Allows users to upload ‘user avatars’ and ‘blog avatars’ which then can appear in comments and blog / user listings around the site

Most newspapers and main stream media sites often add customized quotation blocks in their articles. Why? Well because quotes are probably the most memorable and shared part of the article. Quotes have a potential to go viral. Recently we showed you 9 different design examples that you can use to customize blockquote in WordPress. In this article, we will show you how to allow users to share quotes from your WordPress posts to Facebook and Twitter.

Plugins for WordPress can be very elaborate and require significant programming expertise to develop.  But learning to develop a WordPress plugin doesn't have to be difficult; you can start small and grow your skills over time. Let's start with a very simple WordPress plugin that you might build for yourself or a client.

How to store and retrieve points using AJAX and a server-side language.