Recommended-plugins-for-WordPress

by MD on 2009/03/22

404 Notifier 1.2a 404 Notifier 1.2a
» Alex King (url)
This plugin will log 404 hits on your site and can notify you via e-mail or you can subscribe to the generated RSS feed of 404 events. Adjust your settings here.

Add Post Footer 1.1 Add Post Footer 1.1
» freetime (url)
Automatically add the ad code, related post, optional custom paragraph or technorati tags to the end of every posts. All options can be fully customized though Add Post Footer tab in the option panel within wordpress admin. It’s also possible overide the setting for specific post by adding custom field key and value. Please refer to the tips and addtional info provided at the Add Post Footer Page.

Advanced TinyMCE Editor 0.4 Advanced TinyMCE Editor 0.4
» Michael K. Bergman (url)
Adds advanced features to the standard TinyMCE WordPress rich-text editor. Originally developed by Assaf Arkin, now updated many times. Not tested for prior to WP v 2.2 or IE

Akismet 2.2.3 Akismet 2.2.3
» Matt Mullenweg (url)
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin.

All in One SEO Pack 1.4.7.4 All in One SEO Pack 1.4.7.4
» Michael Torbert (url)
Out-of-the-box SEO for your WordPress blog. Options configuration panel | Donate | Support

AZIndex 0.8.1 AZIndex 0.8.1
» English Mike (url)
A highly customizable and user friendly plugin to create one or more alphabetical indexes of selected posts in your WordPress blog.

Bookmark Me 1.3.2 Bookmark Me 1.3.2
» Satollo (url)
Bookmark Me is a plugin to add bookmark buttons (even non english bookmark sites) to your post or page.

Broken Link Checker 0.4.14 Broken Link Checker 0.4.14
» Janis Elsts (url)
Checks your posts for broken links and missing images and notifies you on the dashboard if any are found.

Comment Approved Notifier 2.0 Comment Approved Notifier 2.0
» Yakup Gövler (url)
Send an e-mail to your commenters when you approve their comments.

Cron Developers Demo 1.1 Cron Developers Demo 1.1
» Roland Rust (url)
This is a demo for WordPress plugin developers. It demonstrates the pseudo cron scheduling feature.

Custom Excerpts 1.0.1 Custom Excerpts 1.0.1
» Sean Bluestone (url)
Allows you to create custom excerpt text and define the length of excerpts without the need for messing around with WordPress core files.

Dagon Design Sitemap Generator 3.16 Dagon Design Sitemap Generator 3.16
» Dagon Design (url)
Generates a fully customizable sitemap

Easy Gravatars 1.2 Easy Gravatars 1.2
» Dougal Campbell (url)
Add Gravatars to your comments, without requiring any modifications to your theme files. Just activate, and you’re done!

FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.3.1 FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.3.1
» FeedBurner (url)
Originally authored by Steve Smith, this plugin detects all ways to access your original WordPress feeds and redirects them to your FeedBurner feed so you can track every possible subscriber.

Global Translator 1.2.1 Global Translator 1.2.1
» Davide Pozza (url)
Automatically translates a blog in 41 different languages by wrapping four different online translation engines (Google Translation Engine, Babelfish Translation Engine, FreeTranslations.com, Promt). After uploading this plugin click ‘Activate’ (to the right) and then afterwards you must visit the options page and enter your blog language to enable the translator.

Google XML Sitemaps 3.1.2 Google XML Sitemaps 3.1.2
» Arne Brachhold (url)
This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. Configuration Page

One Click Plugin Updater 2.4.4 One Click Plugin Updater 2.4.4
» Janis Elsts (url)
Upgrade plugins with a single click, install new plugins or themes from an URL or by uploading a file, see which plugins have update notifications enabled, control how often WordPress checks for updates, and more.

Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu 3.1.3.3.7 Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu 3.1.3.3.7
» Ozh (url)
Replaces admin menus with a CSS dropdown menu bar. Saves lots of clicks and page loads! For WordPress 2.7+

Page Links To 1.6 Page Links To 1.6
» Mark Jaquith (url)
Allows you to point WordPress pages or posts to a URL of your choosing. Good for setting up navigational links to non-WP sections of your site or to off-site resources.

Quote Rotator 3.5.6 Quote Rotator 3.5.6
» Luke Howell (url)
Creates widget to rotate user entered Quotes.

Recent Posts Embed 1.3.1 Recent Posts Embed 1.3.1
» Sebastien Berthiau (url)
Embed a list of recent posts in a page or a post.

Register Plus 3.5.1 Register Plus 3.5.1
» Skullbit (url)
WordPress 2.5+ ONLY. Enhance your Registration Page. Add Custom Logo, Password Field, Invitation Codes, Disclaimer, Captcha Validation, Email Validation, User Moderation, Profile Fields and more.

Remote Database Backup 1.00.0 Remote Database Backup 1.00.0
» Binny V A (url)
Enables remote backuping of your wordpress database.

Search Everything 5 Search Everything 5
» Dan Cameron (url)
Adds search functionality with little setup. Including options to search pages, excerpts, attachments, drafts, comments, tags and custom fields (metadata). Also offers the ability to exclude specific pages and posts. Does not search password-protected content.

SEO Friendly Images 2.4.2 SEO Friendly Images 2.4.2
» Vladimir Prelovac (url)
Automatically adds alt and title attributes to all your images. Improves traffic from search results and makes them W3C/xHTML valid as well.

