Comments on: Must Have WordPress Plugins?

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 04:43:33 +0000

WordPress 2.3 has built-in tags, so Ultimate Tag Warrior (as it is now) would be redundant. Of course, the author of that plugin might update to use WP’s existing tagging and add more features, which would make sense…

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:25:34 +0000

Also, Math Comment Spam Protection Contact Form w/Spam Protection Here are the ones I didn't have links to earlier... Edit Comments Subscribe to Comments Don't know how updated these plugins are though... =P

By: Kelly

Kelly — Sat, 15 Sep 2007 03:15:49 +0000

And also Math Comment Spam Protection

By: Kelly

Kelly — Fri, 14 Sep 2007 08:47:21 +0000

In addition to some mentioned above: Brian's Threaded Comments"> Subscribe to Comments Edit Comments Google Sitemaps Generator Landing Sites (Which is hard to install) Ultimate Tag Warrior Optimal Title I posted a whole list of plugins I use on my blog but unfortunately ever since someone hacked into it, I've been too lazy to update and the post disappeared. Therefore, this isn't the complete list (and I don't have links to a couple) but these are some of my "must haves". Also, definitely Akismet, WP Database Backup, and Google Analytics.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:01:45 +0000

If you do add this, you might need to enable it by default, because setting it up isn’t as easy as hitting Activate. You need to add a line to wp-config.php and disable gzip (in the Options of WordPress), in enabled.

By: blogadmin

blogadmin — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 22:28:27 +0000

Kevin,

Excellent idea.

Now if you would only add the subscribe to comments to your blog :)

By: Kevin Hazard

Kevin Hazard — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 21:56:02 +0000

If you want to be prepared for potential traffic surges, I would recommend WP-Cache. It creates a static cache page for your readers to view (rather than pulling the information from the database each time).

By: blogadmin

blogadmin — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:31:11 +0000

I wasn’t thinking we would enable them all though, just have them there so they can enable them if they want. I have been working with about 10 new bloggers one on one and most of them don’t know where to find a theme or even what plugins they should have installed.

I think that is one reason why most start with a blogger style account.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 02:25:25 +0000

ExecPHP probably isn’t a good idea…

I think only the absolute “necessary” plugins should be included, since too many plugins will slow down your blog.

By: Derek

Derek — Fri, 07 Sep 2007 13:41:31 +0000

Along with the ones mentioned by Matt, I would think these might be appropriate as well: - ExecPhp - FeedSmith (formerly Feedburner Feed Replacement) - Google Analytics There are a few other ones that I would like to see but I am not sure how others would feel about them. This list would include: AdSense-Deluxe, Brian's Threaded Comments, Feed Footer, Optimal Title and Subscribe to Comments. Those are a few of the core plugins that I typically will install, but I know those are more specific and might not fit the "must-have" category for everyone.