A couple of questions

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Suppose I don't want to display the last changed date, but the page creation date?

Actually I wanted that too. I believe I do have a plugin somewhere that takes care of that… The reason you don’t find anything about it in de codex is because all there is saved is the last editing time. So if you really want it, you’ll have to code it in, or bribe me to go looking for the plugin I wrote some weeks ago.

This is mostly a question for Chris as it relates to the GS Socialize plugin. It's displayed on all pages, no options. Now, suppose I want to have it on a "subpage" template but keep it out of the default template - say I want a front page that is clutter free but do want to include "clutter" on other pages. How to modify?

• Change the plugin completely so it will offer you an option to activate it on a per page basis.
  
• Modify the plugin to check the current page slug and only do something when it matches a certain slug.
  
• Use 2 template files, one with and one without the plugin call. Now select a different template on a per page basis.
  

The first one would be best for the community, the third one would be easiest for you to manage. Take your pick.

Related to this is the plugin manager - at the moment, as far as I can tell, there's nothing you can do in the plugin manager except stare at the list of installed plugins, there's no way to for example activate/deactivate/delete a plugin from within the manager. In all the other management areas you can in fact do some things (delete a page, view a page). Maybe it's not doable for the plugin manager, but - why not?

There has been talk about this here on the forum before. People that wanted to be able to just upload plugin straight through the admin panel so it will be simple, in the GetSimple spirit. As internet54 said, the whole plugin part is still in a very early stage so those kind of option have not yet really been looked at.