My Favorite Wordpress Plug-ins

September 28, 2008
By Jeff Selig

Add to Any: Share/Save/Bookmark Button .9.6
Helps readers share, save, and bookmark your posts and pages using any service. [Settings] By MicroPat.

All in One Adsense and YPN1.64
Inserts Adsense or YPN code in to your blog posts. Ad position can be random or pre-defined. To configure this plugin go to “Settings->Adsense” menu. By linewbie.

All in One SEO Pack1.4.6.14
Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog. By Michael Torbert.

Extended Comment Options 2
This plugin allows you to switch comments and/or pings on or off for batches of existing posts. By Mark Kenny.

Increase Sociability 1.3.0
This is a call to action to increase to get your StumbleUpon & Digg visitors to vote for your site. This is based on heavily on What Would Seth Godin Do by Richard K Miller. By Becky Sanders.

MyCaptcha 2.5.0.2
This is just a plugin, to manage Captchas for comments By Andre Renaut.

One Click Plugin Updater 2.4.4

Upgrade plugins with a single click, install new plugins or themes from an URL or by uploading a file, see which plugins have update notifications enabled, control how often WordPress checks for updates, and more. By Janis Elsts.

Permalinks Moved Permanently 1.3
When permalink isn’t found, this checks if a post with the requested slug exists somewhere else on your blog. By Microkid.

SEO Slugs 1

Removes common words like ‘a’, ‘the’, ‘in’ from post slugs to improve SEO. By Andrei Mikrukov.

Similar Posts 2.6.2.0
Displays a highly configurable list of related posts. Similarity can be based on any combination of word usage in the content, title, or tags. Don’t be disturbed if it takes a few moments to complete the installation — the plugin is indexing your posts. Instructions and help online. Requires the latest version of the Post-Plugin Library to be installed. By Rob Marsh, SJ.

Spam Karma 22.3 rc4
Ultimate Spam Killer for WordPress. Activate the plugin and go to Manage >> Spam Karma 2 to configure. See Spam Karma 2 >> About for details. By dr Dave.

Wordpress Automatic Upgrade 1.2.2

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. By Keith Dsouza.

wp-cache 2.1.2
Very fast cache module. It’s composed of several modules, this plugin can configure and manage the whole system. Once enabled, go to “Options” and select “WP-Cache”. By Ricardo Galli Granada.

Google XML Sitemaps 3.1.0.1
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 By Arne Brachhold.

Akismet 2.1.8
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin. By Matt Mullenweg.

Disable WordPress Core Update 1.2
Disables the WordPress core update checking and notification system. By John Blackbourn.

HeadSpace 23.5.9
Meta-data manager on steroids, allowing complete control over all SEO needs such as keywords/tags, titles, description, stylesheets, and many other goodies. By John Godley.

MyAdsense 2.6
This is just a plugin, to manage Google AdSense By Andre Renaut.

podPress 8.8
The podPress pluggin gives you everything you need in one easy plugin to use WordPress for Podcasting. Set it up in ‘podPress’->Feed/iTunes Settings. If you this plugin works for you, send us a comment. By Dan Kuykendall (Seek3r).

Popularity Contest 1.3b3
This will enable ranking of your posts by popularity; using the behavior of your visitors to determine each post’s popularity. You set a value (or use the default value) for every post view, comment, etc. and the popularity of your posts is calculated based on those values. Once you have activated the plugin, you can configure the Popularity Values and View Reports. You can also use the included Template Tags to display post popularity and lists of popular posts on your blog. By Alex King.

WordPress.com Stats 1.3.2
Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks. Requires a WordPress.com API key. By Andy Skelton.

WordPress Database Backup 2.2.1
On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Manage ? Backup to get started. By Austin Matzko.

XML Google Maps 1.10.2
This plugin allows you to easily insert Google Map or Google Earth Plugin Maps into your blog. Supports KML, KMZ, GPX, geoRSS filelinks. Supports Default, Satellite, Hybrid, Physical and Google Earth Plugin Maptypes By Patrick Matusz.

Bookmark and Share
  • Share/Bookmark

Tags: , ,

Leave a Reply