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40+ Best WordPress Plugins for 2011

on July 1, 2011 in Tech for Life, WordPress

One of the things I love about WordPress as a blogging platform is how Plugins extend its functionality hundred fold. Just like how Firefox becomes more than a browser with its 1000′s of available extensions.

Searching for a good WordPress plugin in the WP Plugin directory can be like finding a needle in the proverbial haystack. When I started out blogging, I just started finding the good plugins by asking the authors of blogs I frequented. Some talk about what they use and some bloggers would gladly tell you if you asked them nicely.

If you wonder what I use here in ShanKrila, you don’t have to anymore. Here is a list of WordPress plugins that I have found and started using them in the months years of blogging. Plus, my wife Shriya provides WordPress services through KarShanMedia.com. And we have collected a huge number of plugins that she uses in her different projects. I have tried to categorize it based on its utility.

This will be a continuously updated page so that it’ll serve as a reference for myself as well as to anyone else running a self-hosted WordPress blog.

I recommend bookmarking this page and checking back for updates. Also, I’d appreciate if you shared this article with your friends in your social network of choice.

Last Updated: July 1 2011

WordPress 3.2 release is imminent. So, I will note where the WordPress plugins are compatible with 3.2.

Best Admin WordPress Plugins

  • 404 Notifier
    Allows the blog administrator to track 404 pages generated by the blog. You can choose to email it or even receivei as a RSS feed. Very useful when you are moving blogs or changing categories to avoid 404 errors.
  • Ask Apache Google 404
    AskApache Google 404 is a sweet and simple plugin that takes over the handling of any HTTP Errors that your blog has from time to time.So this plugin uses some AJAX code, Google Search API’S, and a few tricks to display a very helpful and Search-Engine Optimized Error Page.

  • Shortcode Exec-PHP
    Makes it easy to add PHP code snippets to your posts through the use of shortcodes. Re-use PHP code in many posts and pages. Offers one place to manage PHP code with syntax highlighting.
  • WordPress Database Backup
    Every WordPress blog must be backed up with this plugin. You do not want to lose your hard work. Ever. Easy to configure and use. Schedule backups to run every night and email it to you. You could also backup anytime you need and download it.
  • Contact Form 7
    Adds a simple drop in form for users to contact you. You can create multiple forms easily with advanced layouts and spam protection. If you would like to store your form results in the database, check out the Contact Form 7 to Database Extension plugin. This makes it the best WordPress feedback plugin.
  • Adminer
    Adds phpMyAdmin interface right in your WP Admin panel. Manage MYSQL database with ease and speed without having to worry about command line and ssh access. You can even install this as a PHP script without WordPress for your other non-WordPress projects.

Best Ad Management WordPress Plugins

  • Ad Injection
    One of the best ad management WordPress plugins there is. It may seem like a bit convoluted but once you start adding ads and setting it up to show in various places of your site, you’d never want to go back. You don’t have to edit your WordPress theme files anymore.
    Just plug in your ad code from multiple ad networks and forget about it. Very convenient. It even makes A/B testing very easy by randomizing ads that appear in a single space.
  • Who Sees Ads
    Another powerful ad management plugin like the previous one but with a control panel where you can set things like how old a post has to be to display ads, etc. I am still torn between the two but I have to use them both to find out which one I like better.
    This plugin recently stopped working for me. But, a very useful plugin nonetheless if it was updated.

Best Slideshow WordPress Plugins

  • NextGEN Gallery
    Hands down the best plugin there is for creating galleries and slideshows. With the many advanced options like albums and galleries, the options are limitless.
  • Smooth Slider
    For those looking  for a simpler plugin with an image slider capability this is a great plugin to try.
  • jQuery Colorbox
    Adds a lightbox/colorbox effect to thumbnails. If you have a gallery in a post, you can create a slideshow!

Best Comments WordPress Plugins

  • Disqus
    This is what I use in all our WordPress blogs now. Externally hosted comment system takes the pain out of managing comments by yourself. Intense Debate is a similar platform.
  • AJAX Comments
    Lets you post comments quickly without leaving or refreshing the page.
  • Highlight Author Comments
    Automatically applies a distinctive style to comments by post’s author.
  • Live Comment Preview
    Lets your commentators see what they type as they type. A huge help for avoiding and correcting typos.
  • Show Top Commentators
    Encourages feedback and comments by rewarding your top commentators with a link to their blog.
  • Subscribe to Comments
    Essential for any blog to allow your readers to easily follow comments they are interested in. Readers can opt in to get notification of new comments in the blog post by email. You can add a small opt in button at the bottom of the comment form.
  • WP-Twtip-ID
    Learn how to Integrate Twitter into WordPress comments and discover your readers in Twitter.

