8,829 and counting …
that’s the number of plugins currently available at wordpress.
Over the time of my blogging I have installed 81 plugins with 43 currently activated. This changes all the time as I experiment. Some are evident to the reader while some work in the background. How many do you use?
Here are the ones That I have active at the time of this post – straight from my plugins dashboard.
- 404 SEO Plugin
- Give yourself an SEO boost! Replaces 404 error with suggestions of related pages on the site. After installing, go here, and add <?custom404_print404message();?> to your 404 Template where you want the suggestions to appear.
- Version 1.5 | By 404 Plugin | Visit plugin site
- Akismet
- Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put
<?php akismet_counter(); ?>in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin. - Version 2.2.7 | By Matt Mullenweg | Visit plugin site
- Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put
- Apture
- Apture makes it easy to add contextual images, videos, reference guides, links, maps, music, news, documents and books to your blog to create a connected media experience that keeps readers engaged on your site.
- Version 1.3 | By Apture, Inc. | Visit plugin site
- bbPress Integration
- Provides single sign on login with a bbPress installation.
- Version 1.0 | By Michael Adams and Sam Bauers | Visit plugin site
- Broken Link Checker
- Checks your posts for broken links and missing images and notifies you on the dashboard if any are found.
- Version 0.8.1 | By Janis Elsts | Visit plugin site
- cforms
- cformsII offers unparalleled flexibility in deploying contact forms across your blog. Features include: comprehensive SPAM protection, Ajax support, Backup & Restore, Multi-Recipients, Role Manager support, Database tracking and many more. Please see ____HISTORY.txt for what’s new and current bugfixes.
- Version 11.3 | By Oliver Seidel | Visit plugin site
- Clicky for WordPress
- Integrates Clicky on your blog!
- Version 1.0.6 | By Joost de Valk | Visit plugin site
- CommentLuv
- Plugin to show a link to the last post from the commenters blog by parsing the feed at their given URL when they leave a comment. Rewards your readers and encourage more comments.
- Version 2.7.67 | By Andy Bailey | Visit plugin site
- Dean’s Permalinks Migration
- With this plugin, you can safely change your permalink structure without breaking the old links to your website,and even doesn’t hurt your google pagerank.
- Version 1.0 | By Dean Lee | Visit plugin site
- Digg Digg
- All-in-One social vote buttons – Digg, Reddit, dDone, Yahoo Buzz, TweetMeme(twitter), fbshare(facebook), Polladium, StumbleUpon, Delicious, Sphinn, Post comments, Google Buzz, Designbump, Designfloat and Thewebblend
- Version 3.5.1 | By Yong Mook Kim | Visit plugin site
- Executable PHP widget
- Like the Text widget, but it will take PHP code as well. Heavily derived from the Text widget code in WordPress.
- Version 2.1 | By Otto | Visit plugin site | Donate
- FancyBox for WordPress
- Integrates FancyBox by Janis Skarnelis into WordPress.
- Version 2.7.2 | By Jose Pardilla | Visit plugin site
- Faster Image Insert
- Fully integrates media manager into editing interface, avoid having to reload it separately in thickbox pop-up; comes with enhanced features, suitable for precise image control.
- Version 1.5.1 | By David Frank | Visit plugin site
- FeedBurner FeedSmith
- Originally authored by Steve Smith, this plugin detects all ways to access your original WordPress feeds and redirects them to your FeedBurner feed so you can track every possible subscriber.
- Version 2.3.1 | By FeedBurner | Visit plugin site
- flickrRSS
- Allows you to integrate the photos from a flickr rss feed into your site.
- Version 5.1 | By Dave Kellam and Stefano Verna | Visit plugin site
- fw-vimeo-videowall
- Displays a user, group, album or channel vimeo videowall with thumbnails or small videos in sidebar or content with pagination if needed.
- Version 1.3.1 | By fairweb | Visit plugin site
- Get Recent Comments
- Display the most recent comments or trackbacks with your own formatting in the sidebar. Visit Options/Recent Comments after activation of the plugin.
- Version 2.0.6 | By Krischan Jodies | Visit plugin site
- Google Analytics
- Enables Google Analytics on all pages.
- Version 1.0.2 | By Kevin Sylvestre | Visit plugin site
- Google Analytics Dashboard
- Google Analytics graph integration.
- Version 1.0.6 | By Carson McDonald | Visit plugin site
- Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress
- 100% JavaScript syntax highlighter This plugin makes using the Google Syntax highlighter to highlight code snippets within WordPress simple. Supports C++, C#, CSS, Delphi, Java, JavaScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL, VB, XML, and HTML. Read usage directions.
- Version 1.5.1 | By Peter Ryan | Visit plugin site
- Google XML Sitemaps
- This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog.
- Version 3.2.2 | By Arne Brachhold | Visit plugin site | Settings | FAQ | Support | Donate
- iG:Syntax Hiliter
- Syntax Highlighter for various programming languages, using the GeSHi engine. See the MANUAL for more instructions. [Plugin Home] [Plugin Feed (RSS2)].
