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If you’re anything like me (and I know I am) then you love BIG monitors. My main computer is a 24″ iMac (primal grunting here). I just think that I’m a lot more productive on a big monitor. And there is scientific evidence to prove my point. But I digress…

If you have a big monitor like me, then you may have been a little frustrated when WordPress 2.5 came out and one of the new “features” was an admin working area limited to 980px. Especially when posting big, ProPhoto-sized pictures, more width can be really nice.

I already posted about increasing the write-post box’s height, but today I tried out a cool plugin that removes the max-width setting on your admin area.

You can download it here. I like it! What do you think?

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Backing up your blog is an incredibly important thing to do. You don’t want to ever experience losing your data due to a web host server failure. Some higher-end web hosts automatically backup all your data, but most do not.

Also, if you are ever going to upgrade your version of WordPress, it is very important to backup your database and all your files first. That way you can proceed with upgrading with the peace of mind that even if you royally screw the pooch, you can always restore your blog to it’s previous state.

Luckily, as with many things WordPress, there is a plugin that basically will handle this for you. BackupWordPress is a pretty sweet plugin that automatically backs up your WP database, uploaded pictures, config-file, and all your files. It even will do regular, automatic backups and email you the zipped files of the backups.

The following video shows how to use this powerful plugin.

Download the plugin right here.

Related Posts: How to upload and install a Plugin and Upgrading WordPress

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Plugins are one of the great things about WordPress.  In the future, I’ll be posting a lot about great plugins that add all kinds of cool functionality to your blog.  In this video I show you how to download a plugin, how to install one, and some basic facts about plugins.