Current Ninja WordPress Plugin List
by Ninja JonThis is the current list of WordPress plugins that we install with every site setup. We have selected these because they are the most valuable for a new blog. Of course there are an almost endless number of plugins, but it is best to discover the new ones and install only the ones you will really need and not every plugin that comes along. Too many plugins can slow down your site and distract from the content, which is the most important factor in your success.
| Plugin | Description |
|---|---|
| Adsense-Deluxe | Place Google AdSense ads in your WordPress Posts. Requires WordPress 1.5 or higher. For complete usage and configuration click on Adsense Deluxe under the “Options” menu. ByAcme Technologies. |
| Akismet | Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. By Matt Mullenweg. |
| aLinks | A WordPress plugin that automatically links keywords in your blog post. By Sean Hickey. |
| What Would Seth Godin Do | Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors By Richard K Miller. |
| 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. By FeedBurner. |
| Full Text Feed | Prevents WordPress 2.1+ from adding a more link to your website’s feed. By Ronald Heft, Jr.. |
| Instant Upgrade | Upgrade your WordPress-Installation with one simple click (Go to Manage » Instant Upgrade) By Alex Günsche. |
| Landing sites | When visitors is referred to your site from a search engine, they are definitely looking for something specific - often they just roughly check the page they land on and then closes the window if what they are looking for isn’t there. Why not help them by showing them related posts to their search on your blog? By The undersigned. |
| MyAvatars | This plugin allows you to add MyBlogLog.com avatars to Wordpress comments. By Andrea Micheloni & Napolux. |
| Related Posts | Returns a list of the related entries based on active/passive keyword matches. By Alexander Malov, Mike Lu & Jon Bourne. |
| SEO Title Tag | Search engine optimize your blog’s title tags. Create a customized title tag for any post, static page, category page, any URL! Admin allows for mass editing of title tags. By Stephan Spencer, Netconcepts. |
| Add-Meta-Tags | Adds the Description and Keywords XHTML META tags to your blog’s front page and to each one of the posts, static pages and category archives. This operation is automatic, but the generated META tags can be fully customized. Also, the inclusion of other META tags, which do not need any computation, is possible. Please read the tips and all other info provided at the configuration panel. By George Notaras. |
| PlugInstaller | Easy (un)installation of new plugins directly from the admin interface |
| Subscribe To Comments | Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry. Based on version 1 from Scriptygoddess By Mark Jaquith. |
| Viper’s Video Quicktags | Allows you to embed various video types, including those hosted at YouTube and Google Video as well as videos you host yourself, into WordPress. Credits: Owen Winkler for ButtonSnap and An-archos for help with WP 2.1+ button code. By Viper007Bond. |
| Redirection | Redirection is a WordPress plugin to manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have. |
WP-ContactForm |
WP Contact Form is a drop in form for users to contact you. It can be implemented on a page or a post. It currently works with WordPress 2.0+. The plugin was originally developed by Ryan Duff but has been modified by Doug Karr to require a challenge question and response to fight spam as well as some other features. By Douglas Karr. |
| Super Cache | If your site is struggling to cope with the daily number of visitors, or if your site appears on Digg.com, Slashdot or any other popular site then this plugin is for you. |
| Google Sitemap Generator | This generator will create a Google compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog. By Arne Brachhold. |
| Wordpress database backup | On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Manage → Backup to get started. By Austin Matzko. |
| Share This | Let your visitors share a post/page with others. Supports e-mail and posting to social bookmarking sites. Thanks to Thomas McMahon for footwork on the URLs. Questions on configuration, etc.? Make sure to read the README. By Alex King. |