Best WordPress Performance Plugins

  • W3 Total Cache
    This is by far the best performance WordPress plugin you can find. It enables page cache, database cache, minify, CDN WordPress integration, etc supercharging your WordPress site to serve more pages with less resources.
  • WP Super Cache
    For those who don’t need a robust solution like W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache offers a simpler interface with substantial performance boost. Try this on and see your WordPress pages speed up.
  • WP-Cache
    Speeds up your blog by caching posts and pages to serve them faster. A lot of options to fine tune to your needs. Check out this modified version as well that claims huge speed increase.

Best Post WordPress Plugins

  • In Series
    Making a series of posts is very easy now. Have some common posts, create a new series by connecting them together. Check out our Firefox Extensions Series for a sample.
  • Simple Tags
    Adds plenty of options to extending WordPress tag management
  • SRG Clean Archives – Displays archive listings in a clean uniform way in a collapsible menu style. Either look at current month or look at all posts in your archive.
  • What Would Seth Godin Do – This weirdly named plugin is simply awesome. It just detects new readers and displays a custom message. You can configure it and format it in HTML and choose to make it appear at the top or bottom of a post.
  • Yet Another Related Posts PluginI like this better than the other Related Posts plugin because this brings up posts based on tags or categories of WordPress 2.3. If you consistently tag posts like I do, you might see better results with this one.
  • WP Social Bookmark Menu (aka Sexy Bookmarks)
     Adds a CSS sprite based social bookmark buttons that pop out as you hover over them as seen here in this blog.

Best RSS Feeds Plugins

  • Ozh Better Feeds
    It gives you plenty of options to manage your feeds including adding footer notes and Related posts to every feed item. If you find your blog posts being scraped by someone else, add a permalink signature so you get due credit.
  • FeedBurner FeedSmith
    Detects all your possible feeds in your blog and redirects to your FeedBurner feed address. No need to update your WordPress template code with your FeedBurner address every time you change your theme.

Best SEO WordPress Plugins

  • All in One SEO Pack
    Fastest way to get your blog optimized for SEO. Offers plenty of excellent options. A must have from the get go.
  • Dean’s Permalink Migration
    If you are changing your site wide Permalink structure, use this plugin to make it transparent. It’s transparent even to Google and doesn’t hurt your PageRank.
  • Google XML Sitemaps
    Generates a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog. Supported by Ask.com, Yahoo, MSN Search & Google.
  • Homepage Excerpts
    If you display full posts in your Homepage, you could be getting bad karma from Google for having duplicate content in your home page as well as the single post pages. But, a lot of readers prefer not to click through an excerpt to read a full post. This plugin helps strike a balance by making a customizable number of posts as full and the rest of it as an excerpt in the home page without tweaking your template.

Best WordPress Stats Plugins

  • Google Analytics for WordPress
    This is the one I use. You can authenticate to Google and select your site right from the plugin settings page. Choose if you want this loaded in the header or footer. You are done. There are advanced settings too if you want to track downloads, etc.
  • Counterize
    A great stats plugin that saves IP, timestamp, visited URI, referring URI and browser information. It shows unique hits, page views for the month as well last 24 hours in a graph. A very nice utility for local stats addicts.
  • Mint Analytics
    If you use the Mint web analytics program, this plugin makes it easy to include the tracking code and birdfeeder code in your blog. Minty is a similar plugin for Mint.
  • Google Analyticator
    Another good Google Analytics WordPress plugin. Enable Google Analytics code from with in Admin panel by entering Google Analytics UID. No need to add the JavaScript to your theme code.
  • WordPress Stats
    Tracks views, pageviews, referrers and clicks with the WordPress.com stats. It shows what people clicked on as well as search terms. You need a WordPress.com API key (free) to activate this.

Best Styling WordPress Plugins

  • WP CSS Live Editor
    If you are crossing over from Drupal, you may already know about this utility. It lets you edit CSS live on your browser, view changes and save it to a file. Very useful for those who like to tweak live. You could also use Firebug but this is nicer.

