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:
There are 40 plugins used: 32 active plugins and 8 inactive plugins.Active Plugins
Add to Any: Share/Bookmark/Email Button .9.9.4.1
» Add to Any (url)
Help readers share, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service. [Settings]
Add to Any: Subscribe Button .9.7
» Add to Any (url)
Helps readers subscribe to your blog using any feed reader. [Enable Widget | Settings]
All in One SEO Pack 1.6.8.1
» Michael Torbert (url)
Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog. Options configuration panel | Donate | Support | Amazon Wishlist
Aweber 1.0.0
» Guru Consulting Services, Inc. (url)
Aweber allows you to subscribe people to an aweber list when they register or post a comment to your blog.
Better Extended Live Archives 0.40
» Charles (url)
The famous ELA for WP 2.7.
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)
Comment Approved Notifier 2.2
» Yakup Gövler (url)
Send an e-mail to your commenters when you approve their comments.
Comment Prompt/Reminder 0.4
» Tim Nash (url)
Displays a custom message to regular visitors who have yet to comment. Based on the What would Seth Godin do plugin by Richard K Miller.
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 XML Sitemaps 3.1.9
» 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.
NoFollow Free 1.6.1
» 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 2.3
» 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.
Page Link Manager 1.0b
» Garrett Murphey (url)
Adds admin panel to choose which pages appear in the site navigation.
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.
Thank Me Later 1.5.3.1
» Brendon Boshell (url)
Sends a customizable “thank you” message after (a few hours, few days, weeks) a comment has been posted. This acts a reminder of your blog and can bring “one-time” readers back
Top Commentators Widget 1.2
» Lorna Timbah (WebGrrrl.net) (url)
Adds a sidebar widget to show the top commentators in your WP site. Adapted from Show Top Commentators plugin.
TweetSuite 0.6
» Dan Zarrella (url)
A WordPress Plugin to integrate Twitter and WordPress
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
What Would Seth Godin Do 1.7
» Richard K Miller (url)
Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors and another to return visitors.
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade 1.2.5
» 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 3.2.3
» Mike Jolley (url)
Manage downloads on your site, view and show hits, and output in posts. If you are upgrading Download Monitor it is a good idea to back-up your database first just in case. You may need to re-save your permalink settings after upgrading if your downloads stop working.
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 1.40
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Adds an AJAX rating system for your WordPress blog’s post/page.
WP-PostRatings Widget 1.40
» 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 1.40
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Enables you to display how many times a post/page had been viewed. Modified by David Potter to include options for when and where to display view counts.
WP-PostViews Widget 1.40
» 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 2.1.0.9
» Scott Allen (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.
Posted on December 7, 2009 - by Kelly Verge
Huge List of Article Directories for Backlinks, Traffic, and Authority
Thanks in large part to the efforts of Travis Sago, nearly all Internet Marketers are very familiar with the concept of article marketing (or Bum Marketing, as Travis coined). With article marketing, you post your articles (content) on popular and high-ranking article directories with the intent of driving a percentage of the readers to your [...]
