I really dig Pluginstaller - which allows you to upload, install and activate new plugins on the fly with-out ftp Edit: for your convenience: download pluginstaller WP plugin
I think 1. WP-Autoblog 2. Google (XML) Sitemaps 3. aLinks 4. Footerstat Tracker All above necessary for Wordpress
an installer...using which u can install plugins and install themes..just using a form based interface..is best.....saves time...but most recommended is related posts plugin
Besides content we discussed this at my forum so instead or reposting it all you can just view the thread here.
funny you should say that - apparently the author (elliottback dot com) has withdrawn the plugin b/c it was so badly abused. interesting post on his site. J
Akismet and the SEO plugin, other than that you dont really need many plugins unless your doing something fancy.
I use these, they're all great plugins: Akismet 2.0.2 aLinks 1.0rc1 diggIT 1.1.2 Disable WordPress Widgets 1.0 Easy Tube 0.2 FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.2 flickrRSS 3.2 Google (XML) Sitemaps 3.0b7 Gravatar 1.1 ImageManager 2.4.1 MyBlogLog Widget 2.0 Popularity Contest 1.2.1 Popularity Contest Widget 1 Redirectify 1.1 Related Posts 2.04 SEO Title Tag Share This 1.4 Subscribe To Comments 2.1.1 Top Commentators Widget 0.999 Ultimate Google Analytics 1.5.3 Ultimate Tag Warrior 1.3 Legacy Ultimate Tag Warrior Ultimate Tag Warrior: Tag Archive 1.0 Word Statistics 1.0 wp-cache 2.1.1 EDIT: Made the SEO important plugins bold.
Hands down Akismet is the best plugin and depending on what you really want to do with your blog can be the only plugin you need