What WordPress Plugins are essential?

Posted: 16 years ago 24 replies

INTERNET MARKETING

Hi

I have a couple of Plugins that I always include when I install WordPress, things like:

It's been a while since I visited this issue and I was wondering what other Plugins fellow Warriors were using on their WordPress installations? Which ones do you think are useful (or even vital) for Internet Marketing?

Thanks!

Bill

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16 years ago

Hey Bill,

I am a fan of Facebook connector. I have it installed on most of my word press blogs!

Also liking the Twitter Widget Pro and TweetMeme Button plugins (since Twitter is still all the rage!)

Facebook Connector: Facebook Connect Wordpress Plugin | Sociable! - The Social Media Blog
Twitter Widget Pro: Wordpress Twitter Widget
TweetMeme Button: Retweet Button Plugins - TweetMeme

These are not "mission critical" plugins but definately help connect your blog with the social networking sites.

Hope this helps!

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16 years ago

I think it all depends on the purpose of your blog/website. If the purpose is to collect opt in, then something like "What Would Seth Godin" plug in is great for it. But if your blog/website is there to drive traffic then "All in one SEO" will help. But there are some wordpress plug in that are a must:

1. WP-Security Scan
2.Dagon Design Sitemap Generator
3. WP - Super Cache
4. WP - DB Manger
5. Akismet (Comment Spam Control)
6. Google Analytic

Other then that there are some fun ones, like

1. Internal Link Building
2. Yet another related Post
3. 404 SEO Plug in
4. Exec-PHP

But again I think it all depends on the focus on your blog/website.
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16 years ago

WP-Gravatar really helps making comments more personal and inviting.
WP-reCaptcha is good, if you consider any captcha at all.
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16 years ago

Like Nickolie said, it depends on the focus of your blog. I wrote a post listing what I consider 'essential' plugins for my blog here - 12 WordPress Plugins I Can’t Live Without! | That SickHippie Guy?

I've also got a link at the top to 'active plugins' which shows what plugins I'm using.

I've got 32 active plugins, and some I could do without. Most of them, however, after using for a while I don't know how I could go back.

Hope it helps!
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16 years ago

Recently, all of my blogs get these:

AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget
Akismet
All in One SEO Pack
Category Page
cformsII
CommentLuv
Dean's FCKEditor For Wordpress
Ultimate Google Analytics
What Would Seth Godin Do
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade

I just started using:
WordPress Hashcash
WP Twitip ID
Page Links To

I use to use Utimate Tag Warrior and a few others but haven't for a little while now and don't notice the difference.

But I love plug-ins and am willing to try them once.

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  Originally Posted by rosan9
  
  But I love plug-ins and am willing to try them once.
  
  Blogging words to live by! I don't know how many cool plugins I've found just from trying them out to see how they work. There's been some that are okay, but they lead me to one that's even better!
  
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16 years ago

If you'd like a simple video embedding plugin then Vipers Video is great.

WordPress › Viper's Video Quicktags WordPress Plugins
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My to-do list plugin along with: wassup, sitemap-xml and all in one seo
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I would like to know what everyone uses to be able to track completed contact forms in Google Analytics within wordpress.

Any ideas?

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  Originally Posted by VladWorks
  
  I would like to know what everyone uses to be able to track completed contact forms in Google Analytics within wordpress.
  
  Any ideas?
  
  Cheers,
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  With some contact forms, there is a way to direct them to another page on completion, and you could just track that page with GA. If you're talking about subscription signups, there is a plugin that links MailChimp and Google Analytics in your WP admin. I haven't used it yet though, so I can't say how good it is.
  
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My essentials would have to be:

- Askimet
- cformsII (awesome form builder plugin!)
- Google Analytics
- Google Sitemaps
- Platinum SEO

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A simple one I'd is PageMash: WordPress › pageMash > Page Management WordPress Plugins

It makes it really easy to rearrange and re-order your pages so they appear exactly as you want them to.

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16 years ago

Originally Posted by Alex Taylor

A simple one I'd is PageMash: WordPress › pageMash > Page Management WordPress Plugins

It makes it really easy to rearrange and re-order your pages so they appear exactly as you want them to.

That is a cool plugin.

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A couple I use that I don't think have been mentioned yet:

Configurable tag cloud
Secure WordPress
SRG Clean Archives
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Any plugin that helps you get rid of comment spam is a must have. When I was a newbie to wordpress I didn't have that and it killed my blogs.
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  Any plugin that helps you get rid of comment spam is a must have. When I was a newbie to wordpress I didn't have that and it killed my blogs.
  
  WordPress comes bundled with Akismet - it kills a LOT of spam. There are always false positives and false negatives, but it gets a little bit better each version. A must have for any WordPress that allows commenting.
  
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16 years ago

Originally Posted by mywebwork

Hi

I have a couple of Plugins that I always include when I install WordPress, things like:

Those are my fav 3 right there. I also like to use statpress at times as well.

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  Since new version of WP is released every month (if not week), i can't afford to exclude Wordpress Automatic Upgrade plugin from my blogs.
  
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  Personally for me, I am using these plugins:
  
  all-in-one-seo-pack, commentluv, maxblogpress-ping-optimizar, sociable, twitter-widget-pro, vipers-video-quicktags, akismet and wp-cumulus.
  
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  Hi,
  
  It's really depends on the purpose of your website, here are the top 7 plugins I use with Wordpress..
  
  1. All In One SEO
  2. Comment Luv
  3. TweetMeMe
  4. Smart Update Pinger
  5. Contact Form 7
  6. Popularity Contest
  7. WP Super Cache
  
  Hope that helps...
  
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  Nobody's mentioned Wordpress Database backup. I set it to email me a daily backup on frequently updated sites. Then if the worst happens, at least I haven't lost the precious site content.
  
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