Wordpress plugins a website can't go without

**dmi** · 2 July, 2009, 17:23 PM

Do these Related Posts plugins work solely based on tags?

**Hellas** · 2 July, 2009, 20:11 PM

Originally Posted by dmi

Do these Related Posts plugins work solely based on tags?

Yet another related post have more complicated algorythm for finding related posts then just using the tags for that.

Its deployed on my sulumits entry, you can check it there.

**hendricius** · 22 July, 2009, 06:48 AM

The necessary plugins with wordpress are akismet and all in one seo...all the other plugins are depending on your theme selection..If your theme requires that you can not install the theme without that plugins..ex. wp page navigation,limit-post.php and all..It will show you fatal error...

**texashiker** · 22 July, 2009, 21:04 PM

Since I do not allow comments, the akismet plugin is not needed.
D13 slideshow
Lightbox effect
PHPexec - to allow php to execute inside post
Script enabler - to allow scripts inside of post
Light box effect of images
Sitemap generator

**deluxdon** · 27 July, 2009, 03:51 AM

Originally Posted by texashiker

Since I do not allow comments, the akismet plugin is not needed.
D13 slideshow
Lightbox effect
PHPexec - to allow php to execute inside post
Script enabler - to allow scripts inside of post
Light box effect of images
Sitemap generator

Hehe..

We all know that akismet plugin only needed if you allow comments

Can you let me know more about Light box effect of images plugin as i heard this is first time ?

DON.

**Kovich** · 5 November, 2009, 15:39 PM

I decided to compile a nice list of must-have Wordpress plugins for my fellow NetBuilders. Enjoy! Feel free to reply with additions for the list.

Add to Any: Share/Bookmark/Email Button:
Help readers share, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service.

Akismet:
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not.

All in One SEO Pack:
Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog.

AntiVirus:
AntiVirus for WordPress is a smart and effective solution to protect your blog against exploits and spam injections.

Contact Form 7:
Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

Google XML Sitemaps:
This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO.

Login LockDown:
Adds some extra security to WordPress by restricting the rate at which failed logins can be re-attempted from a given IP range.

Redirection:
Manage all your 301 redirects and monitor 404 errors.

Robots Meta:
This plugin allows you to add all the appropriate robots meta tags to your pages and feeds, disable unused archives and nofollow unnecessary links.

SEO Slugs:
Removes common words like 'a', 'the', 'in' from a post slugs to improve SEO.

WordPress Hashcash:
Client-side javascript blocks all spam bots.

WP-CommentNavi:
Adds a more advanced paging navigation for your comments to your WordPress 2.7 and above blog.

WP-PageNavi:
Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress blog.

WP Security Scan:
Perform security scan of WordPress installation.

Additional Resources:
Simple Site Security Measures

**Aquarezz** · 6 November, 2009, 19:36 PM

Thanks, another one I recommend using is Break Out Of Frames. The TweetMeme Retweet Button also helped a lot and WordPress Related Posts is a must too IMO