Recommended wordpress plugins

The list is ok...... but i want to add following ones :-

WP-DBManager - automatically backs up your wordpress data
antivirus (Search wordpress plugins)- Checks your theme for anything suspicious
WP-Security-Scan - Checks for server permissions issues, the database for security risks and more
Bad Behavior - Blocks the spam bots from getting website content and emails.

Certainly agree with the above. Some plugins are waaaay more trouble than they're worth (break your blog trouble...) so make sure you do your research and use reputable plugins only.

That said, if you don't want hundreds of comments to the tune of "hey this great u really know ur stuff..." with a link to the "commenter's" site in the name field, do yourself a favor and install the anti-spam plugin mentioned above. You'll need your API key.

Other useful ones are Contact Form to build a shortcode contact form for different purposes (take this with a grain of salt, I haven't tested it recently), All in One SEO, and sometimes I use Raw HTML if I'm importing HTML from another site and Wordpress mangles it.

I just installed eShop for my PLR store. I'm actually really liking it so far! Easy to use and it handles everything without me having to use bulky Paypal code. Great if you're running an online store, especially for digital products. (I know you're not, but if you expand to sell your own products in the future )

For affiliate marketing, how are you setting up your site? If you're doing reviews, a product review plugin where you can at least assign star ratings is great. I had trouble finding one that wasn't out of date or paid version only, but I'm also not an active affiliate marketer. Someone else may be able to name a plugin directly.

Best of luck,
Courtney

To keep your site from slowing down with plugins or too much traffic, you need to install a caching plugin like

WordPress › W3 Total Cache « WordPress Plugins

As far as SEO goes here is an excellent article by Yoast instructing you what plugins and changes you need to make to have you website optimized. It's a great article and goes into detail as to why all of the plugins are good for SEO.

why not, what do you recommend then?