Comments on: What WordPress Plugins Do You Use?

By: tech84

tech84 — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 12:58:34 +0000

I would not put up a blog without Akismet installed period.

By: Tony B aka Mission0ps

Tony B aka Mission0ps — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 10:36:49 +0000

Hi Daniel,
Good list and an addition for today’s world is tweet old posts 🙂

PS struggling with SGR clean archives at the moment … I just have a “clean and empty” page showing 🙁

By: george

george — Tue, 04 May 2010 01:30:00 +0000

Hi daniel! great website and info!
btw, i use platinum seo pack plugin. please check it out. fyi, i have use all in one seo pack for several years, thanks for all-in-one seo 🙂 but for additional reason i change to platinum seo. its rocks!

By: Munawar AM

Munawar AM — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 00:45:16 +0000

Hi Daniel,

Thanks for email me about SGR Clean Archives.
I have to learn more about this plugin before I use it.

But how about this : SRG Clean Archives or SGR Clean Archives?
Geekwithlaptop said : SRG Clean Archives

Best Regards,
Munawar AM

By: medyum

medyum — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 16:34:10 +0000

Great Post! I use WP-Cache and It really improves the speed of the site – thanks for sharing Daniel!

Medyum

By: Charlotte Web Design

Charlotte Web Design — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 10:12:46 +0000

Thanks for this. Somehow sometimes I find it hard to understand robot tags cause somehow some are similar with each other. But thanks for this.

By: rudy

rudy — Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:07:54 +0000

I also did it like you, Akismet for the first time. Now i realized how useful it is 😀

By: SEO Genius

SEO Genius — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 12:06:51 +0000

I use All in one SEO, Similiar Post, Homepage excerpt, Google Analytics, Google Sitemaps and another which I seem to have forgotten

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 19:04:49 +0000

Excellent list! I love the subscribe to comments option. First of all, you can always check/uncheck the box so you do not have to subscribe. Secondly, the user is allowed to unsubscribe at a later date when they no longer wish to follow.

It’s a great opt-in feature reminding the user about your site, which can only help.

By: Monty - Sensonize.com

Monty - Sensonize.com — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:23:40 +0000

Nice list of plugins, I think you should also use Top Commentators Widget 🙂

By: Laurence Flynn

Laurence Flynn — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:06:29 +0000

Simple but excellent post. All blogs should post what plugins they use. I never thought about using some of these but I definitely am going to try some like the Archive and Robots plugins. Thank you!

By: Rajasekharan

Rajasekharan — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:44:20 +0000

One more aspect that I noticed:

You have taken care to put noindex on datewise archives and categories but couldn’t do that on subpages of homepage! I could help you with just a php code to avoid the usage of Robots meta plugin and put noindex to subpages too. Similarly All in SEO is not perfect in all ways and you can bypass All in one SEO’s certain results with this code. Should I help you?

By: izumou

izumou — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:19:00 +0000

Thanks for the articles,but I dont think Askimet works well agin,spammers have ther treicks of breaking it.

By: Hediye

Hediye — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 10:43:35 +0000

Good stuff, thank you!

By: Daniel Scocco

Daniel Scocco — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:34:39 +0000

@Rajasekharan,

there is one thing that the SEO pack does not do, which is to exclude search results from indexation by search engines. At least I believe so. That is the main reason why I also use the Robots Meta.

By: Phunchu

Phunchu — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 07:46:49 +0000

Just the time when i was looking for WordPress Plugins.. I have just used All in One SEO pack and I think it is high time i shud use other plugins. These seem pretty useful!!

By: Derrick Siu

Derrick Siu — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 04:49:49 +0000

Hi Daniel,

thanks for the list, been looking for a contact form but haven’t gotten round to it, but now I know 🙂

by the way, i’m curious why you don’t have gravatars enabled on your site? do you feel they don’t add value to a site, or you just haven’t bothered yet?

Cheers,

Derrick
One Month Blogging Newbie
http://www.TheNetExperiment.com

By: Nick

Nick — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 01:22:33 +0000

Wow, these are some wicked great plugins since I use most of them, I use too many plugins, But I can’t help me self! there so many useful plugins out there!

Great post!

By: Goldie

Goldie — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 23:06:28 +0000

can anyone suggest a good plugin that will automatically insert a flickr image into a post?

Thanks in advance

By: Rajasekharan

Rajasekharan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 20:51:05 +0000

Thanks Daniel for answering this query on plugins.

You mightn’t have noticed the overlap of robots meta tag by All In One SEO and Robots Meta! Check the source code of your categories.

Doing it purposefully to remind/stress the spiders about robots meta tag?

By: Hugo Santos

Hugo Santos — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:42:51 +0000

Well, i use 29 plugins on my blog… is this too much? lol

By: Bill M - Personal Finance Blog

Bill M - Personal Finance Blog — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:10:37 +0000

I use WPtouch which makes your wordpress blog mobile compatible without redirecting into a diff web site. Looks very slick.

By: Vijay

Vijay — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:06:45 +0000

No doubt these are all essential plugins I will say.

The only pluging I have not yet used and tested is wp-super cache. 😉

Here is my top 10 plugins list prepared and using since long:

By: redwall_hp

redwall_hp — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 18:06:35 +0000

W00t, GoCodes! 🙂

I use quite a few of those plugins myself, including Related Posts. I’ve found that I like it better than the newer “Similar Posts” plugin that a lot of bloggers are using now. I haven’t tried the Yet Another Related Posts Plugin yet, but I may get around to it sometime.

