I added micro posts to my site. Sometimes I want to make a brief announcement, e.g. a new patch for TrackLab, but I don’t want to mix announcements with regular posts. Also I don’t need to do SEO for them. Micro posts have a little text and a thumbnail only. No categories, no tags, no comments, no SEO.

You can add them to your site on WordPress as well and you don’t need a third-party plugin for that. Here is a guide on how to create a WordPress plugin for micro posts.