More to come…

Best WordPress Ecommerce Plugins

Best WordPress Newsletter Plugins

Best WordPress Social Media Plugins

Best Premium WordPress Plugins

Best WordPress Video Plugins

Best WordPress CMS Plugins

Plugin Usage Tips

  • Make sure you backup your WordPress files, if a plugin requires you to modify a template file.
  • While upgrading a plugin, most times it is best to delete or atleast rename the current plugin folder/file and then upload the new plugin code.
  • Take the time atleast once a month to update your plugins to the newest versions.
  • Don’t let your WordPress blog get bloated and uninstall plugins that you don’t need or use anymore.

I have done my best to make sure the links are correct but it is the nature of the web that they do change at times. Please report any broken links through comments or by Contact Us form.

I would love to find new and better WordPress plugins. Also, I would love to hear if you’d like a listing of Top WordPress Themes like free wordpress themes, wordpress magazine theme or Adsense optimized WordPress Themes.

Feel free to sound off in the comments if you know or have found a plugin that does a better job than the one listed here.

Help make this list a great reference for all the WordPress bloggers out there. If you are a blogger with an iPad, check out the best iPad apps for blogging.

Check out the top 10 WordPress 2.9 features here.

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  • http://www.scratch99.com/ Stephen Cronin

    K, Damn, now I’m going to have to spend a couple of hours going through this list, then another couple of hours playing with plugins! :grin:

    Actually, I use a lot of them already, but there’s definitely a few which are new to me and which sound pretty good. Thanks for including IFrameWidgets by the way!

  • http://www.vinodlive.com Vinod

    Awesome Stuff. I got to see many new ones. Thank you very much.

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  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Stephen, thank you! I will soon add Dual Feeds as well as the FeedEntryHeader plugins as well after I try them. Glad to know you found some new ones.. :twisted:

    Vinod! Thanks buddy. Enjoy and I’ll keep updating this post as I come across good ones.

  • http://www.brownbaron.com/blog/ Brown Baron

    That’s a great list buddy. Some of those I haven’t tried. I’ll be checking some of those out (yay new downloads haha).

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    :grin: Thanks man. I’m sure we all love finding new ones and tinkering with them. As i am starting up new blogs, ifind myself going to ShanKri-la’s admin panel to see what I was using. Now, I can check this list. :wink:

  • http://techie-buzz.com Keith Dsouza

    That’s quite a list buddy. I like the way you have categorized the plugins makes it easier to find what you are looking for.

    BTW thanks for mentioning two of my plugins :grin:

  • http://www.shankrila.com K-IntheHouse

    Keith, thanks for the comments buddy! Your plugins are a must have for any blog! I am looking forward to more life-changing ones from you.. :-)

    The list is rather long and I am going to periodically weed out stuff as I find new ones. Atleast once a month should keep it fresh.

    I am also looking at using mootools ‘Accordion effect’ to make it easy to browse to different sections without having to scroll.

  • http://www.blarguments.com Ed

    Omg, I’m in heaven. So many hours spend searching through wp plugins, and here you’ve done it all for us. I think I was under the impression that too many plugins would make my site run slow, but yours is very fast–thanks for the info. You rock my plugin-o-sphere.

  • http://www.whoismadhur.com Madhur Kapoor

    Great list buddy . I have tried most of them but some are new for me too.

  • http://ocaoimh.ie/ Donncha O Caoimh

    Thanks for the link to my friends ads plugin! If you liked WP-Cache, then you’ll love WP Super Cache which takes the caching even further!

  • http://www.artonesia.org Abdul Ibad

    thanks for mentioning my plugin “tabstat”.
    but my reader like my “WUPE”.

  • http://www.nirmaltv.com Nirmal

    Great list, wordpress bloggers can use this as a reference for installing plugins. Stumbled.

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Ed, thats awesome! I have already achieved what I set out to do with this list! :smile: I don’t run all 65+ in my blog but most of them. I have tried the ones I don’t use right now and I try to recommend plugins that I have experience with. Very glad that you enjoyed ths compilation.

    Donncha, you are welcome. I have installed WP-Super Cache and ready to try it. It might replace WP-Cache in this list if my experience is positive with it. Thanks for the mention. :grin:

    @Nirmal.. thanks buddy! Thanks for the kind words and the Stumble love! :grin:

  • http://www.kylescove.com Kyle Eslick

    Great list! Also stumbled!

    I’ve found plugins to be much like Firefox extensions. I have to evaluate each one and decide if I really need it or not. I don’t want to sacrifice to much performance. :mrgreen:

  • http://jasonaclark.com Jason A Clark

    I seriously thought I’d seen every plugin known to man. I was surprised to see a few on this list that I’d never heard of but wished I had. Great list.

