Most Important/Beneficial WP Plugins?

[Kristabelle]

Hey everyone. I'm pretty new to Wordpress (okay, VERY new) and wondering what your experience has been with WP plugins.

What's the deal with them? Which do you find the most beneficial, why, etc.?

[fablex]

The Sidebar Widgets plugin is a must.

[kanwarjot]

http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins/

http://wp-plugins.net/

These are websites having all the plugins....check them out

[kanwarjot]

ooooooooops to be more specific sociable,sitemap generator,database backup etc etc depending upon ur needs they vary :)

[guy123]

wp-cache an akismet are important

share this, popularity contest, related posts, and an adsense one are good too

[MarRome]

Contact Form (http://chip.cuccio.us/projects/contact-form-ii/)
Favicon Head (http://timjoh.com/wordpress-plugin-favicon-head/)
Google Sitemaps (http://www.arnebrachhold.de/2005/06/05/google-sitemaps-generator-v2-final)
Global Translator (http://www.nothing2hide.net/wp-plugins/wordpress-global-translator-plugin/)
Trackback Validator (http://seclab.cs.rice.edu/proj/trackback/trackback-validator-plugin/)

Good luck

[Dimma]

TOP 30 Wordpress Plugins (http://www.staska.net/2007/03/27/top-30-wordpress-plugins-in-blogosphere/)

[SpringCypress]

This isn't to say that I think these are the best, but they're the one's I find myself installing over and over and over...

cforms (http://www.deliciousdays.com/cforms-plugin)
Akismet (http://akismet.com/)
Email Users (http://www.vincentprat.info/wordpress/2006/04/19/wordpress-plugin-email-users/)
Recent Comments (http://mtdewvirus.com/code/wordpress-plugins/)
Weather Icon (http://www.viper007bond.com/wordpress-plugins/weathericon/)

[mnymkr]

is there one so WP gets indexed by technorati quickly

[bochgoch]

akismet & All in One SEO Pack are essential for me!

[just-4-teens]

the built-in/default plug-in named 'Backup . . .'

allows you to instantly backup your database, i dont think any plug-in can compete with that (unless you have never lost data due to being too lazy to backup??)

[bigp]

I could list a ton, but I'll give you some of my faves:
DB Backup
Aksimet
SpamKarma
BadBehavior
DoFollow
Feedburner Feed Replacement
Archives
Ultimate Tag Warrior

[Antonio]

I think only one is the most important is WordPress Database Backup (http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup) :)

[autorave]

SEO Title Tag (http://www.doshdosh.com/wordpress-hacks-plugins/wordpress-seo/) is one of the most essential plugins IMO, especially if you want to get some search traffic. Highly recommended by a lot of SEO experts out there so you can't go wrong with this one. :)

[richrf]

Hi,

I would say the only absolute must is Aksimet.

Those that I have found very helpful are the Feedburner Feed Replacement and Google Site Map Generator. I back up my databases from cpanel and I no longer use Bad Behavior (it actually locked me out once), and Spam Karma (I found it redundant with Akismet). However, I do moderate all comments from new users.

Rich

[jhmattern]

I actually just posted a list of what I consider the 10 best wordpress plugins (http://www.chicktech.net/blogging/ten-best-wordpress-plugins/) for my own blogs last night. So I'd recommend any on that list depending on your needs (not that there aren't plenty of other great ones).

Jenn