Must Have WordPress Plugins

15 years ago

The plugins you use will really depend on what you want the site to do. Wordpress plugins add functionality to a site.

All in One SEO is a good one to start with as it covers basic site SEO.
Google Sitemap Generator should also be included.
WP DB Backup is vital for easy backups.

The rest will depend on your needs and wants for your own site.

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freedomguy

15 years ago

Here are my favourites:

Basic Set:
akismet
all-in-one-seo-pack
google-analyticator
google-sitemap-generator
wordpress-automatic-upgrade
wp-db-backup
enhanced-wordpress-contactform

If you need to redirect pages:
redirection
wp-affiliate

Check out your site security with this plugin,
WP gets hacked a lot:
wp-security-scan

Other useful plugins:
wp-sticky - keep selected posts on top
podpress - great for audio/video podcasts

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MrLewisSmile

15 years ago

Originally Posted by freedomguy

Here are my favourites:

Basic Set:
akismet
all-in-one-seo-pack
google-analyticator
google-sitemap-generator
wordpress-automatic-upgrade
wp-db-backup
enhanced-wordpress-contactform

If you need to redirect pages:
redirection
wp-affiliate

Check out your site security with this plugin,
WP gets hacked a lot:
wp-security-scan

Other useful plugins:
wp-sticky - keep selected posts on top
podpress - great for audio/video podcasts

Wordpress-automatic-upgrade functionality is now included in the latest version of wordpress.

Other plugins: Good picks!

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mandyg33 15 years ago

My favorite is all-in-one-seo-pack .. saves so much time
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gcot

15 years ago

In addition the ones listed:

Embed It
Simple Tags
Sociable
WP Traffic

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CurtisN

15 years ago

One useful plugin that I really like is "What Would Seth Godin Do".

You can read about it here:
WordPress › What Would Seth Godin Do WordPress Plugins

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laurelwachtel

15 years ago

Thank you for your post freedomguy, I'm just starting setting up my wordpress blog and these will help me get started for sure! Many thanks!

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GeorgR.

15 years ago

really NOT that many.

Google XML sitemaps.
Platinum SEO

( Not mentioning already included or "special" plugins like WP Autoblog plugins )

I also think "tinymce advanced" is nice, depending on your needs.

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Glenn72

15 years ago

A few more that can be useful -

Post teaser: This is a plugin that shortens posts on the main page and adds a read more link to the actual post. Helps avoid duplicate content.

Duplicate content cure: The name says it all! Only works on pages within a single blog of course, not with content on external sites.

Old Post Promoter: I just just grabbed this one recently and it's brilliant for PLR filled blogs. Lets say you have a blog filled with 50 PLR articles, it will randomly place old posts back at the top of the blog. Providing the permalinks just show the post name, there there won't be any duplicate content issues with this one either.

There's a bunch of others, I just can't think of them right now.

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M Thompson 15 years ago

It really is down to personal choice, I always like to use the related posts plugin.
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maggytyger

15 years ago

Here is one I just started using on one of my blgos: Sociable
it allows your readers to submit your post to many of the Social Networking sites like Digg, StumbleUpon, Reddit, etc.

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Ian Harmon

15 years ago

A couple more for your list: SEO master, excellent plugin with a really easy way of controlling page rank flow through your site. Also, Theme Tester which as its name suggests, allows you to test out new themes on you site without affecting your live site

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GeorgR. 15 years ago

Originally Posted by dink

A couple more for your list: SEO master, excellent plugin with a really easy way of controlling page rank flow through your site.

elaborate please...does it set nofollow tags?
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- Kirk Ward 15 years ago
  
  One thing you need to be sure of is that the plugins you select are compatible with the version of WordPress you are running. There are several listed above that are not compatible wit WP 2.7
  
  You can always check by using wordpress.org as your primary download site and checking to see what level they are compatible with. It's posted right under the download link on the home page of each plugin.
  
  If you get a plugin from another site, check with the vendor to see that it is compatible.
  
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  eshopcompany 15 years ago
  
  the all in one seo pack is a really good plugin for wordpress I can get you a better complete list from my other machine a little later so I will come back and post that for you shortly
  
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DominicTFY

15 years ago

Hey Warriors,

I think Lorelle has covered a comprehensive list over here: Lists of Your Favorite WordPress Plugins Lorelle on WordPress

Just check it out in case there's any wordpress plugins you'd find it useful for your WP blogs.

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nhynes57 15 years ago

In addition to those already list, 2 I like to use are "Max Banner Ads"
for adsense or banners and "Amazon Reloaded for WordPress" for
adding Amazon products to posts.

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- doublee 15 years ago
  
  While reading these posts, I saw your reference to Amazon Reloaded. It sounds helpful.
  I just downloaded it, adn will come back and post my thoughts after I implement it.
  
  Thanks for mentioning it.
  
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gerrihabib

15 years ago

With my blog I've found that the sociable plugin very useful as it lets your visitor bloggers to send your blog posts to all of the popular social bookmarking sites starting with Digg and Propeller and Stumbleupon. It allows quick indexing of your blog via wordpress, which in turn generates more traffic to your blog! A great tool!

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rsteadm2 15 years ago

I personally like KB Linker.

You can choose a keyword and then assign a link to that keyword. Any time that the keyword shows up in a post it assigns a link to that keyword. Here's an example

Make Money->http://www.eprofits123.com

so every that the phrase make money shows up, it adds a hyper link to whatever you assign it giving spider food to another site or internal page or affiliate link.

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- DrewG 15 years ago
  
  Some plug-ins I always recommend:
  
  AffomaticEbay - Free eBay script for ePN stores
  
  Platinum SEO Pack - There are a ton of SEO packs that are available, I have used All-in-One for a while, but just started Platinum's and I haven't considered others, a plugin MUST.
  
  MaxBlogPress Ninja Affiliate - Cloaking aff links
  
  Top Commentators Widget - get people commenting your blog
  
  Tweetbacks - offer an incentive for ppl to Tweet your posts
  
  Privacy Policy - essential, especially with PPC, Google likes these
  
  Pingcrawl - automatic pinging of your site
  
  Global Translator - recommended for foreign visitors
  
  NextGen Gallery - if you plan on having pics/thumbnails
  
  Wordpress Backup - Back up your site quickly and easily
  
  WP-Copyprotect - if you have content that you DO NOT want copied
  
  Wp-o-Matic - for autoblogging and automatic content generation
  
  WP-Supercache - make your site/blog load faster
  
  WP-PageNavi - make your pages easier to navigate
  
  SEO-Automatic Links - make links more SEO friendly
  
  Contact-Form - so your visitors can get in contact with you
  
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