  • http://www.meandmydrum.com Mark

    Hey buddy, if you want to keep my attention, you’re going to have to write posts with a little more meat on them, know what I’m sayin’? LOL :lol:

    Stumbled!

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  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    @Kyle.. that’s very true! I try to highlight that point in every Firefox Extension post I do and the same goes for WordPress plugins. One can really go overboard with these tempting plugins! Appreciate the stumble. :grin:

    @Jason.. that’s awesome you found some new plugins! Thanks for stopping by to comment. :-)

    @Mark.. point taken buddy! I will strive to better than this! Thanks for the stumble. :razz:

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  • http://richmudkip.com Tremium

    That’s a great list mate :)
    Thank you!

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Tremium, you are very welcome! Thanks for taking the time to comment and welcome to ShanKri-la! :grin:

  • http://wpthemez.com skarldad

    Great list. You could easily have made this into ten posts.

  • http://www.articlesnatch.com/blog/ Matt Ellsworth

    Great list! thats a lot of wordpress plguins.

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    skarldad, that’s very true! I just wanted it all in one spot for easy reference for anyone looking for plugins. That’s something John Chow would do. :twisted:

    Matt, you are very welcome! I don’t recommend installing them all.. obviously! :wink: Hope you found a few useful plugins.

  • http://blog-op.com/ Chris Lodge

    Comprehensive doesn’t begin to cover it!

    I’ve seen most of them, but there’s another few gems in there I must try….

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Chris.. with your new theme I’m sure you’d find one or four plugins to use! :grin:

    Since I made the list I already have half a dozen plugins I want to add to the list and remove some old ones! *hint* bookmark everyone! :evil:

  • http://feeds.feedburner.com/NiggybuzzBlog IngaOz

    Excellent list of plugins! I now use FireStats plugin, love it really! Tried to add Live Comment Preview, but somehow I can’t get it work for me… Maybe it’s something with the theme, will try a bit later again, maybe those was just some internet gnomes. *LOL*

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Hi IngaOz, thank you! I think Firestats is worth just for the country, os & browser info it shows by commentators. Live Comment Preview has just ‘worked’ for me. But, I have been wanting to change the placement to above the comment form than below it. Hope you get it to work for you! :smile:

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    Humm, I like the blog but you can also have a chance to monetize it and get some wordpress blog automatic content that will earn you some extra bucks a month while you sleep. Just A Tip !

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    and all your subscribers ! :wink:

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    hanks for the GREAT post! Very useful

  • http://www.galaxyarticles.com Marylin Dean

    Well I must say, I enjoyed reading your material.

  • http://www.citylinkpcs.com.au/ Sam Wilkinson

    Hey great site, keep up the good work, sam :)

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Marilyn, that’s awesome and thanks for taking the time to leave a comment! :razz:

    Sam, thanks for the encouraging words! Hope to you see you around. :grin:

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Mike, thanks for your wishes! Sorry somehow missed your comment there! :smile:

  • http://www.manele.fm Manele

    :oops: :oops: :oops: I love All in One SEO Pack and Ajax Comments!

  • http://www.replyquestion.com Emil

    How many visitors a day on your website is good enough to make decent money on good adsense?

    Emil’s last blog post..What’s the importance of grammar today?

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Manele, sorry I missed replying to your comment! I love them both as well. :-)

    Emil, that’s a million dollar question and I am not sure if I am qualified enough to answer that. But, I can point to a more qualified source Blogger Unleashed’s article on Adsense and that’s who I turn to for advice on topics such as this.

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  • http://technodorm.com Fahad

    Nice list of plugins buddy. Stumbled! :smile:

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  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Thanks for the stumble and all the nice comments, Fahad! :wink:

    K’s last blog post..Open Remember the Milk in Your Browser Sidebar

  • http://www.johnsidneymccain.com/comic/comic1.html Ron

    Hey add me to your friends list on stumbleupon and I’ll do the same. The more friends we both have the more potancy our stumbles have http://threeseriesftw.stumbleupon.com/

  • http://www.lowongankerja.name Lowongan Kerja

    many plugins never heard before. i think i will use some of them.
    thanks for sharing your plugin list.

