Here is a list of 25 plugins needed for the platform WordPress.

All are used on this blog and the ranking is done by order of importance, depending on personal criteria (popularity, features offered, ergonomics, etc.)..

Of course, all these plugins are fully compatible with WordPress 2.5.1.

# 1 - Akismet

It does this plugin anti-spam, integrated default WordPress and whose mission is to scan your comments to the research of all forms of spam.

Redoutable, it is undoubtedly a must indispensable! Without him no effective blogs, which is why he is No. 1 of this selection.

Official website: Akismet.com

# 2 - All in One SEO Pack

This plugin all-in-One is a true benchmark in SEO (Search Engine Optimization). Here is a detailed description, to prove to what extent this plugin is one of the best, if not the best of its kind:

• Titles: allows rewriting of the titles of articles and posting them before anything else (for example, the title of your blog), which is much more relevant to a search engine. Indeed, the title of an article should contain keywords characteristics of your product and included the best results in Google and Yahoo, among others;
• Description: created automatically or manually tag description, the same that appears in search results below the title of the article or the site. It is therefore crucial and must, again, contain keywords representing the article in order to optimize its referral;
• Keywords (keywords): Allows adding tags the same way as the field provided for this purpose from WordPress 2.3. However, while it is preferable to an article tagguer moderately through the field of WordPress for not having a cloud of tags disproportionate (2-3 max, in my humble opinion), there are no limits as regards All in One SEO Pack. Be reasonable still!
• Duplicate content: the plugin manages very well the problems of duplicate content via function noindex. It is available separately for each applicable articles or pages for the archives, categories or tags. Nevertheless, I think the tags page is not a source of duplicate content and can generate additional traffic, quite the contrary;

As you can see, this plugin is a real pearl to have absolutely if referencing to any importance to your eyes.

All in One SEO Pack (126 KiB, 53 hits)

# 3 - DoFollow

This plugin allows to remove the nofollow attribute for comments on your blog. This used to attribute the cause to fight against spam comments but through plugins as Akismet, this attribute is completely obsolete and detrimental to the establishment of constructive comments.

To learn more about the issue, see: I follow, follow You, We follow

You'll find detailed explanations on the issue of DoFollow and means of implementing it - very simply, on your blog.

DoFollow (13 KiB, 51 hits)

# 4 - Google Analyticator

Adds simply the code needed to run Google Analytics. Google Analytics is a free Google service management statistics for your websites. Very driven and both extremely simple to use, a strong ergonomics formidable advantage to as many services of this level would be paid under normal… To install without further delay then!

Google Analyticator (23.5 KiB, 62 hits)

# 5 - XML Sitemap Generator

Manages automatically sending plans to Google sitemaps Yahoo, MSN and Ask. Notify the latter also updates on your blog and offers many options such as the frequency of crawling by search engines (indicative), priority pages, and so on.

Displays also links to major centres webmasters, who are not so simple as to find it particularly among Yahoo! and MSN.

XML Sitemap Generator (996.1 KiB, 46 hits)

# 6 - MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer

Discovered by reading a tutorial. Pdf on WordPress and techniques SEO, this plugin avoids being seen and marked as a spammer when sending by WordPress, Ping notifying the principal services on the blogs (including Technorati) . Indeed, each new publication of an article, WordPress notifies the services in question, normal! But it is also where you rééditez an article and whenever you make a backup! Therefore, this plugin restricted sending pings at the mere publication.

Moreover, it allows better management of the list of services to notify avoiding duplication, subjects again, sending excessive pings.

MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer (49.5 KiB, 51 hits)

# 7 - WordPress.com Stats

Excellent official WordPress plugin for the management of its statistics of visits in terms of visitors, page views, the most frequently viewed pages and especially search terms referring directly to your blog.

Another strong point, it fits into the dashboard WordPress and wants to be an ideal complement to Google Analytics for him to reserve for studies of medium and long term, to my taste.

WordPress.com Stats (245.1 KiB, 68 hits)

# 8 - WassUp

That is the alternative to WordPress.com Stats although it is also complementary and therefore can be used in parallel. This plugin allows to know in real time the number of visitors online (and even display a counter of visits to your blog) and know the different sources of traffic namely robots, spam, connected users, visitors, etc.. Everything is displayed in graphical form and decorated with a detailed list can always learn more about the origin of its visitors.

It is one of plugins statistics most in vogue now!

WassUp (415 KiB, 84 hits)

# 9 - WordPress Database Backup

In french, "saviour database", plugin should, in my view, be integrated office in future versions of WordPress since it allows you to save automatically or at the request its database to be free a failure of any kind.

Personally, I set the plugin for a daily backup automatically sent to me by mail and therefore repatriated on my PC.

WordPress Database Backup (41.9 KiB, 57 hits)

# 10 - Simple Tags

Supercedes the field tags WordPress to offer additional features such as the suggestion of tags additional questions on Yahoo!, Tag The Net and your local tags.

Also many options editions mass of your tags (removal, replacement, etc.)..