- Version 3.5 | By Amit Gupta | Visit plugin site
- Popularity Contest
- This will enable ranking of your posts by popularity; using the behavior of your visitors to determine each post’s popularity. You set a value (or use the default value) for every post view, comment, etc. and the popularity of your posts is calculated based on those values. Once you have activated the plugin, you can configure the Popularity Values and View Reports. You can also use the included Widgets and Template Tags to display post popularity and lists of popular posts on your blog.
- Version 2.0b2 | By Crowd Favorite | Visit plugin site
- Popular Posts
- Displays a highly configurable list of the most popular posts. Instructions and help online. Requires the latest version of the Post-Plugin Library to be installed.
- Version 2.6.2.0 | By Rob Marsh, SJ | Visit plugin site
- Position Yourself
- Gets matches from Google results for your keywords
- Version 1.3 | By Kim Kennof | Visit plugin site
- Post-Plugin Library
- Does nothing by itself but supplies common code for the Similar Posts, Recent Posts, Random Posts, and Recent Comments plugins. Make sure you have the latest version of this plugin.
- Version 2.6.2.1 | By Rob Marsh, SJ | Visit plugin site
- PostRank
- Showcase your Top Posts with the PostRank widget, track social media analytics, and engage with your readers from the WP dashboard. Learn more about PostRank.
- Version 1.2 | By Trevor Creech | Visit plugin site
- PuSHPress
- PubSubHubbub plugin for WordPress that includes the hub
- Version 0.1.6 | By Joseph Scott
- Random Posts
- Displays a highly configurable list of randomly selected posts. Instructions and help online. Requires the latest version of the Post-Plugin Library to be installed.
- Version 2.6.2.0 | By Rob Marsh, SJ | Visit plugin site
- 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.
- Version 3.2.5 | By Joost de Valk | Visit plugin site
- SexyBookmarks
- SexyBookmarks adds a (X)HTML compliant list of social bookmarking icons to each of your posts. See configuration panel for more settings.
- Version 2.6.1.3 | By Josh Jones, Jamie Carter, Gautum Gupta, Norman Yung | Visit plugin site
- Simply RSS Fetcher
- Displays the items of a desired RSS feed. Based on Pownce for WordPress by Cavemonkey50.
- Version 1.2.1 | By Ricardo González | Visit plugin site
- Topsy Retweet Button
- Provides a Twitter retweet button powered by Topsy. Can also provide automatic trackback comments when someone tweets about your posts.
- Version 1.2.2 | By Topsy Labs | Visit plugin site
- TweetMeme Retweet Button
- Adds a button which easily lets you retweet your blog posts.
- Version 1.8.2 | By TweetMeme | Visit plugin site
- Twitter Widget Pro
- A widget that properly handles twitter feeds, including @username, #hashtag, and link parsing. It can even display profile images for the users. Requires PHP5.
- Version 2.2.0 | By Aaron D. Campbell | Visit plugin site | Donate
- W3 Total Cache
- The fastest and most complete WordPress performance plugin. Dramatically improve the speed and user experience of your blog by adding: page caching, database caching, minify, content delivery network (CDN) functionality and more…
- Version 0.8.5.2 | By Frederick Townes | Visit plugin site
- Woopra
- This plugin adds Woopra’s real-time analytics to any WordPress installation. Simply sign up at Woopra.com, then activate the plugin!
- Version 1.4.3.2 | By Elie El Khoury, Shane Froebel | Visit plugin site
- WordPress.com Popular Posts
- Shows the most popular posts, using data collected by WordPress.com stats plugin.
- Version 2.4.2 | By Frasten | Visit plugin site
- WordPress.com Stats
- Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks. Requires a WordPress.com API key.
- Version 1.6.2 | By Andy Skelton | Visit plugin site
- WordPress Database Backup
- On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Tools → Backup to get started.
- Version 2.2.2 | By Austin Matzko | Visit plugin site
- WP Greet Box
- Show a different message to your visitor depending on which site they are coming from. For example, you can ask Digg visitors to Digg your post, Google visitors to subscribe to your RSS feed, and more! Best of all, this plugin is compatible with various WordPress cache plugins.
- Version 5.6.3 | By Thaya Kareeson | Visit plugin site
- WPtouch iPhone Theme
- A plugin which formats your site with a mobile theme for the Apple iPhone / iPod touch, Google Android, Palm Pre and other touch-based smartphones.
- Version 1.9.9.8 | By Dale Mugford & Duane Storey (BraveNewCode) | Visit plugin site
- Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
- Returns a list of related entries based on a unique algorithm for display on your blog and RSS feeds. A templating feature allows customization of the display.
- Version 3.1.6 | By mitcho (Michael Yoshitaka Erlewine) | Visit plugin site
Feel Free to tell us what you use …
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