Best Posts Summary is my first crack at creating a WordPress plugin that actually does something useful. Best Posts Summary will automatically create a summary post with the best posts from the previous month, week, or day based on the most viewed or most commented posts.

There are many benefits to creating a summary post including the following reasons:

  • SEO Benefits ““ Deep-linking to older posts provides for better search engine rankings and better internal linking structure.
  • Showcase for readers ““ Anyone visiting your blog may want to quickly see what is your best and most popular content. Plugins like Popularity Contest are great, but tend to remain static as only a few posts get most of the traffic. Best Posts Summary will also shed light on your short-term best content. Large blogs like LifeHacker and Engadget do this all the time.
  • Guide for bloggers ““ A side effect of using the plugin is to find out which content you are creating is generating interest among readers. Once you know which posts readers find the most useful, you can adjust your writing style to create more posts along the same lines.
  • Save Time ““ Manually creating a summary post is a time-consuming task and the reason why you don’t see many blogs with end of the month of end of the year summary posts. Now with Best Posts Summary, you can showcase your best posts from the previous month, week, or day without having to do anything.

You can read all about the plugin features, how to install it, how to configure it and how to download it at the Best Posts Summary Plugin Homepage.

Since this is my first plugin, please provide any feedback that you might have about the plugin! Based on user comments, I will update the plugin to accommodate new features, fix bugs, etc. Enjoy!