10 Wordpress Plugins I Can't Live Without - What's Yours?

[nasuryono]

I've been using the Wordpress platform since the earliest day of my Internet Marketing journey.

For me it's simply the best option in terms of cost, ease of use and customization.

In fact, I made my first $ using Wordpress for an Amazon affiliate review site.

I am still using it 'til today and my Wordpress sites are constantly giving me pretty decent daily income.

With that being said, I'd like to share my 10 Wordpress plugins that I simply can't live without.

I install them on all sites religiously and they never fails me and I want to share them with you.

Here they are:

1. All-in-One SEO Pack I generate most of my traffic via SEO and this is the plugin that helps me optimize my site for Search Engines. Simple, straightforward and easy to use.

2. Google XML Sitemap Just install once and it will generate a sitemap for you which is very important for SEO. It will automatically update the sitemap as you generate content. This is a plugin that you install once and you'll never have to fuss again with it.

3. Contact Form 7 Easily generate a contact form for your site. Install, add your email address, copy the code to a page and you're done.

4. Pretty Link Lite Helps you hide the ugly affiliate link and track it as well. The free version works for me and I don't purchase the full version.

5. PubSubHubbub Help you pings to major site to notify that your blog has been updated.

6. Quick Cache Speed up your site's performance by generating a static HTML file for your .php files. Although sound complicated, it really isn't. You just have to install once and let the plugins do the work for you. I used to use the WP Cache Plugin but switched to Quick Cache because it's much more efficient in memory.

7. Google Analytics for Wordpress Integrates your Google analytics and your Wordpress site. You don't have to manually insert codes to page that you want to analyze. Simply follow the simple integration setup there and you're done.

8. Revision Control I usually just use one author per blog and so I have no need to keep track of revision. I turn off revision to save some processing memory on my Wordpress site using this plugin.

9. Twitter Facebook Social Share Social media engagement is very important and this plugin makes it easy to share your site on the popular social media platform. Simply install and it will be inserted on each and every post so when people love your post, they can share it with their Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest friends. Oh, and unlike other plugins, it's very light in memory use.

10. AuthorSure The easy way to integrate your Wordpress blog with the new Google+ Author. If you see a site on Google search result with a photo beside it, the author is likely to be using this plugin. A great way to boost up your authority in Google.

All of the above plugins are free. However, I do use some paid plugins as well. Here's the list:

11. WP Twin This is my all time favorite paid WP plugin. I use it to backup and "clone" my Wordpress site. I simply install all plugins, themes, necessary pages (contact, disclaimer, etc.) on every site and then I use this plugin to create a clone and copy it to setup multiple sites. Very easy to use, very quick as well. Absolutely well worth the price.

12. MyReviewPlugin I don't use this on every site, just on my Amazon affiliate review site. What it does is that it generates a star rating system which will make your review site more appealing and professional to your readers. It has other cool features such as product comparison, rankings, etc. Note: it might be quite technically hard to use for beginners but they have a very solid support system.

13. Easy WP SEO This is the plugin I use to check my On Page SEO optimization. I used to use SEOPressor but then switched to this one. My reason being that Google always update their algorithm when it comes to SEO and with SEOPressor you can't play around with how the rankings are scored. You can with Easy WP SEO.

14. WP Subscribers This is my favorite lead generation plugins. It will seamlessly integrate your opt-in box in several different places (pop up box, lightbox, exit popup, under the post, etc.). It also has a very cool social media integration as well.

15. Social Metrics Pro If you want to know how your site is doing in the social media realms, this is the plugin to install. I don't use this on all sites, just on sites that I am heavily promoting with social media because it can be quite heavy in terms of memory use.

With plugins, you want to be careful not to use too many of them since it can slow down your site performance. My rule of thumb is to use no more than 15 plugins on one site.

Hope you enjoy this share and let me know what your favorite Wordpress plugins are!

[Greg71]

Tinymce advanced is the first one I install. Stops wp stripping <br> and <p> tags.

Ever tried Wordpress SEO by Yoast? I used to use All-in-one until I found it. Check it out.

