WP Facebook Connect

By Adam Hupp (http://hupp.org/adam/)

• Why it's awesome: Makes integrating your blog with WordPress super easy

• Why it was picked: Depth of integration, no coding required

• Manual Install URL: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wpfacebookconnect

• Automatic Install search term: WP FacebookConnect

• Geek level: WP-Ninja

• Configuration location: Settings | Facebook Connect

• Used in: Posts, pages, widgets, comments

WP Facebook does require a little coding within your blog's theme. However, the coding is minimal and will help expose you to very basic PHP, if you are not already familiar with it.

Creating an app ID for your blog

Facebook Connect requires you to set up a Facebook application to communicate between Facebook and your blog.

1. 1. Visit http://www.facebook.com/developers/createapp.php.

2. 2. For the sake of organization, give your application the name of your blog or something similar.

3. 3. Facebook will automatically generate an API Key and Secret—each of these keys will be...