WordPress is really the most popular blogging platform of today. I’ve been using WordPress since December 2005 when I was still blogging on my first domain, adrianjeric.com. WordPress is really a blogger’s best buddy. Plugins and free WordPress themes are available around the internet for you to customize your very own WordPress site. I first used Blogger but wasn’t that satisfied for the customization you could do with it is quite limited. Coding yourself a WordPress is quite a hard task for it requires a lot patience plus knowledge with PHP. However, with WordPress, you’re offered with a vast collection of plugins and WordPress Themes. Here is the list of the WordPress plugins I’m using on this blog:

1. Akismet – It catches spam comments.
2. aLinks – A WordPress plugin that automatically links keywords in your blog post.
3. Audio Player – It replaces .mp3 links into audio player.
4. Bunny’s Technorati Tag - Allows easy addition to a post of a space-separated list of tags which can be displayed with adequate Technorati links in the template. Can display keywords instead if no tags are available.
5. Revver Video WordPress Plugin – for easy integration of Revver Videos into blog post.
6. Text Link Ads - Really Simple Web/RSS Advertising For Personal or Commercial Use.

If you want to have a WordPress blog just like mine the WordPress for Dummies book is really for you. WordPress for Dummies is written by Lisa Sabin-Wilson.

Book Description
* WordPress is one of the most popular blogging tools available, with over 170,000 registered bloggers.

* This all-new Dummies guide delivers just what would-be bloggers need to get up and running with WordPress and start communicating with the world.

* Covers blogging basics, choosing a hosting solution or setting up a host, developing blog content, syndicating blog posts with RSS, launching a specialized blog (including podcasting, photoblogging, mobile blogging, and videoblogging), and even earning revenue.

* Includes help on every aspect of installing and using WordPress, illustrations from real-world WordPress blogs, step-by-step tutorials on key topics, and insights from bloggers who have used WordPress.

* There were 26 million U.S. blogs at the end of 2005, and 40,000 to 100,000 new blogs are launched daily.

The book was launched last October 29, 2007 but would available sometime in November. You could already pre-order your copy by visiting some of the popular internet bookstores like at Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Books-A-Million, Dummies.Com and Wiley.Com. You could also wait for a few days before the book hits the local bookstore’s shelves.

If you want an autographed copy of the book WordPress for Dummies, you could join the blog contest at Lisa’s blog wherein she would give out 5 Autographed copies of her book to 5 lucky bloggers. For more information visit her blog here.