Some of you asked what WordPress plugins I use or recommend. This is the list on ones I use or have used on this site. I do have many other sites I run, and I use different plugins on them. It really depends on what I need to accomplish on that site and which plugins have new releases when WordPress upgrades their system to a newer version.

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Not in any particular order -

Top 10 WordPress Plugins List

  • CommentLuv – Let’s a person leaving a comment to show their last post on their blog.
  • Contact Form 7 – Keeps the spammers out.
  • FD Feedburner Plugin – Sends your feeds to Feedburner.
  • Google XML Sitemaps – Gives spiders a nice path to crawl your site.
  • GD Star Rating – Give a rating to the blog posts. (watch for small issues)

  • Feedburner Widget – Shows visitors right where to find your feeds.
  • Sexy Bookmarks – Bookmarking for sexy people – like me.
  • TweetMeMe Retweet Button – Let’s you share a blog post with your Twitter friends.
  • WordPress Database Backup – Backs up tables in the db before you upload the new WP version.
  • WP-Polls – Makes a great poll. Many features.

Extra WordPress Plugin worth getting is Bad Behavior – Keeps random bots from hitting your blog and trying to sign in. It might block you from signing in on your mobile though. Blocks attempts while you sleep.

What did I forget? If you know some good plugins, share them with everyone in the comments.