Many of the bloggers use Windows Live writer (WLW) to write and publish their posts. For those who are not familiar with the software, I should tell you that it’s a product developed by Microsoft. It is a desktop blog-publishing application that is part of the Windows Live range of products.

It is compatible with Windows Live Spaces, SharePoint blogs, Blogger, LiveJournal, TypePad, WordPress, PBlogs.gr, JournalHome, the MetaWeblog API, the Movable Type API, Blog engine and all blogs that support RSD (Really Simple Discoverability). Here, I will tell you the 8 best plugins that you can use with WLW to work on it in an easier and efficient way. This plugin will also help you to Reduce the time you spent on writing the articles.

#1 – Embed Youtube or Google Videos along with your post

EmbedVideo is a plugin which generates the HTML code needed to embed a YouTube or Google Video into your Windows Live Writer driven post. The process of Embedding the video is very simple. Click the “Insert Video Clip” entry in the Insert menu on the sidebar or the Insert menu dropdown. Select whether you’re going to use YouTube or Google Video and enter the clip ID. You find the clip ID “hidden”, or embedded, in the URL of the video you were watching. You are done.

#2 – Insert Images from Flickr in an easy way

Simple-flickr-insert plugin helps you to easily insert images from flickr to your posts. It doesn’t provide tag-based search or selectable sets. You just need to enter a user name. The images from that user are shown one by one in a small window. Once you have found an image you click the insert button. It inserts a rather large uncommon size. Width or height, depending on the photo, is 400px.

#3 – Insert images from Picasa into your posts easily

Picasa image plugin helps you to easily insert images (Links, slideshows) you have in your Picasa Web Albums into your blog. You can also upload new images into existing albums or create new albums.

#4 – Capture Screen with Ease

SnagIt Screen Capture Plugin for Windows Live Writer makes the process of taking a screen-shot with very easy. After the automated installation of plugin you should click on the Insert SnagIt Screen Capture menu option in your sidebar or insert drop-down. This is a very useful plugin for those who blogs using Windows Live Writer and regularly needs to insert a screen-shot of some type or another.

#5 – No need to type the same Text over and over again

Text Template plugin for WLR enables the reuse of text, HTML and snippets of each. The Windows Live Writer plugin Text Template stores its snippets as XML files and by default does so in your My Documents folder\Windows Live Writer\Text Templates. You can change the location any time. When you have a same phrase or line to be written several times in your post, instead of typing that text over and over and over again you can store it as a text template. When the time comes you hit Insert Text Template, select the appropriate template and it’s done.

#6 – No need to type the same Link over and over again

Insert Add Link is a WLR plugin that prevent you from typing the same link again and again in your post. It can help you to save lot of time. As and when you are going to insert a previously used link in your post the plugin helps you to select that link from its saved links.

#7 - Insert Technorati tags to your articles

Technorati plugin will help you to add technorati tags to your articles. This is a very simple plugin to install and use. If you have good ranking and popularity in technorati then this plugin can help you to get good amount of traffic to your blog.

#8 – Insert Delicious tags to your articles

Delicious plugin helps you to insert My delicious tags into your post. Once you’re done with writing your post, hit the Insert My Delicious button in the Insert menu in the sidebar or in the insert menu dropdown.

I hope you will find the above plugins very helpful if you are using WLR. Let me know your feedbacks on them.