A must perfectly compatible with WordPress 2.5, which is much better than its competitor Tag Ultimate Warrior.

Simple tags (1.4 MiB, 41 hits)

# 11 - Subscribe To Comments

Adds a check box in the comments section of an article to be notified by mail, new comments. It is a good way to follow a conversation without needing to mark the page in question.

Most blogs use today!

Subscribe To Comments (67.1 KiB, 45 hits)

# 12 - Landing sites

When a visitor arrives on your blog from a search engine is that, generally, it is looking for something specific. Often, it will travel quickly find the page without the information and then close the tab or window.

To avoid this, Landing offers a number of articles on the user's query.

Landing sites (6.7 KiB, 56 hits)

# 13 - Next GEN Gallery

If you intend to publish several tens or even hundreds of images later, you'll need a plugin able to manage without problems. Stop looking, NGG is for you!

True gas plant in terms of image management under WordPress, it offers the possibility of creating albums, galleries, add special effects display, create CSS style sheets personalized, and so on.

True following plugins, is without doubt the reference in terms of current management of images!

Next GEN Gallery (1.6 MiB, 54 hits)

# 14 - wordTube

NGG What is the image, wordTube east to the video. With the goal of making your blog a YouTube staff, it allows you to easily manage your videos via playlists (playlists) and circulate it through a customizable Flash player.

The Flash player custom gives professional appearance and an image of independence vis-à-vis traditional platforms such as YouTube or Dailymotion.

wordTube (537.1 KiB, 43 hits)

# 15 - Lightbox

Add a visual effect when viewing an image actual size thus avoiding open a new window or a new tab, since the image is displayed on the same page.

Very pro and much more beautiful than just a link to the larger view, this plugin works via the addition of a simple piece of code:

  rel = "lightbox" 

It also supports groups of images that display the next or previous with integrated navigation arrows.

This effect is used to Lightbox screenshots of this blog.

Lightbox (48.9 KiB, 58 hits)

Attention, this plugin is not compatible with Featured Content Gallery of WP Elements.

# 16 - flickrRSS

In the same vein, flickrRSS using your Flickr account to see your photos in the sidebar of your blog. It also uses the system of tags built into Flickr which helps restrict the types of photos that you want (exempe, photos tagués "wallpapers").

flickrrss (26.6 KiB, 38 hits)

# 17 - Highlight Author Comments

Met shaped the comments of a webmaster distinguish them from other reviews.

I think it makes a plugin rélle gain the comments as any visitor can understand immediately if it is a response to a visitor or the author of the article.

Highlight Author Comments (3 KiB, 71 hits)

# 18 - WP AJAX Edit Comments

Authorizes the publishing of all comments for the administrator - and publishers, as well as its own commentary for regular users, while Ajax.

A button spam can also mark a comment as is the case Akismet have failed in its task of… never seen in my case

WP AJAX Edit Comments (683.6 KiB, 35 hits)

# 19 - Sociable

Be sociable and generate additional traffic! This advice referral back frequently. That is why it is important to offer visitors a way to share their findings with social bookmarking sites. That is exactly what allows Socializer and the list of proposed sites is growing!

Sociable (168 KiB, 50 hits)

# 20 - FeedBurner FeedSmith

Detects all means to access your feeds and automatically forwards to FeedBurner. A true leader in the management and optimization but also the monetization of RSS feeds, FeedBurner has recently happened in the bosom of Google, guaranteeing once more a free service.

Needless so if you do not use FeedBurner but downright essential for the others!

FeedBurner FeedSmith (71.3 KiB, 40 hits)

# 21 - Gravatar

This plugin allows the display of gravatars in comments on your blog. As a reminder, a gravatar is an image (an avatar therefore) associated with an e-mail. Once registered, it will appear automatically when you publish a new comment on a blog that supports this feature.

Gravatar (995 bytes, 43 hits)

# 22 - Enhanced WP-ContactForm

Generate a contact page fully customized according to his desires and needs. This plugin allows, furthermore, to add a captcha to secure everything.

Significantly easier to use the gas plant cforms II.

Enhanced WP-ContactForm (34.7 KiB, 55 hits)

# 23 - WP-EMail

Add a link Send article in the loop. Very practical to allow visitors to simply share an article with one of their relatives.

A widget is also available for integration in the sidebar.

WP-Mail (167 KiB, 47 hits)

# 24 - WP-Print

At the same genus as the previous one, but for print article this time. This plugin is useful insofar as it creates the impression and his insight on the article only. You can also delete images, links, comments, etc.. for the final keep only the content and thereby remove superfluous.

WP-Print (60.8 KiB, 42 hits)

# 25 - WP Grins

Displays smilies for WordPress in the panel for writing articles and comments. If you are not satisfied with smilies provided by default, you can replace them with those of your choice.

If you are looking smilies this blog, a form of post-it, they can be downloaded at Niss.fr.

WP Grins (56.5 KiB, 55 hits)

And now, the floor is yours, readers that you are, what are your favorite plugins?

Figure Does the list below? If not, make benefit everyone!