As Wordpress is such a powerful blogging platform and content management system, it is no surprise that linking to other forms of social networking media, is extremely simple by using plugins. Therefore we have a few that may be of use to you.

By linking to other forms of social media, your blog’s profile will be enhanced and this can only be a good for traffic generation. So regardless whether you are selling something, or just telling the world of your thoughts, these plugins should be a useful way of getting your message out there.

DandyIDService plugin: This beauty will help you manage your links to your profiles on other social media networking sites. Though this can be done manually, by using this plugin to do it for you will make them much easier to manage in the future. Just create an account and configure the sidebar widget to meet your needs.

Social Media Page The social media page plugin will configure any of its 140 supported networks on any given page or post just by adding a few lines of code. This is very useful as it allows you to link to any of your social media profiles without cluttering up your sidebar with plugins.

Social Profilr Though this only supports fourteen social networks, it does have a nice twist by allowing you to add a few lines of text for a brief description. Many plugins only allow for the actual link to be displayed, so Social Profilr, gives you an added bonus. Therefore, it is possible to turn this into some kind of About Me page.

Lifestreaming is where your listed activity on social network site is listed on your blog. There are a few plugins that handle this, and some support some sites, and some support others. So it is important to choose the right one for your site.

The FriendFeed Activity Widget is probably the most used of its kind. To set one up you have to create a FriendFeed account. Once logged on to, you can set the number of events to display. It is very simple to use, and what is nice about this plugin is that it has a nice minimalistic design. This is handy considering the amount of information that streams through it. What is also nice about this plugin is that it has the option to hide Twitter@replies, which is good because of out of context they make little sense.

Lifestream The upside to this plugin is that you have the option of either utilizing it as a sidebar widget, or using it in a page or post, and you do not need to setup a third party account to use it. It can also hide the Twitter@replies from the stream too. The downside to this plugin is that it appears more cluttered, and does not really have the best design in the world.

Lifestream.fm offers a large number of social networking services that can stream on to your site. Unlike Lifestream, you do have to create an account, but it is very easy to setup the widget into your sidebar. It also looks better than Lifestream as it is less cluttered. The downside to this plugin is that it displays all of your Tweets, including Twitter@replies.

Social networking sites will give you the opportunity for you to spread the word about your website and what you are about. Whether you sell products online, or just simply have something to say and want to put it out there, then by linking and streaming to and from social networking sites can help you do exactly that.