    Lowongan Kerja’s last blog post..Career Opportunity in world class oil and gas company

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Hi Lowongon, thanks for stopping by and welcome to ShanKri-la! Glad you found the list useful and you have reminded me to update the list with some of my new finds! :-)

    K’s last blog post..Friday Fun: Star Wars by a 3 Year Old

  • http://www.hits-station.org manele noi

    Great list! 10q

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  • http://www.home-family4u.com Suzanne Langley

    I have visited this site on many an occasion now but this post is the 1st one that I have ever commented on.

    Congratulations on such a fine article and site I have found it very helpful and informative – I only wish that there were more out there like this one.

    I never leave empty handed, sometimes I may even be a little disappointed that I may not agree with a post or reply that has been made. But hey! that is life and if every one agreed on the same thing what a boring old world we would live in.

    Keep up the good work and cheers.

  • http://www.stylusouls.com immy

    Shankrila great post you almost covered all the good plugins available.
    i missed this post while finding plugins for my blog thats bad, this must be useful for many :idea:

  • http://www.colorfulmars.com Franca Richard

    Really useful thanks for sharing, :)

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  • http://www.easyadsworld.com frank

    Thank you!!!!!!!!

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  • http://www.mywebtronics.com Jason

    Very Nice! That is the best list I have every seen. I am going to have to do some serious digging and check out some of those plug ins. Thanks for all the hard work.

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  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Jason, you’ve made my day and given me the motivation to update this list even cooler plugins I have found and started using. readers like you make this blog better every day. For that, thank you! :-)

  • http://www.eglencek.com bedava oyunlar

    good plug-in

  • http://www.igot-it-services.com/ The_man

    I mean with all these over there, WordPress has never been so so good. Thanks for the list.

  • http://www.blogmethemoney.com BlogMeTheMoney@Make Money Online

    Wow, thats quite the list of plugins. Thanks for taking the time and sharing them! Some I didnt know about on there.

    is Commentluv and KeyWordLuv making the revised list?? :)

    BlogMeTheMoneys last blog post..Adsense Alternatives: Part 4 of 4

  • http://www.myburc.com günlük burçlar

    thanks..

  • http://www.lautre-monde.fr/livraison-a-domicile/poster-xxl/ Olivier@PosterXXL

    Damn, that’s a huge list… I would add the redirection plugin to that list… It enables tracking of 404 errors and inline adding of right 301/302 redirections…

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Olivier, thanks for the comment. I will look into that plugin as it sounds very interesting.

  • http://adtips.cn willy

    thank you for your guide. i have downloaded lots of plugin for my 3 blogs.

    willys last blog post..How to charger a nickel-based battery ?

  • http://bursa-lowongan.com Lowongan

    many plugins never heard before. i think i will use some of them.
    thanks for sharing your plugin list.

  • http://seozombie.com Justin Briggs@SEO

    Wow, nice list. =P

    There are a ton of plugins on this list I haven’t tried before.

    Justin Briggss last blog post..Creative Social Marketing with MyBlogLog

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Justin, glad you like it. I will be updating this shortly with multitude of new plugins that are out now.

  • http://www.effortlesshr.com/blog/ Aaron@HR Software

    Great list of plugins. You should add Platinum SEO to the list.. It is created based on All in One SEO but it has a lot more to it. I just learned about Democracy so I will have to try that out this week. Looks nice and you know how I love AJAX!

    Aarons last blog post..Going “Green” – Small Business Can Do Its Part

  • http://new-orleans-food.com/ Louise@Crab Meat Recipes

    That is a huge list! And I thought I was using a lot of plugins!

    Since I switched to the Semiologic Pro Theme, I’ve been mostly using the included plugins (about 70) but have been slowly adding back any that I really missed.

    WP2.5 looks like it will take care of some of the issues for which we needed plugins before.

    Louises last blog post..Maryland Crab Cakes Recipe

  • http://www.watchuonline.com WatchUOnline@Free Video & Movie Download

    already used some of them. mmm, I’ll try to spend more time researching on your list. thanks :)

    WatchUOnlines last blog post..brian stokes mitchell

  • http://www.globalracingschools.com Racing Schools

    Thanks for the plugins. They are really useful for beginners.

  • http://blogginggonewild.com JB@Make Money Online

    Wonderful list of plugins. I really like how you have the series links at the end of your post. Is that done with the series plugin you mention in the post?

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    JB, thanks! That’s the plugin.. there is another one named Organize Series that you might be interested in trying out too.

