Best Plug-Ins for Wordpress

The most useful must-have plugins for Wordpress

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• 1.

  Akismet

  Having SPAM littering up your blog comments is very bad look indeed, and this baby helps keeps your comments spam free.

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• 2.

  Wordpress Stats

  Does a blog without visitors make a sound? Use the Wordpress Stats plugin to track how many visitors you are getting.

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  WP-Cache

  A plugin which should be compulsory, it speeds up your install of Wordpress. And we all have a need for speed.

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  Wordpress Database Backup

  Great insurance plugin which allows you to schedule and manage Wordpress backups.

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• 5.

  Google XML Sitemaps

  Improve your visibility in Google by creating a XML compliant site map of your blog.

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  Random Featured Post

  Pretty much what it says on the tin - with this plugin you can generate a random post to feature.

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  Post Templates

  Save time on creating recurring posts by creating templates for your content.

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• 8.

  Social Bookmark Creator

  One of the best Social Bookmark plugins, this plugin can display both text or image links, and has excellent layout options.

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• 9.

  Twitter Tools

  For those that want to tweet and blog all at the same time.

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• 10.

  cformsII

  Cforms is a powerful form generator for Wordpress. Primarily designed to create a contact form, it has many options and can be used in a number of different ways.

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• 11.

  All in One Video Pack

  This plugin allows you easily add video clips from all the main video sharing sites.

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• 12.

  Umapper

  An easy to use plugin that allows you to add Google Maps to your blog. This has great features, including KML support.

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• 13.

  Event Calendar 3

  If you want to display real world events on your blogs, this nifty calendar will do it for you. Very easy to use.

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• 14.

  WP Post Ratings

  Use this plugin to allow surfers to rate your posts. Find out which are the favorites.

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• 15.

  Wordpress Thread Comment

  The default Wordpress comments is pretty simple, and this plugin allows comments to be threaded, which makes conversations much easier to follow.

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  Wp-Sticky

  Lets you create a 'sticky post' for your blog. A 'sticky post' always appear at the top.

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