I’m a bit of a Wordpress junkie (as if you couldn’t tell already). I’ve done a few posts in various forums about Wordpress plugins, but I figure I can go ahead and consolidate all that information into one post here.
That way I can just be lazy and point to this post instead of hunting around for links. I do that far too much! This is by no means a comprehensive Wordpress plugins list. You can find those here and here.
These are just plugins I have personally used or have had friends recommend. I hope this is useful!
WP-Cache - Great for improving the load speeds of large blogs.
Intouch - The only contact form plugin I could get to work for me.
Autoblog - Automate the process of updating your blog.
FeedWordpress - Need feed support? Get it here!
Wordpress SEO - SEO is a delicate art - optimizing your Wordpress site can be a chore at times. It doesn’t have to be, though. This plugin is here to help.
Semiologic rocks! - Want to expand beyond a blog but still want to use Wordpress? These plugins are perfect for you (I use Semiologic plugins extensively around my sites).
Related Entries - Connect similar entries with blog posts so your visitors can find all the juicy information faster.
Canvas - WYSIWYG gone right. This is an extensive plugin that allows you to make drastic changes on your Wordpress site - without touching a piece of code.
Notable - Mark out those posts that you want everyone to notice.
WP-Paginate - Need a better way to organize lots of static content? You need this plugin, then.
Google Sitemap - Need an easier way to get your pages indexed with Google? Try this - but be careful. If you have a huge amount of pages that still need indexed, you don’t want to dump it on google all at once.
Ultimate Tag Warrior - Implement tags and categories into your blog.
Fancy Tooltips - Tired of boring mouseover text? Jazz it up with fancy tooltips.
Adhesive - Sticky important posts to the top (like the very first post on this blog).
Static Jack - Wrap static non Wordpress content into a Wordpress skin. Very nice for establishing site continuity across several different formats.
Slug Trimmer - Hate-long-post-title-urls-like-this? Trim off the excess fat!