Smart 404 0.3 Smart 404 0.3
» Michael Tyson (url)
Rescue your viewers from site errors! When content cannot be found, Smart 404 will use the current URL to attempt to find matching content, and redirect to it automatically. Smart 404 also supplies template tags which provide a list of suggestions, for use on a 404.php template page if matching content can’t be immediately discovered.

Social Media Page 1.4 Social Media Page 1.4
» Philip Norton (url)
Generates a list of social media profiles on a given page or as a widget. Social Media Page plugin homepage.

Stumble Info Link 1.4 Stumble Info Link 1.4
» Edward de Leau (url)
Places a grey or colored stumble-upon icon and link behind each url

Subscribe2 4.15 Subscribe2 4.15
» Matthew Robinson (url)
Notifies an email list when new entries are posted.

Subscribe2 Counter Widget 4.15 Subscribe2 Counter Widget 4.15
» Matthew Robinson (url)
Adds a sidebar widget to easily customize and display your Subscribe2 subscribers stats.

Subscribe To Comments 2.1.2 Subscribe To Comments 2.1.2
» Mark Jaquith (url)
Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry. Based on version 1 from Scriptygoddess

Surveys 1.00.1 Surveys 1.00.1
» Binny V A (url)
The Surveys WordPress plugin lets you add surveys to your blog. You can let the vistors take surveys and see the result from the admin side.

SyntaxHighlighter 1.1.2 SyntaxHighlighter 1.1.2
» Matt, Viper007Bond, and mdawaffe (url)
An advanced upload-and-activate WordPress implementation of Alex Gorbatchev’s SyntaxHighlighter JavaScript code highlighting package. See WordPress.com’s “How do I post source code?” for details.

Twitter Tools 1.6 Twitter Tools 1.6
» Alex King (url)
A complete integration between your WordPress blog and Twitter. Bring your tweets into your blog and pass your blog posts to Twitter.

WordNote 1.1 WordNote 1.1
» Marco Hyyryläinen (url)
Simple way to make notes on the WordPress dashboard.

WordPress.com Stats 1.3.7 WordPress.com Stats 1.3.7
» Andy Skelton (url)
Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks. Requires a WordPress.com API key.

WordPress Database Backup 2.2.2 WordPress Database Backup 2.2.2
» Austin Matzko (url)
On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Tools → Backup to get started.

WordPress Mobile Edition 2.1a WordPress Mobile Edition 2.1a
» Alex King (url)
Show a mobile view of the post/page if the visitor is on a known mobile device. Questions on configuration, etc.? Make sure to read the README.

WordPress Popular Posts 1.4.2 WordPress Popular Posts 1.4.2
» Héctor Cabrera (url)
Retrieves the most active entries of your blog and displays them on a list. Use it as a widget or place it in your templates using

WordPress Toolbar 2.0 WordPress Toolbar 2.0
» Abhinav Singh (url)
This plugin provides an interactive toolbar for all outgoing links from your blogpost. Toolbar shows a comment back button as well as several famous bookmarking buttons.

WP-DownloadManager 1.40 WP-DownloadManager 1.40
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Adds a simple download manager to your WordPress blog.

WP-DownloadManager Widget 1.40 WP-DownloadManager Widget 1.40
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Adds a Download Widget to display most downloaded file and recent downloads on your sidebar. You will need to activate WP-DownloadManager first.

WP-Mail-SMTP 0.8.2 WP-Mail-SMTP 0.8.2
» Callum Macdonald (url)
Reconfigures the wp_mail() function to use SMTP instead of mail() and creates an options page to manage the settings.

WP-PluginsUsed 1.40 WP-PluginsUsed 1.40
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.

WP-PostRatings 1.40 WP-PostRatings 1.40
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Adds an AJAX rating system for your WordPress blog’s post/page.

WP-PostRatings Widget 1.40 WP-PostRatings Widget 1.40
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Adds a PostRatings Widget to display most rated and/or highest rated posts and/or pages on your sidebar. You will need to activate WP-PostRatings first.

WP-Stats 2.40 WP-Stats 2.40
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Display your WordPress blog statistics. Ranging from general total statistics, some of my plugins statistics and top 10 statistics.

WP-Stats Widget 2.40 WP-Stats Widget 2.40
» Lester ‘GaMerZ’ Chan (url)
Adds a Stats Widget to display stats from WP-Stats Plugin. You will need to activate WP-Stats first.

WP Ajax Edit Comments 2.2.7.0 WP Ajax Edit Comments 2.2.7.0
» Ajay D’Souza (url)
Allows users and admin to edit their comments inline. Admin and editors can edit all comments.

WP Wall 1.4.2 WP Wall 1.4.2
» Vladimir Prelovac (url)
“Wall” widget that appears in your blog’s side bar. Readers can add a quick comment about the blog as a whole, and the comment will appear in the sidebar immediately, without reloading the page.

WP_LinkTools 5.0.2 WP_LinkTools 5.0.2
» DCoda Ltd (url)
A collection of link based tools.

WP Tuner 0.9.5 WP Tuner 0.9.5
» Mr Pete (url)
Easily, powerfully, discover why your blog or plugin is slow or cranky. It’s a comprehensive time and database access analyzer. WPmu compatible, fully translatable. Click for settings

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