  • http://new-wordpress-themes.net Susan@New Wordpress Themes

    Wow, what a long but GREAT list of recommend plugins. I love AskApache Firefox Adsense…never heard of it till now. :)

    Susans last blog post..1 Theme

  • http://www.effortlesshr.com Aaron@HR Software

    I’ve been using WP-SuperCache for the past month (WP-Cache is outdated) and it works wonderfully. Thank you for your list of plugins and for the awesome work you do! I know it took a LOT of time to compile the list and I admire the work you put into it.

  • http://thewebrunner.com Jaki@cheap retro furniture site

    Nice list, I read through your picks and found some plugins I’ve never heard of but sound pretty neat. Now if I only had the time to play with customizing my wordpress sites.

  • http://www.monexfraud.com Jason@MonexFraud

    Wow, that is some list of plugins you’re using! Thanks for the info and not keeping it a secret.

  • http://www.redmagz.info radman

    Is it hard to using wordpress on a stand only server ? I only ever try from wordpress domain directly.

  • http://www.anchorpointdesignsd.com Don

    Is there a big difference between word press and drupal? We are getting to the point of starting development with one or the other but we are trying to do some research first… Any thoughts?

  • http://www.shankrila.com K-IntheHouse

    Don, welcome to ShanKri-la and thanks for asking such a great question. I love both Drupal and WordPress. Drupal, as you may already know is built from the ground up as a Content Management System (CMS). It is great in a lot of respects and the availability of Drupal modules make it suitable for a variety of websites.

    WordPress, primarily known for its excellent blog features, is also being used a lot for CMS sites.

    So, to make a decision on what to use, you really need to list your requirements and see what either one has to offer for the functionality you need. One may be best suited for your case than the other!

    Hope I didn’t confuse you further. :wink:

    K-IntheHouses last blog post..DriverSide – Car Owner’s Best Friend

  • Dafe Kebb

    Don — Drupal, WordPress (Lets include Joomla too)

    * WordPress is for a full-on high traffic global blog or a college magazine
    * Joomla is for an arty magazine, a car dealer or a college portal
    * Drupal is the atom bomb that landed on the web where you can build your own flickr, delicious, youtube, myspace, new york times. Think big, drive carefully and splash out a couple of hundred on a drupal theme.

    *None* require heavy PHP coding.
    * All * require regular linux and mysql installation (at the host), plenty of configuration (modules,settings) and maintenance (updates, upgrades)

    No effort alternatives are weebly, wetpaint, soup.io, tumblr and blogger……..

    DKebb

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Dafe, thanks for that excellent and eloquent reply. That just should have made it really clear for Don! :-)

  • http://www.anchorpointdesignsd.com/ Don

    DKebb – Thanks for the comments and breakdown of each, this really opens the doors a little more, do you prefer one over the other, let me know, thanks again!

  • http://www.anchorpointdesignsd.com/ Don

    K-IntheHouses thank you for your comments as well, I guess I guess I do need to make sure I have a list of requirements and compare them to the attribute of both WP and Drupal, your insight helps a ton! Thank you!

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Don, you are very welcome. DKebb did a great job explaining the differences and most importantly how they are in fact powerful and simple to use. :-)

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  • http://www.seoblogpro.com/ Dinesh@SEO

    Great list, I especially like the fact that you categorized them. A definite bookmark.

    Dineshs last blog post..SEO (Services) Basics – Good Keyword Research

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    Dinesh, glad you liked it. Please do check back later as I am about to completely revise this list with even more new plugins that have come out and are sitting with me. :-)

  • http://www.techiesouls.com MOin

    a really long list you must’ve spend some time with this, some of them still works and really very usefull.

  • http://www.shankrila.com K

    MOin, thanks a lot buddy!

  • http://webspy.jp/2008/08/26/article_44.html webspy.jp

    Thanks for great resources.

  • http://www.bikesfactory.com/carb-products.html 250CC scooter

    I really like how you have the series links at the end of your post. Did you do that with the series plugins you mentioned in the post? This is a wonderful list. Thanks for sharing them with us all

  • http://arabaoyunlari1.bloggum.com Oyunlar

    great stuff thank you…

  • http://newyorkporcelainveneersguide.com mike @ New Yorkme Porcelain Veneers

    This is a super solid list of plug ins. Now I don’t have to run all over the net to find what I need as build my blog. Greatly appreciated. Thanks!

    Mike

    mikes last blog post..New York Porcelain Veneer Experts are Here For You!

  • http://www.baircoupons.info/sitemap/ Maxi

    Its a nice post about online shopping because Online shopping is fast becoming the most preferred mode of shopping whereby shoppers can reap the advantages of Internet shopping from the luxury of their homes.

