Are you a wordpress plugin whore? I know I am. My motto is get all the useful wordpress plugins you can find that make your job a lot easier. Why work so hard to do somethings that can be done for you?
I’ve given you the money making affiliates I use on my make money page, and I thought it was high time I give you the wordpress plugins I use as well. I know it can be very frustrating to visit someone’s blog, see something you like and want to try, only to not be able to find exactly what plugin they use. Is it some kind of mystery that many bloggers don’t want others knowing about? A trade secret of some sorts perhaps? I don’t know, because I’m not that way. I’ll tell you everything I do and use.
Here is my list of 26 plugins that I currently use:
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. It comes already preloaded into wordpress.
Broken Link Checker
Checks your posts for broken links and missing images and notifies you on the dashboard if any are found.
Commentluv
Plugin to show a link to the last post from the commenters blog in their comment.
Exclude Pages from Navigation
Provides a checkbox on the editing page which you can check to exclude pages from the primary navigation.
Exec-PHP
Executes code in your posts, pages and text widgets.
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.
Lighter Menus
Creates Drop Down Menus for WordPress Admin Panels. Fast to load, adaptable to color schemes, comes with silk icons, a option page, and a design that fits within the WordPress 2.6 interface taking the least room possible.
A new non-obtrusive way of displaying a single line of advertising message, a special note or other information right at the top of your blog.
Displays the page peel in the upper right corner of my blog, can also be put on all the other corners, or any one single corner you choose.
The plugin that is used to display the performancing ads affiliate buttons and banners.
Recent Posts
Returns a list of the most recent posts.
Related Posts
Returns a list of the related entries based on active/passive keyword matches.
Secure and Accessible PHP Contact Form
This powerful yet easy-to-install contact form features exceptional accessibility and usability while still providing extensive anti-spam and anti-exploit security features. A marriage of communication and peace-of-mind.
ShiftThis Newsletter
Customized Newsletter Creation & Mailing List Management.
Simple Recent Comments
Shows a list of recent comments.
Subscribe to Comments
Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that are posted to an entry.
The plugin I use to display the text link ads affiliate network’s text ads.
Ultimate Google Analytics
Enable Google Analytics on your blog. Has options to also track external links, mailto links and links to downloads on your own site.
WassUp
WordPress plugin to analyze your visitors traffic with real time stats, chart and a lot of chronological informations. It has sidebar Widget support to show current online visitors and other statistics.
WordPress Mobile Edition
Show a mobile view of the post/page if the visitor is on a known mobile device.
WP-DBManager
Manages your WordPress database. Allows you to optimize database, repair database, backup database, restore database, delete backup database , drop/empty tables and run selected queries. Supports automatic scheduling of backing up and optimizing of database.
WP-PostRatings
Adds an AJAX rating system for your WordPress blog’s post/page.
WP-PostRatings Widget
Adds a PostRatings Widget to display most rated and/or highest rated posts and/or pages on your sidebar. You will need to activate WP-PostRatings first.
WP-Sticky
Adds a sticky post feature to your WordPress’s blog.
FeedSmith
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.
Hidden Affiliate Links
Hides affiliate links by wrapping them into a page that will redirect to the actual link.
Those are the only plugins I currently use, but you can be sure, as I find even more great plugins, I will let you know.
Does anyone else know of any great plugins that would help to improve a money making blog?
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My name is Steven Sanders and I'm a Professional Blogger, Izea Insider, Web Designer, Social Media Enthusiast, Dad, Husband, and Friend.
Hi Steven,
Looks like you are going to need one more plug in when your blog gets more popular, which is WP Security. It prevents your blog from being hacked.
A nice blog. You caught my attention at JohnChow.com and Yaro’s blog. I got a feeling you will be big some day, much bigger than JohnChow and Yaro. Hope you remember what I said here when the day comes.
All the best!
Johnny
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Thanks for the suggestion. I just added it! I’m also looking into other security plugins to see what’s out there.
Not many bloggers talk about the security side of things. I might do a post on what I find.
Thanks for the post on the plugins. Keep doing what you do, awesome
Hey Steven,
Cool stuff. I am going to particularly enjoy Ultimate Google Analytics, WassUp.
My favorite plugins are:
Ozh’ Absolute Comments 2.2.2
Reply instantly to comments, either from the email notification, or the usual Comments page, without loading the post first. For WordPress 2.5+ By Ozh.
Psychic Search 2.0.1
Secretly discover what your visitors want to read on your blog. By MaxBlogPress.
I appreciate you!
Dali Burgado
Thanks for the information on the two plugins. I especially like the Ozh’ Absolute Comments plugin.
A wonderful list of plugins. I’m very fond of the extra power they provide and always looking for recommendations. I picked some from here. Thx for putting them together.
Wow, I thought I used alot with 12 :/
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Steven is there a specific hidden affiliate links plugin you use?
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@AverageGal: Your questions are always my greatest inspiration for content when I have writer’s block!
Expect a post on this shortly. The quick answer though, no.
No problem Steven! Out of curiosity which one do you currently run?
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@AverageGal: I don’t.
Did you take it off your blog because of SEO reasons? I see in your plug-in list that you have Hidden Affiliate Links. I was looking to add a plug-in tonight, but now I’m seconding guessing it.
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@AverageGal: That was an old post, when I first started. It’s a great plugin. It wouldn’t work right on my blog for some reason.
I use a different method. Manually.
If it works on your blog, go for it! It’s a good idea.
Sounds great Steven. Thanks for the info. I look forward to reading the post
. I hope you include your method of manually hiding the affiliate link.
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A wonderful list of plugins.
Thank steven again!