Today on my BTR show, Charly Leetham and I were listing our favorite wordpress plugins. Here is our master list.
Anti spam (comments)
http://akismet.com/ comes installed
http://unknowngenius.com/blog/wordpress/spam-karma/
Installer
http://anirudhsanjeev.org/oneclick-plugin/ – both Charly and I LOVE this one – will install any plugin or theme directly from the zip folder – no more downloading, unzipping and then uploading!
Social Bookmarking
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/share-this/ (Charly’s pick)
http://www.milienzo.com/wordpress-plugins/i-love-social-bookmarking/ (my favorite)
SEO
http://www.semiologic.com/res/sem-google-analytics.zip
http://wp.uberdose.com/2007/03/24/all-in-one-seo-pack/
Other Plugins
http://www.fiddyp.co.uk/commentluv-wordpress-plugin/ – retrieves latest blog post by commenters to encourage people to leave comments
http://blog.taragana.com/index.php/archive/wordpress-15-plugin-strip-nofollow-tag-from-comment-urls/2/ – strips the nofollow tags that Wordpress has as a default so commenters can get link love for their links
http://www.zirona.com/software/wordpress-instant-upgrade/ – upgrades Wordpress to the latest version with a single click
http://www.photodropper.com/wordpress-plugin/ Lets you add Creative commons licensed Photos to Your Posts from Flick
http://wordpress.designpraxis.at/ automates the backup procedure of Wordpress – VITAL
I hope you enjoy this list – please feel free to add your own favorites as a comment.
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7 responses so far ↓
1 Dr. Sally Witt // Jun 29, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Katherine and Charly did a wonderful job as they explained the ins and outs of working with wordpress!
Katherine and Charly are two of my favorite women, and both of them are brilliant!
Sally
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2 diani // Jul 1, 2008 at 11:29 pm
Thanks for the plugins list, really helpful.
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3 Harley Nash // Jul 7, 2008 at 9:59 am
I was wondering about how to block spam. I would like to make my new blog a dofollow blog but I’ve heard that if I do I will get a lot of spam. I am using Akismet but is that not enough? What do plugins like Spam Karma and Bad Behavior bring to the table? Thanks for your help.
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4 Peter Answers // Jul 10, 2008 at 1:18 pm
One Click installer is always the first plugin I install, it rocks! You mentioned a couple of others I need to try, thanks.
5 yeepage blog tips // Jul 23, 2008 at 3:28 am
like the auto upgrade plugin got by top 5
6 PMG // Jul 30, 2008 at 9:59 pm
Thanks for the recommendation on that installer plugin. Just tried it out and it’s a winner. It’s going to save me a lot of aggravation.
7 Lisa Bennett // Aug 27, 2008 at 9:29 am
This is a great list. On a related note, we just released a new plugin that allows you to add interactive video capabilities to your blog! Enhance your blog with both basic and advanced video capabilities. Upload/ record/import videos directly to your post, edit and remix video content, enable video responses, manage and track your video content and much more…
Check it out and download it here: http://corp.kaltura.com/wordpress_video_plugin?campaign=wp-comments
Examples and pictures are on the plugin forum: http://community.kaltura.org/viewforum.php?f=4