  • http://www.xtreme10.net x10

    I use Ad-manager for ads on my site. All in One SEO is a great plugin. I should try other plugins which I think important lik Iframe, Contact form III etc

    x10s last blog post..10 facts of the Moon

  • http://blog.ashfame.com/ Ashfame

    Now thats a good list. I hope you keep it updated especially after the release of WP 2.7

    Ashfames last blog post..WordOff strips unwanted stuff from what you pastes in WYSIWYG editors from Word

  • http://www.traditionalirishgifts.com/guinness-merchandise-2/ Dave@guinness clothing

    a really long list you must’ve spend some time with this, some of them still works and really very usefull.

  • http://seozombie.com Justin

    Nice list of plugins. I use most of the SEO ones. I might give Site Unavailable a try. I use a plugin called maintance mode or something and it’s wornderful. Wonder if this other one is any better. It’s a really nice way to throw up a screw when I’m making big changes. I use on my niche sites as well. I can keep up some ads for the traffic that lands on the page while the site is down.

    Justins last blog post..Affiliate Networks for Making Money

  • http://vitapalcoupons.info Jenny

    It a nice site collecting all info about Coupon.
    I use to buy some of these coupon and i need this information.
    Thanks for your time to post this article.

  • http://www.itsjustlunchblog.com Brian@Its Just Lunch Dating Tips

    Wow, so many plug-ins. I’m interested in the SEO plug-in and what it does for you. Have you had any luck with gaining more traffic or rankings?

    I’m reading over the features and will give it a try myself.

  • http://www.i-bukmacher.pl Zakłady bukmacherskie

    wow, your blog rocks, all useful plugins in one place

    Zakłady bukmacherskies last blog post..Betfair – zakłady pomiędzy graczami

  • http://kerja-sambilan-internet.page.tl/Home-Kerja-Sambilan.htm Kerja Sambilan

    Nice blog..
    great content..
    Thanks for the a lot of plugin..
    Have a good day..

    Cheers,
    Kerja Sambilan

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  • http://www.ezbusinessneeds.com Website Promotion

    There is a huge great list of plugins. Thanks.

  • http://stopnailbiting.net/ Nail Biting

    Thanks! Dean’s Permalink Migration is what I was looking for!

    I love antisocial, but from my findings I see that not many people use these links toa ctually bookmark a post. Do you know of data about this? Thanks again

  • http://www.malaysiaventure.co.uk Sarah

    Thank you for sharing this information.
    I’m planning to change my blog platform to WP, but it’s really a bit trickier. I guess with all the features and plug-ins of WP, it’s worth the shift.

    Cheers and more power to your blog!

    Sarahs last blog post..Abu Dhabi: investment show

  • http://www.latterbooking.dk/index.html Peter@Latter

    I love finding new wordpress plugins. I am not that technical, so it is always great when someone has created a plugin for what you want to do.

  • http://www.dp-db.com/atomic-blogging Phang@Atomic Blogging

    Thanks! This is a huge list. I thought that I have all the plugins that I need (or want), but you mention a couple I’ll just have to check out.

  • http://umpcinfo.com/gladioolers/ busby enggar tester

    yeah, these are plugins that i needed, although not all.
    i don’t need to search on google again to find the plugins.
    thanks.

    busby enggar testers last blog post..Busby’s Country VS SEO Tester’s Country (Australia VS Indonesia)

  • http://toprapvideos.comli.com Kryptik

    Holy Cow that’s a pretty good list, even if it’s old, many of those plugins have just gotten better over time. I’m actually setting up a few on my blog. Thanks for the great list.

    Kryptiks last blog post..Three 6 Mafia Akon ft. Jim Jones – That’s Right [EXPLICIT]

  • http://voip-top.com John Scofiled

    Any body heard anything about komentaramma plugin? And second question, may be you can give advice for free wordpress hosting where i can install adsense plugin?

    John Scofileds last blog post..Vonage has’t customer service

  • http://www.seethrureviews.com/Rocket-Spanish-Download-Reviews.html Peter@Rocket Spanish

    Thanks for an excellent list… I’ve never seen one so thorough. I especially like the one that doesn’t let your friend see the ads. I don’t know about you guys but if I invite a friend to see my page I don’t want to seem like I’m promoting something.

  • http://wowwotlkguide.com Jay@WoW Gold Guide

    Thanks for the list.

    For the SEO section, have you tried HeadSpace2? Looks like a nice plugin, but I’m already using all-in-one. Anyone know if one works better than the other?

