i use it on my blog