[nasuryono]

Hey Greg,

I don't need WP to strip my <br> and <p> tags.

The Wordpress SEO by Yoast looks cool. Will definitely check it out! Thanks!

[presotto]

Google Analytics dashboard
Keyword statistics
popup ninja
seo auto linker
seo friendly images
404-to-start
wordpress seo
wp-copyprotect
wp simple paypal shopping cart

This is now my standard install on my wp sites.
Keyword statistics works exceptionally well with wordpress seo by yoast.

[TURBOfiliates]

I like CountToTen, which helps me count to ten without overshooting.

EDIT: Although I just noticed your segmentation by free and paid, which makes sense

[nasuryono]

I see another vote for Wordpress SEO by Yoast here...

Thanks for sharing your lists!

Originally Posted by presotto

Google Analytics dashboard
Keyword statistics
popup ninja
seo auto linker
seo friendly images
404-to-start
wordpress seo
wp-copyprotect
wp simple paypal shopping cart

This is now my standard install on my wp sites.
Keyword statistics works exceptionally well with wordpress seo by yoast.

[jutipum]

My favorites is:
W3 Total Cache
HeadSpace: WordPress SEO Made Simple
WP-Optimize
SEO Smart Links
Broken Link Checker
SEO Friendly Images
Thank Me Later
Akismet
WP-Touch

[nasuryono]

Haha, thanks for being sarcastic and smart at the same time

Originally Posted by TURBOfiliates

I like CountToTen, which helps me count to ten without overshooting.

EDIT: Although I just noticed your segmentation by free and paid, which makes sense

[nasuryono]

I used to use SEOPressor but then switched over to Easy WP SEO.

Originally Posted by giftedwizard

seopressor is all time favorite

[yonaswedo]

Too much plugin. LOL

[Enfusia]

I like Bullet Proof Security.

Keeps my sites pretty safe.

Patrick

[nasuryono]

Yes, Wordpress plugin can be addictive...

Originally Posted by yonaswedo

Too much plugin. LOL

[locke815]

Yoast is definitely one of the most comprehensive plugins.

[Perrymma]

Optimize press i cant live without

[murtagh]

For me it's gotta be SEOpresser...amazing for on-page optimization

[UMS]

I'd suggest using as few plugins as possible.

My recommendation is to install P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) to see if you have any WordPress Plugin hogs.

[Rbtmarshall]

Wordpress SEO by Yoast
WP Date Remover
Google Privacy Policy

[michaelplies]

pretty much same ones I use. for my affiliate sites I also like affiliate link cloacker plugin.

[WillR]

Originally Posted by Rbtmarshall

WP Date Remover

Things like removing the date from your blog posts are really something a plugin shouldn't do. It just add unnecessary load to your site. A much better way to do something like that would be to remove the date from the actual template source files.

[Rbtmarshall]

Originally Posted by WillR

Things like removing the date from your blog posts are really something a plugin shouldn't do. It just add unnecessary load to your site. A much better way to do something like that would be to remove the date from the actual template source files.

I'll look into that.

Will the change stay whenever wordpress is updated?

[WillR]

Originally Posted by Rbtmarshall

I'll look into that.

Will the change stay whenever wordpress is updated?

The change is made to the template files so as long as you don't change templates, it will stay. The less plugins you have running, the better.

[bt]

I like Spam Free Wordpress, It has saved me from tons of daily comment spam.

[nasuryono]

I've seen that plugin but I haven't had the time to use it. Have heard that there are much better paid solutions to WP security.

Originally Posted by Enfusia

I like Bullet Proof Security.

Keeps my sites pretty safe.

Patrick

[clou]

All in one SEO,
gravity forms,
shortcode generator
optinskin
sociable
ubermenu
ckeditor
widgets on pages
and many more.

[nasuryono]

I love OptimizePress as well but it's a theme, not a plugin.

Originally Posted by Perrymma

Optimize press i cant live without

[Sam D Hennis]

I quite like Push Button SEO. Helps when you are creating quick SEO friendly posts

[Nexstair]

Tiny MCE And Contact Form 7 are the best i have ever used.

[kbhatia92]

All in one SEO and Akismet are the basic ones I always install first.

[hitman13]

Here is my list that I use on my sites:

- All in One SEO Pack
- BulletProof Security
- Contact Us Form
- Google XML Sitemaps
- Sociable
- StatPress

From your list I think I will try Easy WP SEO and Quick Cache

[Tony Humble]

Thank you for mentioning WP Twin in particular - I spend a lot of my time setting up Wordpress and installing plugins, and I'm definitely going to get it.

[K Mec]

WP Total Cache / WP Super Cache is must now a days. It increases your google score dramatically.

[UMS]

Originally Posted by Tony Humble

Thank you for mentioning WP Twin in particular - I spend a lot of my time setting up Wordpress and installing plugins, and I'm definitely going to get it.

Save some money and use Duplicator instead (it's free)

[nasuryono]

Try Easy WP SEO instead. I used to use SEOPressor but since then have switched over to Easy WP SEO.

Originally Posted by murtagh

For me it's gotta be SEOpresser...amazing for on-page optimization

[nasuryono]

Yes, I agree. I usually limit my plugins to 15 at max. And P3 Profiler is a great plugin to test your site hog indeed.

Originally Posted by UMS

I'd suggest using as few plugins as possible.

My recommendation is to install P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) to see if you have any WordPress Plugin hogs.

[outNabout]

i started using SEO by yoast and i got to say if you are a newbie like me it can really help you learn how to write optimized posts. Contact form 7,Google analytic,sitemaps plugins are a must
Thanks for the list will look for the others that have been listed above

[nasuryono]

I used to use the Affiliate Link Cloaker plugin but then switched over to Pretty Link. It creates better link and track hits.

Originally Posted by michaelplies

pretty much same ones I use. for my affiliate sites I also like affiliate link cloacker plugin.

[Michael Ten]

I like WordPress › Admin Word Count Column « WordPress Plugins

For writing it is great to let me know where I am at with articles!

[Networking_now]

10 wordpress plugins,

i will have to think, as i have too many lol

[Mreese601@gmail.com]

Thanks for the list of plugins! I'm using most of them for my wordpress sites will have to ad the ones I'm not using.

[mohairan]

I need a plugin for auto linking the words if any one know help me

[nasuryono]

Totally agree with WillR here. Using a plugin to remove dates is a waste of memory. You can just go inside your theme and delete the date from the source file. If you are confused, Fiverr is always there

Originally Posted by WillR

Things like removing the date from your blog posts are really something a plugin shouldn't do. It just add unnecessary load to your site. A much better way to do something like that would be to remove the date from the actual template source files.

[Steve L]

Originally Posted by K Mec

WP Total Cache / WP Super Cache is must now a days. It increases your google score dramatically.

Good call! I almost forgot about this one.

To answer the OP's original question, other than the plugins you've already mentioned, I also like Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, WPtouch (just installed the free version last night), and Sharebar.

[MA Robinson]

How about WP-Optimize WP-Optimize and WP Secure? WordPress SEO by Yoast is also a good addition plus SEO Ultimate which offers 404 error tracker and link cloaking for affiliate links.

[CocoBee]

I just found Blog Content Protector -- Looks like a good idea, eh?

[CocoBee]

I've noticed there are a lot of Adsense plugins, that are supposed to position all the ads you want, wherever you want, automatically.

Do they work well? Which one do you use?

[mootonandy]

I do like Zemanta - it's pretty nice.

[Surminga]

Number one on my list is seo yoast. Tried many other seo plugins but this one is by far the best. It is miles ahead of the other plugins in my opinion

[hotpisicobol]

I used only xml sitemap. Thanks for sharing to me. Great.

[cferfland247]

You have a big list of plugins but mine is Yoast SEO,Theme My Login, Akismit, Backwpup, Contact 7, Sexy Bookmarking ....

[edpudol1973]

For me Privacy Policy