Yet another random idea … (who else could I tell them to?)
You could make a Grid plugin for Wordpress.
After clicking on a Category Page or Author Page, there is a list of posts.
These posts could be displayed in a Grid, so you have:
h1> Posts in Category X
Grid>
Name (alphabetical), Tags, Author, Date
Click on Grid row takes you to post. It should be without CSS styles, but so those can be placed into Wordpress template.
Note: You would need a name which is not only “Grid” because the Grid plugins for Wordpress are all really css-float, so the names confuse.