By the way, have you seen my latest plugin yet? It allows you to customize the contents of the Favorite Actions menu introduced in WordPress 2.7:

By: SE7EN

SE7EN — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:39:31 +0000

I want ALL WordPress blogs to use subscribe to comment plugin
so I can keep tracking of my comments 😛
I use HeasSpace2 instead of All in one SEO

By: Dan Schulz

Dan Schulz — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 17:23:13 +0000

I for one happen to use the comment notification (via email) feature. One thing you could do though is move the form field above the submit button, since many people probably don’t even click on it due to the fact that the submit button comes first. (Simple Usability 101 here.)

@Mindy, it’ll work just fine with WP 2.7.

By: Make Money Online with a 17 year old kid

Make Money Online with a 17 year old kid — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:13:31 +0000

Hey Daniel,
How are you doing. You know what, I like to read more about making money online blogs. And your blog comes in that niche to a great extent.
But amhy of your recent posts are not directly connected to this niche.
However, Thank you very much for this post. Although, I use blogger, But I am starting o use WordPress on a regular basis for my new blogs soon. I liked Akismet and Chunk URLs the most. Huge UrLs really destroy the look.

Regards
Laksh

By: Daniel Scocco

Daniel Scocco — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:09:41 +0000

@Rarst, I will check to see if there are any problems.

@Rick, there is one thing that the SEO pack does not do, which is to exclude search results from indexation by search engines. At least I believe so. That is the main reason why I also use the Robots Meta.

@Mindy, I believe it will work fine on WP 2.7.

By: Enduring Wanderlust

Enduring Wanderlust — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:07:18 +0000

I’m light on plug-ins. Perhaps it’s time to examine a few more. Thanks for sharing.

By: Blog Expert

Blog Expert — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 16:01:54 +0000

There are way too many plugins I use. I am kind of on overload when it comes to plugins. It is okay, they are put to use and I just don’t have them sit there.

By: Smart Boy

Smart Boy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:59:56 +0000

Thank you for your list of Plugins. There are a few in there I’m definately going to have to try.

As of now I use Akismet, All in One SEO Pack, flickrRSS, Global Translator, ShareThis, Twitter Tools, and WordPress Related Posts.

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:56:57 +0000

Have no fear Mindy, I have Subscribe to Comments running on my WP 2.7 blog.

By: Mindy

Mindy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:49:08 +0000

I want to install Subscribe to Comments, but its download page says it’s only compatible up to WP 2.3.1. I have WP 2.7 so I’m afraid to get it. :/ Do you have any similar recommendations?

By: Kelly

Kelly — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:45:55 +0000

Great list! Be careful, though, when looking at Yet Another Related Posts Plugin… I had read some of the feedback about it that indicated that there were issues on sites with a lot of content. I decided to give it a whirl anyhow – brought down my site. Just a cautionary tale. 😉

By: Ruben Ricart

Ruben Ricart — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:34:23 +0000

Great Post! I use WP-Cache and It really improves the speed of the site – thanks for sharing Daniel!

By: Rick Regan

Rick Regan — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:11:24 +0000

“All in One SEO Pack” and “Robots Meta” seem to overlap. I guess you’re able to use them both without conflicts?

By: USVI Beaches

USVI Beaches — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:41:59 +0000

No automatic database backup plugins? Do you backup manually or use another service/feature?

And yes, I am subscribing to comments. But – on that note – sometimes all the emails you can get from the subscribe (on a popular post) seem to be a hassle to the recipient.

Tom

By: Writer Dad

Writer Dad — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:11:22 +0000

Yet another related posts plugin is awesome. I couldn’t be happier with it.

By: TechieProjects

TechieProjects — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:01:30 +0000

thanks for this list of useful plugins, this is what i was looking for my blog.

By: Rarst

Rarst — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 14:00:11 +0000

Most I know but will check out remaining ones. btw I know I had mentioned this in the past but I hadn’t ever got a single “subscribe to comments” email from DailyBlogTips. 🙁 Only blog that seems to ignore my mailbox in such way. 🙂

PS checking option now (wasn’t doing this lately), maybe it got somehow resolved

By: Donny Gamble

Donny Gamble — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:58:36 +0000

I think you should have Top Commentators and CommentLuv on the list. These two plugins are becoming vital to the level of user participation on your blog.

By: Scott Williams

Scott Williams — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:50:48 +0000

Twitter Tools and Intense Debate (It’s a neat blog comment tool)

By: Andy

Andy — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:45:40 +0000

I’ve been using the same Contact Form plugin for about 3 years, and it’s only been in the past few weeks that I’ve started getting some spam from it, maybe you’ve just been lucky?

By: Melodee Patterson | Virtual Assistant

Melodee Patterson | Virtual Assistant — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 13:26:02 +0000

Please don’t remove your Subscribe to Comments plug-in. As a reader, I wish everyone used this!

By: SATISH -- Technotip.org

SATISH -- Technotip.org — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:57:18 +0000

@Vygantas, thanks for the link

By: Vygantas

Vygantas — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:52:51 +0000

By: Vygantas

Vygantas — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:39:31 +0000

Clean archives link leads to page with

“Why are you here? Nothing to see here! 0_o”

By: Muzi Mohale

Muzi Mohale — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:23:39 +0000

i find the ‘Subscribe to Comments’ really great for following a thread where i participated…

By: SATISH -- Technotip.org

SATISH -- Technotip.org — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:20:58 +0000

hmm…when I visited SGR Clean Archives, it showed this message -> “Why are you here? Nothing to see here! 0_o”

By: PB

PB — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 12:05:38 +0000

Ooh! Thanks for this. The custom query plugin might be just what I’m looking for 🙂