01. No Update Nag
Tired of WordPress nagging you about a new release? Maybe you already know about it and want to hold off on an update and would rather not see the update nag on every admin page you visit. Activate this plugin and be bother no more!
02. Shashin
Shashin is a powerful WordPress plugin that enables you display Picasa images and videos anywhere in your WordPress site.
03. Robots Meta
There’s no easy way to add meta robots tags to WordPress pages, unless of course, when you install this plugin.
04. Store Locator
The Store Locator plugin for WordPress empowers web developers & web site owners to easily manage and display any set of important stores, products, or other locations on their website in an easily searchable manner. Uses Google Maps.
05. Windows Media Embedding Plugin
Embed your Windows Media files in WordPress.
06. Localhost Restricter
This one allows you to test your website on your local server environment without worry that somebody is trying to access it from the outside.
07. WP-Optimize
WP-Optimize is a wordpress 2.7++ database cleanup and optimization tool. It doesn’t require PhpMyAdmin to optimize your database tables. It allows you to remove post revisions, comments in the spam queue, un-approved comments within few clicks.
08. WP Super Cache
This plugin generates static html files from your dynamic WordPress blog. After a html file is generated your webserver will serve that file instead of processing the comparatively heavier and more expensive WordPress PHP scripts.
09. Pretty Link
Shrink, track and share any URL on the Internet from your WordPress website.
10. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) gives you a list of posts and/or pages related to the current entry, introducing the reader to other relevant content on your site.
11. Smart 404
When a page cannot be found, Smart 404 will use the current URL to attempt to find a matching page, and redirect to it automatically. Smart 404 also supplies template tags which provide a list of suggestions, for use on a 404.php template page if a matching post can’t be immediately discovered.
12. Sociable
Automatically add links to your favorite social bookmarking sites on your posts, pages and in your RSS feed.
13. WP-Print
Displays a printable version of your WordPress blog’s post/page.
14. Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator
This plugin generates a XML-Sitemap compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog. This format is supported by Ask.com, Google, YAHOO and MSN Search.
15. wp-Typography
wp-Typography is now a one-stop-shop for improved web typography in WordPress.
16. Get Recent Comments
This plugin displays excerpts of the most recent comments and/or trackbacks that have been posted to the articles in your blog.
17. Drag-To-Share eXtended
WP Drag to Share eXtended is a wordpress plugin that allow to your readers to share one of your blog’s pages (through your article’s images) on the social networks sites such as Twitter and Facebook but also on Delicious.
18. Better Tag Cloud
The default tag cloud widget that comes with wordpress is very simple. This plugin makes the options for wp_tag_cloud() available to a tag cloud widget and a shortcode. This means that you can choose things like font sizes, HTML markup and ordering. Additionally, it is possible to sort tags by count and alphabetically at the same time. It is also possible to add a counter to the tags, so that your visitors can see how many posts are associated with each tag. The plugin also adds a sensible CSS class to every tag.
19. NextGEN Gallery
NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin for WordPress with a Flash slideshow option.
20. WP Slideshow
WP Slideshow is a highly customizable Slideshow Plugin for WordPress. You can add the Slideshow everywhere on your Blog (widget-ready).
The Slideshow displays as many Posts with Images as you like. The best is: You don’t need any knowledges concerning programming, because you can adjust Settings directly in your WordPress Administration Area.
21. WP FollowMe
WP FollowMe is a wordpress plugin that allows you to add a twitter “Follow me” badge on your wordpress blog.
22. SexyBookmarks
Though the name may be a little “edgy” for some, SexyBookmarks has proven time and time again to be an extremely useful and successful tool in getting your readers to actually submit your articles to numerous social bookmarking sites.
23. Maintenance Mode
Adds a splash page to your blog that lets visitors know your blog is down for maintenance. Logged in administrators get full access to the blog including the front-end.
24. Advertising Manager
This plugin will manage and rotate your Google Adsense and other ads on your WordPress blog. It automatically recognises many ad networks including Google Adsense, AdBrite, Adify, AdGridWork, Adpinion, Adroll, Chitika, Commission Junction, CrispAds, OpenX, ShoppingAds, Yahoo!PN, and WidgetBucks. Unsupported ad networks can be used as well.
25. Feed Footer
Feed Footer is a WordPress plugin that allows you to add footers under all your blog posts in your RSS feed.
26. WP Security Scan
Scans your WordPress installation for security vulnerabilities and suggests corrective actions.
27. All in One SEO Pack
Automatic Search Engine Optimization (SEO) out of the box for your wordpress blog.
28. MapPress
The plugin will automatically insert a great-looking interactive map into your blog. Your readers can get directions right in your blog and you can even create custom HTML for the map markers (including pictures, links, etc.)!
29. Special Text Boxes
This plugin adds simple counters badge (FeedBurner and Twitter) to your blog. This badge shows for blog readers a counter of your FeedBurner readers and Twitter followers. It also provides “Subscribe to” and “Follow me” links for your users.
30. Quick Adsense
Quick Adsense is an Ads management WordPress plugin. It offers a quicker & flexible way to insert Adsense or any Ads code into a blog post. Besides, it can randomly place the Ads anywhere within a post. It comes with a simple setting page, and it does not overwhelm you with complicated customizable options.
31. CommentLuv
This plugin will visit the site of the comment author while they type their comment and retrieve a selection of their last blog posts, tweets or digg submissions which they can choose one from to include at the bottom of their comment when they click submit.
32. Viper’s Video Quicktags
Tired of copying and pasting the embed HTML from sites like YouTube? Then this plugin is for you.
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Hey thanks for including WP-Optimize in the list of these amazing WP plugins. Great list by the way..
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Thats true.
But some people will find it useful.
Not sure about the first plugin ” 01. No Update Nag”
update is must for me to know what recent plugin
it depend on it self
Extremely nice read, several valid points were made.
hi there.. good blog, fascinating posts, wonderful layout, great content management. i appreciate this blog 32 must have WordPress plugins. exactly what plug ins do you use for your blog. do you use wordpress blogs or some thing else. i would want to know. i have a blog which does not look very good at all and its a trouble to work with it. are you on facebook or twitter? i would like to get to know you and learn from you. Please reply.