Top 24 ‘Must Have’ WordPress Plugins

POSTED BY Mark Nelson on May 6 under ***Blogs, 2. Stages in Website Development, 5. Execution

Below is a list of 24 most desirable WordPress plugins that I have cherry-picked for you. These are my personal favorites as well, tried and tested, each a leader in their own domain. You can see all of them in action on this blog.

Don’t be shocked if I tell you that this post about plugins has been generated by a plugin itself. This post has been generated using a plugin called WP-PluginsUsed 1.40.

AddToThis 1.0
» Sajith (url)
Helps to add your links in bookmarking sites

AdSense Integrator 1.6.1
» My Wordpress Plugin (url)
AdSense Integrator plugin represents a complete, simple and powerful solution to add and manage AdSense and other ads into your blog

Akismet 2.3.0
» Automattic (url)
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need an 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.

All in One SEO Pack 1.6.12.1
» Michael Torbert (url)
Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog. Options configuration panel | Upgrade to Pro Version | Donate | Support | Amazon Wishlist

Anarchy Media Player 2.5
» An-archos (url)
AMP plays mp3, flv, mov, mp4, m4v, m4a, m4b, 3gp, avi, asf and wmv hypertext links directly on your webpage. Adds buttons to the post editor for embedding swf movies including Google Video etc. Edit all player options in Settings > AMP

AStickyPostOrderER 0.3.1
» AndreSC (url)
AStickyPostOrderER lets you customize the order in which posts are displayed per category, per tag, or over-all, in WordPress 2.3+ blog. Useful when using WordPress as a Content Management System. Now with the ability to override itself.

Comment Approved Notifier 2.2
» Yakup Gövler (url)
Send an e-mail to your commenters when you approve their comments.

Contact Form 7 2.3
» Takayuki Miyoshi (url)
Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

DealDotCom 0.9
» BlueFur.com (url)
A simple Plugin to add a DealDotCom Widget to your Blog. Configure.

DealDotCom Sidebar Widget 0.1
» BlueFur.com (url)
Adds a sidebar widget for the DealDotCom Widget Plugin.

Different Posts Per Page 1.7.6
» MaxBlogPress (url)
Show different number of posts in home, category, search or archive page. Adjust your settings here.

Google XML Sitemaps 3.2.4
» Arne Brachhold (url)
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.

jQuery-Pagebar 0.3.3
» ocean90 (url)
A pagebar for WordPress build with jQuery and jQuery UI.

Keyword Link Plugin 0.7.1
» Martijn Dijksterhuis (url)
A SEO plugin that helps you to automatically link keywords to articles.

MaxBlogPress Favicon 2.0.9
» MaxBlogPress (url)
Easily add favicon to your blog without editing any wordpress files. Adjust your settings here.

MaxBlogPress Stripe Ad 1.8.1
» MaxBlogPress (url)
A new non-obtrusive way of displaying a single line of advertising message, a special note or other information right at the top of your blog. Adjust your settings here.

Pretty Link 1.4.49
» Blair Williams (url)
Shrink, track and share any URL on the Internet from your WordPress website!

Ultimate Google Analytics 1.6.0
» Wilfred van der Deijl (url)
Enable Google Analytics on your blog. Has options to also track external links, mailto links and links to downloads on your own site. Check http://www.oratransplant.nl/uga/#versions for version updates

What Would Seth Godin Do 1.7.1
» Richard K Miller (url)
Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors and another to return visitors.

WordPress.com Stats 1.7.2
» Andy Skelton (url)
Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks. Requires a WordPress.com API key.

Wordpress Popup Scheduler 1.3.0
» Damien Oh (url)
Wp Popup Scheduler allows you to add a popup box to your blog. You can customize the popup to suit your blog theme and schedule it to popup as and when you like it.

WP-PluginsUsed 1.50
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.

WP Simple Paypal Donation v1.2
» Ruhul Amin (url)
Wordpress plugin to receive donation in one click. Can be used in the sidebar, posts and pages.

WP To Top 0.1
» Asvin Balloo (url)
Add a “back to top” link to your posts

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin 3.1.9
» mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) (url)
Returns a list of related entries based on a unique algorithm for display on your blog and RSS feeds. A templating feature allows customization of the display.