Filters and plugins are much less useful than people imagine. There's rarely a good "one click" solution to making things turn out the way you want them.

Its worth spending a little time to learn how to get a good glow effect-- then you can tweak it precisely to your situation. 

The most obvious glow tool you have are the Layer Styles. What's great about them is that they remain "live" and editable at all times-- with a plugin, you apply it, you alter the pixels, and then you've got what you've got . . . if you decide that its not quite right, you have to go back and do it again.