    Jays last blog post..WoW Gold Guide: Gold Farming in World of Warcraft

  • http://www.free-woodworking-projects.com John

    Very good post – not only because I enjoyed it but also because it gave me food for thought. Your post just sparked an idea for a woodworking project I’ve been contemplating. Thank you so much.

    Stumbled it!

  • http://midiwelt.org/mp3-to-midi/ Andreas @ Mp3 to Midi

    Thumbs up! This list such awesome that I had to bookmark it. Since yesterday I am testing each one in a row. Until now I found 9 Plugins I’ll use. Thanks.

  • http://www.jobstanding.com Easy Job Info

    Too much plugin will slowering your site.
    Anyway, thanks for the info. :)

  • http://www.internetmoneymaster.com/ Ways to make extra money

    I find Who Sees Ads & Shylock to be an amazingly powerful combination. Used together they probably boosted my adsense revenue 30%!

    Ways to make extra moneys last blog post..How To Make Extra Money

  • http://www.DebtFreeAdventure.com DebtFREEk

    Wow dude…that’s a lot of plugins! Holy Moly!

    DebtFREEk!

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  • http://www.qualtrics.com/survey-software.html Online Survey Software

    Whoa, I had no idea there were so many plugins for wordpress. I guess I have my HW cut out for me tonight in seeing which ones will better my blogs :)
    -Jack

  • http://www.untwistedvortex.com/2008/06/27/adjust-wordpress-autosave-or-disable-it-completely/ Adjust WordPress Autosave or Disable It Completely

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  • John

    The most useful plugin for me is the IBL Builder linkbuilding plugin. I have gained over a dozen decent one way backlinks to my site in a week. It’s in their homepage at http://www.iblbuilder.com

  • http://nindrianto.blogspot.com/2009/06/mp3-music-player-creative-muvo-t200-2gb.html alnect komputer

    hi, nice info. i just wanna ask you what do you thing about platinum seo pack..and what the differences with all seo pack plugin? thanks for the respond.
    .-= alnect komputer´s last blog ..Download Game STREET FIGHTER 4 : Mau? Cepetan..! =-.

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  • http://blog.knowledge-reactor.com Gordon Cindric

    This is a nice list. I guess every blog has to do a Top WP-Plug-in list sooner or later, hehe. Didn’t know about a few and I will check them out. Thanks for the tips!
    .-= Gordon Cindric´s last blog ..How to Spice Up Your Product Presentation =-.

  • http://microbizmadesimple.com Ed Martin

    Thanks for keeping the list up to date. It is great.
    .-= Ed Martin´s last blog ..How to Safely Manage Your Money – 8 Things You Can Do Now =-.

  • http://www.reviewipage.com ipage reviews

    just one word to describe this post, stunning!
    should be best plugin-one-stop-center.
    thanks for the list, thumbs up.

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  • http://www.codelobster.com Stas

    I suggest to use free PHP IDE Codelobster PHP Edition with special WordPress plug-in.

  • http://www.corebloggers.com/blog/category/wordpress-plugins Nimit Kashyap

    The list is superb and i agree with them, I like the post. Thanks for sharing you blog.

  • http://www.whatwillyououtsourcetoday.com Phil

    awesome list! 404 error log is my favourite

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  • http://saidref.posterous.com Said

    Thank you my friend :) I will come back to read more from you!

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  • Srijn

    Hi, your article is very helpful for Word Press users. Thanks to U for shared your thoughts. We and our friends also work in Word Press.

  • http://www.shankrila.com Karthik

    Thank you for your comment. Glad you found it useful. :-)

  • http://www.mmncs.com mmncs

    Great plugins!

    Check out our collection of some of the best WordPress plugins of 2011Top 20 best WordPress plugins to use in 2011

    Also a great post on how to easily use WordPress for your Facebook fanpage Create a Facebook fanpage with WordPress

  • http://www.seoreseller.com/ Resell SEO

    Consider this old post bookmarked. Your list of great WP plugins greatly helped me in managing my WP account.

  • Wikpar

    WordPress offers many convenience and freedom for bloggers to modify and install the plugins for other plugins that can be found at SoftWarp all plugins is free

  • http://1dunia.net 1dunia.net

    Good article and very informative! I have a couple of links re W3 Total Cache I’d like to share also:
    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-in-w3-total-cache
    http://wordpress.org/support/topic/malware-code-malicious-on-wordpress

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