Wordpress Plugins I Use

I’m often curious about which Wordpress plugins experienced bloggers think are most important. Like most other bloggers, I’ve looked through several “top plugins” posts to come up with my own list.

However, rather than telling you which plugins I think are the most important by making a “top 10 Wordpress plugins” or “my favorite plugins” post, I’ve installed the WP-PluginsUsed plugin, which will automatically update this page as I try out new plugins and replace any when I find something I like better.

Also note that I have several inactive plugins. With these I’m either trying to figure out if I need them, I like the concept and I’m trying to figure out how I can fit them in, or I’m testing different plugins with similar functions.

Anyway, here’s the list:

Active Plugins

  Add to Any: Share/Save/Bookmark Button .9.8.6.9
» Add to Any (url)
Helps readers share, save, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service. [Settings]

  Add to Any: Subscribe Button .9.5.5.6
» Add to Any (url)
Helps readers subscribe to your blog using any feed reader. [Enable Widget | Settings]

  All in One SEO Pack 1.4.6.15
» Michael Torbert (url)
Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog.

  Brian's Latest Comments 1.5.8
» Brian Meidell (url)
This shows an overview of the recently active articles and the last people to comment on them. Original idea and code fixes contributed by Michael Heilemann.If you have Dunstan’s Time Since installed, this plugin uses it for the title=”" attributes on the comments and posts. (For WordPress 1.5)

  Extended Live Archives 0.10beta-r18
» Arnaud Froment (url)
Implements a dynamic archive, inspired by Binary Bonsai and the original Super Archives by Jonas Rabbe. Visit the ELA option panel to initialize the plugin.

  FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.3.1
» FeedBurner (url)
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.

  Google Analytics 2.5
» Denis de Bernardy (url)
Adds Google analytics to your blog, with various advanced tracking features enabled.

  Google XML Sitemaps 3.1.2
» Arne Brachhold (url)
This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. Configuration Page

  Highlight Author Comments 1.0.2
» Rob Marsh, SJ (url)
Automatically applies a distinctive style to comments by the post’s author.

  MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer 2.2.5
» MaxBlogPress (url)
Saves your wordpress blog from getting tagged as ping spammer by installing this plugin. Adjust your settings here.

  MaxBlogPress Unblockable Popup 2.0.1
» MaxBlogPress (url)
MaxBlogPress Unblockable Popup generates custom popup to power up your wordpress blog. Adjust your settings here.

  NoFollow Free 1.5.9
» Michele Marcucci (url)
Remove the nofollow tag from your blog’s comments with a lot of options customizable, per user type removal, per comments count removal etc… Supports multilingual and a Top Commenters sidebar Widget.

  Nofollow Reciprocity 2.1
» Lazar Kovacevic (url)
Searches for links to large sites using ‘nofollow’ tags for external links, and puts the same tag on links to those sites (Wikipedia.org, StumbleUpon.com, and similar) Added top 1000 sites from Quantcast.com. This plugin is based on Wikipedia nofollow and Identify External Links.

  Quoter 1.1
» Daniele Mancino (url)
Allows commenters to quote other comments (dynamically or server side if they have Javascript disabled) and any other text in a page (Javascript only).

  Related Posts 2.04
» Alexander Malov, Mike Lu & Jon Bourne (url)
Returns a list of the related entries based on active/passive keyword matches.

  Subscribe To Comments 2.1.2
» Mark Jaquith (url)
Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry. Based on version 1 from Scriptygoddess

  Top Commentators Widget 1.0
» Lorna Timbah (WebGrrrl.net) (url)
Adds a sidebar widget to show the top commentators in your WP site. Adapted from Show Top Commentators plugin.

  Ultimate Category Cloud 2.0
» Dean Robinson (url)
Designed for Wordpress 2.1 - Display a weighted list of category links. Mods for coloured/weighted list by Dean Robinson. Based on Weighted Categories Plugin by Matt Kingston

  WordCount 0.01
» Anders Holte Nielsen (url)
Simple plugin - counts the number of words in one/all (puslished) posts and/or in one/all approved comments.

  Wordpress Automatic Upgrade 1.2.2
» Keith Dsouza (url)
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade allows a user to automatically upgrade the wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps provided in the wordpress upgrade instructions. Go to Wordpress Automatic Upgrade to upgrade your installation Thanks to Ronald Huereca for making the plugin run in automatic mode.

  Wordpress Download Monitor 2.2.1
» Mike Jolley (url)
Manage downloads on your site, view and show hits, and output in posts. Downloads page can be found in “Manage/Tools > Downloads”. If you are upgrading Download Monitor it is a good idea to back-up your database just in case.

  Wordpress Duplicate Content Cure 1.0
» Badi Jones (url)
Duplicate content cure is a very simple, yet effective SEO plugin that prevents search engines from indexing wordpress pages that contain duplicate content, like archives and category pages.

  WP-PluginsUsed 1.40
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.

  WP-PostRatings 1.31
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Adds an AJAX rating system for your WordPress blog’s post/page.

  WP-PostRatings Widget 1.31
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Adds a PostRatings Widget to display most rated and/or highest rated posts and/or pages on your sidebar. You will need to activate WP-PostRatings first.

  WP-PostViews 1.31
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Enables you to display how many times a post/page had been viewed.

  WP-PostViews Widget 1.31
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Adds a PostViews Widget to display most viewed posts and/or pages on your sidebar. You will need to activate WP-PostViews first.

  wp-recent-links 2.08
» Markku Seguerra (url)
A linklog plugin for WordPress, allowing you to have your own blog of links without the need for another wp-powered weblog or (gasp!) another weblog software. More information at the project’s page.

  WP-SpamFree 1.9.6.7
» Scott Allen, aka WebGeek (url)
An extremely powerful anti-spam plugin that virtually eliminates comment spam. Finally, you can enjoy a spam-free WordPress blog! Includes spam-free contact form feature as well.