Have you ever wanted to make a minor alteration to one of your blog posts? Surely you have, but going back into the administration area of WordPress can prove to be such an extra hassle when all you want to do is make a minor edit.

That’s why the Front End Editor plugin for WordPress is so useful. Instead of diving back into the WP Dashboard to fix a typo, you can edit your content directly from the site’s front end. A simple “edit” button appears for those with permissions to edit the posts and pages.

In fact, Front-end Editor can also be used to edit comments, widgets, and many more elements that are common to WordPress-based sites. The editor is not just for fixing basic text either, in case the changes are a little more substantial. This plugin utilizes a WYSIWYG editor, giving you the ability to change the font, add links, add italics, adjust images, and so on.

Find more information, as well as screenshots, at the WordPress Plugin Directory. This is a free download, so you can find the link on that same page.

One of the most common items that a website visitor wants to find is a means to contact you. You may already have some great information on your site about your products and services, but they may want to know more before placing an order.

A contact page is a great start, especially if you have a contact form set up for e-mail communication. You might also list your phone number, but what if your customer is calling from another locale and doesn’t want to pay long distance? That’s where the Contact Call Plugin can come in very handy.

The biggest advantage here is that the plugin can embed a “call us” button right on your website. When a visitor clicks on that, they call you from within the web browser. It’s that simple. Your call can then be received via Skype, mobile, GTalk, or landline. It works through the Push2Call protocol.

Go to the WordPress Plugin Directory for more information on Contact Call, including an introductory video on the Push2Call service. Naturally, that page is also where you will find the free download link as well.

Many people are making sizable incomes through their blogs. For some, it’s a part-time endeavor with part-time money. For others, it’s a full-time job. Whatever the case, selling advertising on a blog need not be too difficult.

In place of or in addition to the various advertising networks, you may also be interested in selling private advertising. If so, you’ll want to have some good ad management software. The A.M.Y. Lite WordPress Plugin is one option that you might want to consider.

This ad management extension is a more basic version of its paid equivalent, but it still gives you the functionality that you need to run private advertising. It automatically tracks expiration dates, so you don’t need to pull expired ads on your own. The plugin allows for ad rotation too.

Go to CalendarScripts.info for screenshots and more information about the A.M.Y. Lite plugin. That is also where you can access the free download link.

There’s nothing more frustrating that going to a website via a link, only to find that the page does not exist. You don’t want that to become a common thing on your site and that’s why you need the Check and Repair 404 Errors WordPress plugin.

This plugin works a little differently than some others that seem to offer similar functionality. Rather than actively seeking broken links, it monitors when a visitor to your site receives a 404 error. It then records the URL that the visitor was trying to reach.

From there, you can log into the admin dashboard on your WordPress site and go to the report area for this plugin. There, you can look at the failed requests (from users, bots, search engines, and so on) and fix the issue manually. This is true of pages, broken outbound links, broken image links, and more. Anything that would generate a 404 error.

The Check and Repair 404 Errors WordPress plugin is developed by Tent Blogger. You can find more information on that site and then head over to the WordPress Plugin Directory to access the free download link.

There are all sorts of different plugins that can customize WordPress to suit your particular needs and preferences. Some change the reader side of things, while others change the admin side. This plugin falls into the latter category.

Called UI Labs, this free WordPress plugin “offers experimental admin UI features” that are supposed to enhance the default experience. I imagine that new features will be added to UI Labs as new versions are released.

There are two features as of version 1.1.1. The first is the addition of color-coded post statuses. Basically, this will color codes the tags in your post listing that tell you whether a post is a draft, a sticky, pending, private, and so on. This makes it easier to see the difference at a glance. The second feature is a slightly altered WordPress 3.2 admin header.

Head on over to the WordPress Plugin Directory to read the brief writeup on these “unofficial core UI experiments.” It’s also there that you’ll get a couple of screenshots and the download link.

By now, it’s fairly common practice for blog owners to integrate their comment system with gravatar. This way, when people leave a comment on the site, their avatar shows up. However, this usually only happens after the comment is submitted.

The Moo Gravatar Box plugin for WordPress takes the Gravatar integration one step further. Rather than waiting until a comment has already been submitted, it will automatically fetch the avatar image immediately after an email address is entered in the comment form.

The other major advantage is that the person leaving the comment can see whether or not their gravatar image is being pulled correctly or not. If this person does not have a Gravatar account, the plugin will automatically ask them to get one. That’s pretty useful.

Find some more information, including a FAQ on customizing the style, through the official WordPress.org plugin directory. The plugin is a free download and requires WordPress 2.8 or higher.