How many plugins do you use?

March 23, 2010 in social media with 14 Comments

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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Google Syntax Highlighter for WordPress
  • 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
  • PuSHPress
    • PubSubHubbub plugin for WordPress that includes the hub
    • Version 0.1.6 | By Joseph Scott
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

Feel Free to tell us what you use …
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  • About Phillip Gibb: Christian, Husband, Father - all intentionally in initial caps. I twitter far too much, blog as much as I can. Earn a living as a Java Programmer and volunteer as a video and editor at Church.


    • 14 Responses to “How many plugins do you use?”

    1. AntonRSA March 23, 2010 at 1:36 pm #

      I usually use between, 40-60 different plugins depending on the blog features.
      .-= AntonRSA´s last blog ..Social Design Best Practices =-.

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    2. Josh Wagner March 23, 2010 at 4:44 pm #

      This is a great list. I think I’ll have to use a few of these, as I only have like 3-4 active right now. And I keep hearing about these plugins everywhere I go. Thanks.
      .-= Josh Wagner´s last blog ..This Fragile Life =-.

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      • Phillip Gibb March 23, 2010 at 8:34 pm #

        I like to experiment so I am forever scouring the internet for recommendations. Then again I find myself trying out plugins to analytics and seo that have not been benifiting me – more like stressing me.
        .-= Phillip Gibb´s last blog ..How many plugins do you use? =-.

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    3. Adam Shields March 23, 2010 at 8:23 pm #

      I have 8, five of which are backend plugins. The rest are about comments.
      .-= Adam Shields´s last blog ..Calibre: ebook management software =-.

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    4. Stuart March 23, 2010 at 10:20 pm #

      Wowser – I’ve got (I think without checking exactly) less than 25 on my prime time blog.

      I keep the numbers down because of concerns for speed of use for any reading and for reduction on server load, etc… do you not find that an issue?

      And if not who’s hosting your blog and how much you paying? Or if you’d rather not say price then what type of hosting plan you on … shared, VS, …?
      .-= Stuart´s last blog ..Sunday Rant. Why or Why Not? =-.

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    5. YourNetBiz Mentor Ana Hoffman April 9, 2010 at 6:52 pm #

      Don’t tell me you use all of them, Phillip:). That’s quite a lot, considering that plugins slow down the performance of a blog.

      However, you had some nice suggestions there – I will definitely check them out!

      Blessings,
      Ana/YourNetBiz
      .-= YourNetBiz Mentor Ana Hoffman´s last blog ..YourNetBiz Mentor Ana Hoffman: Guru-ness Not Required to Find YOURNetBiz Success =-.

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