[shanec]

Hi All,

I'm currently working on a Wordpress blog and installing what I think are the most important free plugins for this blog. Plugins I have installed include the SEO and Sitemap plugins.

For those of you who have experience installing Wordpress, what other plugins do you use or recommend?

Thanks,
Shane.

[Admin]

There are a few plugins I would recommend Shane, but I can't remember their names.

Here is what they do though if that will help:

Spam fighter - Akismet, reCaptcha, Spam Karma 2, and WP spam hitman.

Sticky - not sure if it is still available for the newest update, but this plugin allows you to post stickies to the top of your blogs, above the new posts. It comes in handy for announcements, welcome messages, and stuff like that.

Here is a great reference from the Daily Anchor that gives at least 31 very good plugins: 31 Wordpress Plugins To Enhance Your Blog and Life | The Daily Anchor | Marketing and Advertising Blog

[shanec]

Thanks for this list Mary. There's some great plugins there. Removing spammy comments is a big problem, and its a pain having to go through them and delete them. The spam filtering plugins should help save a lot of time.

[andrewlloyd]

Check out the new Exit Pop-Up Wordpress Survey at Products | Brandography . Very easy plugin to use.

[Dadelius]

I'm going to add a few:

SEO Search Terms Tagging 2 – The purpose of this plugin is to strengthen your On Page SEO by adding new internal linking to the blog post using the most popular keywords used by search engine visitors to find the blog post from a search engine ( incoming search terms ). After I added this plugin and set it up, my traffic increased by about 70% within three weeks. A must have.

OIO Publisher – If you would like to advertise using banners or links on your blog, this plugin will manage the entire process for you, and automate the process so that buyers can see the prices, order the spot, and even upload any graphics they wish to use, all you need to do is approve the ads and the rest is taken care of for you, and the money is deposited directly into your PayPal account (others are available). It will even take care of turning off the ad after the time has expired so you free up a spot and it becomes available for rent to future advertisers.

WP Super Cache – Now if you’d like to speed up your blog, and avoid any suspensions from your hosting company when your traffic reaches a certain level, or you’ve got some social bookmarking happening then this plugin is for you. It allows you to serve up a cached page and increases the load time of your site. I’ve used a couple of these plugins and prefer the WP Super Cache so far.

All in One SEO Pack - You mention that you installed the SEO plugin, but I'm not sure which one, this one is usually one of the first ones I install on any blog, and can't say enough good stuff about it, definitely one of my top plugins for sure.

Redirection - Wordpress doesn't handle 301's when you change a slug or move a post for whatever reason, but this little plugin takes care of it, as well as logging your 404 errors so that you can look into and fix them.

Akiskmet - Like Mary said, I'm using this one but the only problem I have is that it does toss legitimate comments in there quite often, which can be a pain to fish them out all the time.


I have to run, but I'll write up a few others I like for you when I get back.

Cheers!

[angellee]

There are many plugins available in the market for the which are very great and compatible with the wordpress. for the there is good plugin is SEO all in one. Facebook like button and Socialo is another plugin.

[hazelnice]

Originally Posted by shanec

Hi All,

I'm currently working on a Wordpress blog and installing what I think are the most important free plugins for this blog. Plugins I have installed include the SEO and Sitemap plugins.

For those of you who have experience installing Wordpress, what other plugins do you use or recommend?

Thanks,
Shane.

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