Essential Wordpress plugins?

[notlikeyou]

Is there an essential Wordpress plugin that you could not live without? I think it would be a valuable thread for anyone to post the plugins that have worked well for you. This may be old hat for some but I'd venture a guess that many just starting out would appreciate your suggestions


I'll start:

All in One SEO Pack
InstantUpgrade or Wordpress Automatic Upgrade

 

[Nitro]

Akismet or All in One SEO

 

[Sharafi]

fckeditor-for-wordpress-plugin , you will need it

 

[weblord]

nowadays microblogging is in, so try one of those twitter wordpress plugins out there.

 

[shockie]

wordpress database backup!

 

[Jack]

Another vote for All in One SEO and a WP backup system.

I also like Google XML Sitemaps.

 

[riku]

MightyAdsense
All in One SEO Pack
Akismet
Google XML Sitemaps
InstantUpgrade
MobilePress
WP Easy Uploader

 

[Domainace]

Related Posts (suggests related posts to the reader, keeps them on site)
Youtube brackets (easy way to add video)
Google XML sitemaps (great for seo)

 

[dmi]

Aksimet
All-in-one-SEO-pack
XML Sitemaps
Sociable
WP Database Backup

 

[gingeman]

all in one seo
advanced tiny mce
wp database backup
google xml sitemaps

 

[bluearrow]

All in one seo
Google xml sitemaps
Wordpress Automatic Upgrade
Aksimet
Category Posts Widget
FeedBurner FeedSmith


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[youbetcha1018]

Database is the most important one.

 

[notlikeyou]

So here's what we have so far & the number of votes each has....

All in One SEO Pack-7
InstantUpgrade or Wordpress Automatic Upgrade-3
Akismet-4
fckeditor-for-wordpress-plugin
twitter wordpress plugins
wordpress database backup-5
Google XML Sitemaps-6
MightyAdsense
MobilePress
WP Easy Uploader
Related Posts
Youtube brackets
Sociable
advanced tiny mce
Category Posts Widget
FeedBurner FeedSmith