If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting, I hope you enjoy my blog!
I’m often asked which plugins I recommend for my client’s blogs, so I went through and took out the plugins that showed up the most often. As it turns out, there are 12 plugins most of my blogs and my client’s blogs use. But, comment and let me know what other plugins WordPress blogs should have.
Akismet – Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” By Matt Mullenweg.
cforms – cformsII offers unparalleled flexibility in deploying contact forms across your blog. Features include: comprehensive SPAM protection, Ajax support, Backup & Restore, Multi-Recipients, Role Manager support, Database tracking and many more. By Oliver Seidel.
FeedBurner FeedSmith – Originally authored by Steve Smith, this plugin detects all ways to access your original WordPress feeds and redirects them to your FeedBurner feed so you can track every possible subscriber. By FeedBurner.
Google XML Sitemaps – This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. By Arne Brachhold.
Twitter Tools – A complete integration between your WordPress blog and Twitter. Bring your tweets into your blog and pass your blog posts to Twitter. By Alex King.
WordPress Word of Mouth Marketing – Adds a link to bookmark, tell a friend, and subscribe to rss feed in footer of posts, pages, and more. Easily get your visitors to share your blog! Built using the structure of this plugin. By Dave Rigotti. (Update: WP-WOMM removed.)
Dave, excellent post about these plugins. Some I use already, but a few I may try out. Have you checked out the Platinum SEO plugin in place of the all in one? http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/platinum-se...
Keep up the good work here! And a thank you for not throwing adsense in my face.
11 plugins every WordPress blog should have
by Dave Rigotti on December 2, 2008 · Comments
If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting, I hope you enjoy my blog!
Akismet – Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” By Matt Mullenweg.
All in One SEO Pack – Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog. By Michael Torbert.
cforms – cformsII offers unparalleled flexibility in deploying contact forms across your blog. Features include: comprehensive SPAM protection, Ajax support, Backup & Restore, Multi-Recipients, Role Manager support, Database tracking and many more. By Oliver Seidel.
FeedBurner FeedSmith – Originally authored by Steve Smith, this plugin detects all ways to access your original WordPress feeds and redirects them to your FeedBurner feed so you can track every possible subscriber. By FeedBurner.
Google XML Sitemaps – This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. By Arne Brachhold.
Popular Posts – Displays a highly configurable list of the most popular posts. Instructions and help online. Requires the latest version of the Post-Plugin Library to be installed. By Rob Marsh, SJ.
Subscribe To Comments – Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry. Based on version 1 from Scriptygoddess By Mark Jaquith.
Twitter Tools – A complete integration between your WordPress blog and Twitter. Bring your tweets into your blog and pass your blog posts to Twitter. By Alex King.
WordPress Database Backup – On-demand backup of your WordPress database. By Austin Matzko.
WordPress Word of Mouth Marketing – Adds a link to bookmark, tell a friend, and subscribe to rss feed in footer of posts, pages, and more. Easily get your visitors to share your blog! Built using the structure of this plugin. By Dave Rigotti. (Update: WP-WOMM removed.)
WP125 – Easily manage 125×125 ads within your WordPress Dashboard. By Matt Harzewski (redwall_hp). (editors note: all use this plugin to track how many visitors are viewing your rss feed, but not subscribing)
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin – Returns a list of the related entries based on a unique algorithm using titles, post bodies, tags, and categories. Now with RSS feed support! By mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine).
photo credit
Related posts: