If you could have only 5 plugins on WordPress which would they be?

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If you could only have 5 plugins on your WordPress installation, what would they be?

I want to make my WordPress installation as minimalist as possible and 5 plugins seems a good compromise between going for the perfect set up, and a setup which will do an acceptable job.
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  • Profile picture of the author Istvan Horvath
    1 or 2 antispam.

    The rest should always depend on the topic, niche, goal, layout of the blog.
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    • Profile picture of the author madison_avenue
      Istavn_ yes antispam is essential.

      kev- "why so many"- yeah ,maybe even 5 is more than is necessary, some people have way more!



      For me it would be:


      Askimet
      All in One SEO plugin
      XML maps
      Wordpress database backup
      Sociable

      This set up does 90% of what I want, so will I be keeping it simple in future and sticking to these plugins.
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  • Profile picture of the author ~kev~
    5 plugins???? Why so many?

    I think I run 5 as it is right now, but if I had to get it down to as few as possible, I would only have 2 - light box effect for images, and a script enabler.
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  • Profile picture of the author InHwan Park
    All in One SEO plugin
    XML maps
    Sociable
    UAW
    Ad Manager
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    • Profile picture of the author GerryMedia
      Platinum SEO
      GoCodes
      Social Profile Widgets
      WP to Twitter
      Akismet
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      • Profile picture of the author Hamida Harland
        These are the ones I always start out with on a new blog:

        xml sitemaps
        all in one seo
        akismet
        wordpress database backup
        wptouch iphone theme

        Depending on the niche and what I hope to achieve from the blog there are quite a few others I use as well though.
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        • Profile picture of the author LynnM
          Google XML Sitemaps
          Platinum SEO
          WP Super Cache
          WP-DB Backup
          Akismet
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          • Profile picture of the author dkpalmer
            Is there any settings in google xml that anyone suggests changing? I just installed it and i feel a little overwhelmed. Thanks

            Darren
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            • Profile picture of the author Gardenbella
              Akismet
              All in One SEO Pack
              Date Exclusion SEO
              Google Analyticator
              Pretty Link
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            • Profile picture of the author LynnM
              Originally Posted by dkpalmer View Post

              Is there any settings in google xml that anyone suggests changing? I just installed it and i feel a little overwhelmed. Thanks

              Darren
              If it's the one by Arne Brachhold, then you just need to install it, activate it and then under Settings press the Click Here to build the sitemap for the first time.

              Hope that helps
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  • Profile picture of the author madison_avenue
    Thanks for the response. So far three everyone(except one person) has :

    Askimet
    All in one SEO (or Platinum)
    Xml maps


    Virtually everyone has the above three, it would suggest they are the most essential. Therefore for a very minimalist set-up:

    Install WordPress using Fantistico 10 minutes
    Install a theme 10 minutes.
    Install the above three plugins 10 minutes.

    30 minutes later you are up and running with a Wordpress system which is ready to go and pretty powerful. You can easily charge $50 to set this up for others.
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  • Profile picture of the author 2stace
    anyone know what the plugin name is for the "tweet" for each article? It is a small box and peoplle can tweet your articles. i want to get that plugin!!

    Akismet
    All in one SEO pack
    TinyMCE Advanced (awesome)
    Related Posts
    Wordpress Gravatar
    Comment Luv
    Viper's Video Quicktags

    the list goes on... I love my plugins.
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