6 Best Blogging Tools for Windows for Serious Bloggers
I am an experimental Windows user. I find, install and experiment with several new applications on my Windows PC every week. Most of the applications and tools I have installed are directly or indirectly about desktop publishing.
Some of them are aimed to help me with my study and some others are for web development. In addition to them, many other Windows applications are there to help me in publishing stuff online. In this post, I have listed my favorite blogging tools, which I use on my Windows PC regularly.
This list is my personal choice, and the order does not intend the superiority (or inferiority) of one tool over another.
Best Blogging Tools for Windows
By a Writing/Editing tool, we mean an application that can write new articles for a blog, modify the existing ones and send them to your blog server. Here are the most amazing Writing and Editing Tools for Windows I have ever tried.
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Windows Live Writer
Yes. Not just me, but every blogger who owns a Windows PC assumes Live Writer as the best blogging tool ever made for Windows. The post, which you are reading at the moment, was also written and published with the same app. Windows Live Writer (WLW) is developed by the Windows Live Team at Microsoft. It comes bundled in Windows Essential Tools along with Live Mail, Movie Maker, Photo Gallery and deprecated Live Messenger.
The updates for this tool are almost halted with no new features being added after 2012. It receives only security updates by time.
This lack of regular updates doesn't matter at all, as WLW has reached the height of perfection. Windows Live Writer can be extended with more features by using official and unofficial plugins.
Download Windows Live Writer | Read more about the features of WLW
Girasol Editor
"Girasol" is a Spanish word that means 'Sunflower' in English.
Developed by PsiqueWare, Girasol Editor is another elegant Windows application for regular blogging needs. It runs on Java Runtime Environment and is therefore available for all desktop Operating Systems which support JRE.
That is to say; Girasol Editor is also available for Linux and Mac.
Girasol Editor has colorful UI and a bit complicated configuration. I'll not recommend this tool for serious blogging, as it lagged a lot for me and published unwanted small auto posts to my blog.
But once you learn how to use this app, it becomes awesomeness.
Download Girasol Editor for Windows | Read more about the app
BytesScout Post2blog
The app no longer receives updates and support from developers.
Post2blog works on least resources and is free to use now. It can be downloaded from Download.com website.
BlogJet 3
BlogJet is a premium blogging application for Windows. It can be regarded as an upgraded form of WLW with added new features, excellent user experience and great stability. BlogJet is priced at $39.99 with 30 days the free trial period.
If you are aiming to become a pro-blogger, go for it or otherwise, stick to any of the three above. For more details, see the official page: http://www.blogjet.com/
Microsoft Word
Word is an all-in-one solution for content writers with any need. Starting from the 2007 version, Word supports direct publishing to blogs.
Word is a part of Microsoft Office, which is a premium application developed by Microsoft. Office can be purchased from official website.
If you don't like paying for it, you can try free Open Source tools like LibreOffice and OpenOffice too, but they don't have Word-like blog-publishing features.
Scribefire
Scribefire is a browser extension which enables WYSIYG writing and publishing of posts to your blog. It supports all major blogging platforms like WordPress, WordPress.com, Blogger & Typepad. Scribefire can be downloaded from Firefox add-on repository and Chrome web store.
Safari users can download Scribefire from this page and Opera users can download the same from this page.
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