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 higer. For complete usage and configuration click on AdsenseDeluxe under the “Options” menu. By Acme Technologies. |
| 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 |
| All in One SEO Pack |
Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog. By Michael Torbert. |
| 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. |
| Google XML Sitemaps |
This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO. Configuration Page By Arne Brachhold. |
| Landing sites |
When visitors is referred to your site from a search engine, the plugin is showing them related posts to their search on your blog. By The undersigned. |
| Redirection |
A redirection manager By John Godley. |
| ShareThis |
Let your visitors share a post/page with others. Supports e-mail and posting to social bookmarking sites. Configuration options are here. Questions on configuration, etc.? Make sure to read the README. By ShareThis and Crowd Favorite (crowdfavorite.com). |
| 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 |
Easily embed videos from various video websites such as YouTube, DailyMotion, and Vimeo into your posts. By Viper007Bond. |
| What Would Seth Godin Do |
Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors and another to return visitors. By Richard K Miller. |
| WordPress Database Backup |
On-demand backup of your WordPress database. Navigate to Tools → Backup to get started. By Austin Matzko. |
| WordPress Related Posts |
Generate a related posts list via tags of WordPress By Denis. |
| 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. |
| WP Super Cache |
Very fast caching module for WordPress. By Donncha O Caoimh. |
[last updated Feb. 18, 2009]
May 16th, 2008 at 6:21 am
Hi Jon,
A few questions: What FTP do you install if I use Internet Explorer? Do you go with SMART FTP in that case, or can a person request you use FILEZILLA for them? What’s your protocall on that?
Also, I noticed a few places in your explanation paragraphs where there seems to be code embedded within the word & wondered why – case in point the word “isn’t” in the following from the plugin LANDING SITES, you state:
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.
Is the word ISN’T purposefully written that way for a reason, or is this a code/typo error?
Thanks!
May 19th, 2008 at 9:10 am
Jon, thanks for answering via email that it was a WordPress classification, had to do with your switching servers, and now you’ve corrected that throughout your site. You were very quick to reply and thanks for that, too!
June 12th, 2008 at 1:28 pm
Who know good wordpress plugin for working with images?
August 5th, 2008 at 4:28 am
Hi there.
I understand the importance of aLinks plugin but I don’t know how can you monetize your blog let say? Is there a company who’ll pay you for that links from your blog words? Thanks a lot for the list!
August 5th, 2008 at 9:07 pm
@RomanianBlog – you use the plugin to promote affiliate products that will pay you when someone buys a product from clicking on your link. Search google for “affiliate marketing” or see this affiliate marketing guide book.