My 10 Most Used WordPress Plugins

I had a question what WordPress plugins I am using.
So here is the list of my 10 most used WordPress plugins

1.) Akismet antispam plugin

- eliminates the comment and trackback spam. Obviously uses bayes AI as it is able to ‘learn’
Turn on the option “Automatically discard spam comments on posts older than a month” in case you will be busy.

2.) WordPress Database Backup plugin.

Will create a complete backup of your current WordPress you can download to you computer, have it sent by email, or even saved on your server. (= what’s the point actually?)

You can also have it Scheduled as
* Never
* Once Hourly
* Once Daily
* Once Weekly
and sent it automatically to the email you specify.

And yes, those backups are good enough to have your WP blog fully restored. When I moved couple of my blogs to a new host this plugin made the restoration much easier.

3.) Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator

This plugin generates a XML-Sitemap compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog. This format is supported by Ask.com, Google, YAHOO and MSN Search.

4.) Smart Update Pinger

Instead of always pinging when saving a post, the plugin only pings when the post has not previously been published. Edits of posts are “silent”. Also, you can see a log for the latest pings, together with error messages (in the options page).

5.) Optimal Title WP plugin

Optimal Title is a WordPress plugin that mirrors the function of wp_title exactly, but moves the position of the ’separator’ to after the title rather than before. This allows you to have your blog name tacked on to the end of the page title instead of having it appear first.

6.) Another Wordpress Meta Plugin

This plugin allows you to specify META information, that is keywords and descriptions, for your posts and pages. Additional META keywords are derived from your categories.

Seems like this one is getting obsolete so you may use All in One SEO Pack

The newest versions of WordPress also include option of metatags.

7.) Sociable - Social Bookmarking for WordPress

Sociable is a plugin which adds social media buttons to your posts.
You can also learn more about it straight at WordPress Sociable plugin page.

8.) Adsense Deluxe plugin

AdSense-Deluxe is a WordPress plugin offering advanced options for managing the automatic insertion of Google AdSense or Yahoo Publisher Network (YPN) ads to your WordPress posts.

9.) Amazon

With WP-Amazon, the Amazon product catalog is available right from WordPress. This plugin will allow you to search Amazon as you compose your post or page entry, so you can include items from Amazon to your entries.
But you have to configure this plugin before using.

10.) RSS Autosubmit

will submit your blog’s rss feed to 16 RSS Directories once a month.

I don’t use all of them on each of my blogs, and of course, I use other ones as well, but those above are currently my most used WordPress plugins. I will add more as I find them useful…