My Favorite 18 WordPress Plugins

by Kharim Tomlinson on March 23, 2010 · 53 comments

in Blogging, Blogging Tips, Google, Plugins, WordPress

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Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine. WordPress.org Plugins Directory has some 8,830 plugins and 81,433,552 downloads, and counting. That’s really great.

I have some WordPress plugins that I use on this blog to make it user friendly, SEO friendly, and much more. I am going to share with you my 18 favorite WordPress Plugins. This may seem like a large list but all I have to say is, the more the merrier. :)

  • All In One SEO – This SEO plugin will help your blog to rank better in search engines. (Downloads: Over 4,716,659)
  • 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. CommentLuv Website(Downloads: Over 155,373)
  • Feed2tweet – Automatically tweet post as they are published to my twitter account (Downloads: Over 3,305)
  • Google Analytics for WordPress – This plugin makes it simple to add Google Analytics with extra search engines and automatic clickout and download tracking to your WordPress blog. (Downloads: Over 848,135)
  • Google XML Sitemaps – This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing and Ask.com to better index your blog. (Downloads: Over 3,290,571)
  • LinkWithin – Displays recommended stories and associated thumbnails from your blog. (Downloads: Over 5,542)
  • Popular Posts – Displays a highly configurable list of the most popular posts. (Downloads: Over 48,352)

  • SexyBookmarks – SexyBookmarks adds a (X)HTML compliant list of social bookmarking icons to each of your posts. (Downloads: Over 208,530)
  • Top Commentators Widget – Adds a sidebar widget to show the top commentators in your WP site. Adapted from Show Top Commentators plugin. (Downloads: 42,998)
  • TweetMeme Retweet Button – Adds a button which easily lets you retweet your blog posts. (Downloads: Over 224,221)
  • Twitterlink Comments – Plugin to show a link to follow the comment author on twitter if they have entered in their username at least once in the comment form. (Downloads: 3,733)
  • WordPress.com Stats – Tracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks. (Downloads: 1,440,151)
  • WordPress Automatic Upgrade – WordPress Automatic Upgrade allows a user to automatically upgrade the wordpress installation to the latest one provided by wordpress.org using the 5 steps. (Downloads: Over 370,743)
  • WP-PageNavi – Adds a more advanced paging navigation to your WordPress blog. (Downloads: Over 627,792)
  • 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. (Downloads: Over 129,620)
  • WP Super Cache – Very fast caching plugin for WordPress. (Downloads: Over 1,117,307)
  • WPtouch iPhone Theme – A plugin which formats your site with a mobile theme for the Apple iPhone / iPod touch, Google Android, Palm Pre and other touch-based smartphones. (Downloads: Over 631,981)
  • Xhanch – My TwitterTwitter plugin for wordpress that displays your latest tweets. (Downloads 3,334)

Well if you liked my list of plugins, I have made it even easier for you. I have zipped all of these plugins mentioned above so you can download them. :)

Click HERE to download the plugins package (Size: 4.8 MB)



Share with us, what plugins do you use on your blog.
Leave your comments in the comment section below. :) Thank you.

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Mba in Delhi June 17, 2011 at 6:36 am

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SEO By Yoast is Better Then – All in One seo
It gives you more options , Suggestions etc

Kharim Tomlinson

October 17, 2011 at 6:21 pm

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yeah that is true. I didn’t know about it then but i am using it now.
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abhilash July 13, 2011 at 8:58 am

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it is ver nice list .. i used 10 plugin in this list ..
i will give try rest of plugin
thanx for this post

Kharim Tomlinson

October 17, 2011 at 6:27 pm

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alright cool :) Thanks for the comment and sorry for late reply
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Marketing Philosophy July 30, 2011 at 11:04 am

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Very usefull list of wordpress plugins thanks for sharing!
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Kharim Tomlinson

October 17, 2011 at 6:26 pm

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you’re welcome :)
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Brayden October 4, 2011 at 9:17 pm

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Many wordpress plug-ins are existing right now and these are commonly use by famous bloggers who experience traffic to their sites. This plug-ins are all so good and it helps more.
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Kharim Tomlinson

October 17, 2011 at 6:24 pm

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Yep, plugins help to make blogging easier and improve your blog as well. Thanks for the comment
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Bob Brown October 11, 2011 at 11:24 pm

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You are right. The more the merrier, there are so many plug-ins ever exists. I love all the wordpress plug-ins, all are very worthy. Thanks for providing this information, this is truly helps.
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Kharim Tomlinson

October 17, 2011 at 6:23 pm

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Don’t use too much. They can slow down your blog and then you will lose your traffic.
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Thomas O'Hearn from Social Media PR October 12, 2011 at 6:56 pm

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LOL. Kharim, I spent an hour last night searching for a plugin I wanted for my blog. I’m searching “popular posters,” and variations of that. “Top posters.”

Top CommenTATOR. Got it. So thankful. Great list.
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Kharim Tomlinson

October 17, 2011 at 5:54 pm

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Your’e welcome :)

max November 10, 2011 at 2:08 pm

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Useful plugins, thanks for sharing, Kharim!

Gonzalo Neer December 11, 2011 at 7:20 pm

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Nothing beats the WordPress plugins all are truly useful and effcetive. Commentluv is the best because it allows you to view tour recent visited post. This is great thanks for the post.
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Kharim Tomlinson

December 12, 2011 at 8:44 am

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Yep. Especially the premium version of commentluv. Its totally awesome :)

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