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21 WordPress Plugins I Can’t Live Without

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I love WordPress.  I love it because I can use it relatively easy.  But what I love about it the most are all the fantastic plugins which are available.

I’m often asked which plugins I use so today I thought I would reveal them here with you.  I use each and every one of these plugins and love them dearly.  Without them my blog wouldn’t run as smoothly and I wouldn’t get the great results I do get.

So without further ado here are my favourite WordPress plugins:

  1. CommentLuv Premium  One of my favourite plugins.  (Check out a full review here).  A great way to give back to people who take the time to comment on your blog.  Comment Luv Premium allows the commenter to link their name, website, Twitter ID and choose which of their latest posts to link back to on the bottom of their comment.
  2. Pop Up Domination  I wrote a review on Pop Up domination here.  Love or hate pop up’s they work and this is a good starting point if you’re looking to build and grow your list.
  3. Scribe SEO  Another one of my favourite plugins that’s really helping me writing my blog and improving my SEO.  You simply write your post and then hit analyze.  Scribe SEO then does it’s magic and comes up with a score out of 100%.  If you don’t get 100% it advises you on how you can improve your blog post to improve your score.  I take great delight when my posts get 100%
  4. WP Subscribers I love WP Subscribers, it’s such a powerful plugin for building a list.  There are so many features including automatically filling out forms with the person’s name and email address, tick box for people to subscribe when they comment on your blog. WP Subscribers is a pop up haven, there are so many different types of pop up’s you can have.  If you’re serious about list building this is a great plugin.
  5. Gravity Forms  Fantastic plugin where you can create web forms and manage their entries.  I use this for my Fan Post Friday form here.
  6. upPrev Previous Post Animated Notification  So many of you have asked what the plugin is that flies out at the bottom of my blog well this is the one!  This is a fabulous plugin that will display a flyout box with a link to the previous post from the same category’s.
  7. Link Within   Very useful plugin that you can see underneath this post.  It displays recommended stories and associated thumbnails from your blog.  Helpful plugin that keeps your visitors on your site for longer.
  8. Ranged Popular Posts Widget  This is a plugin I recently had installed.  It displays my most popular posts based on the amount of comments left.  You can choose which settings you want, mine is on most recent rather than all-time popular posts.  You can see the widget on the right hand side of my blog.
  9. Thank Me Later  Great plugin that sends a thank you email to those who comment on your blog.  (Another plugin that many of you asked about)
  10. Subscribe to comments  Allows readers to receive notifications of new comments that they’ve commented on or are watching.
  11. Genesis Slider  I love my slider plugin.  Genesis Slider allows you to display your features image along with the title and excerpt from each post.
  12. WordPress Editorial Calendar Really useful plugin that allows you to manage and schedule your posts.  I find this useful if I upload several blog posts for the week ahead.
  13. Tweet Old Post  Tweets old posts automatically to your Twitter stream, helps you get traffic to your older posts.
  14. Really Simple Facebook Twitter Share Buttons  There are so many different sharing button plugin’s you can use.  This one isn’t particularly fancy and I would have preferred one that moved up and down with my blog or was at the side but it wasn’t compatible with my site and kept causing problems.  This plugin works well though and if you have a blog you need to have social media sharing buttons on it.
  15. Google Cards  Adds a Google + widget for linking to your Google + profile, shows your number of people in your circles and makes it easy for people to add you to their circles by clicking the button.  This widget is displayed on the right hand side of my blog.
  16. WP GreetBox  Displays a different greeting message to your visitors depending on which site they are coming from.
  17. Fast Secure Contact Form  Useful plugins so your readers can send you email messages, works well with Akismet too.
  18. Secure WordPress Beefs up the security of your blog by removing error information on login pages, adds index.html to plugin directories, and hides the WordPress version plus many more features.
  19. Akismet  One of the most popular anti-spam plugins that checks your comments for spam.  A must if have you have a do-follow blog.
  20. W3 Total Cache  Improves the speed and user experience of your site.
  21. WP Complete Back Up  A plugin that backs up your blog.  It’s last on the list but really should be first – it’s just not very exciting so that’s why it’s at the end of my list!  But if you have a blog make sure you’re backing up…

So there you have it.  My favourite plugins that I couldn’t live without!

What WordPress plugins do you use?  Please do leave a comment and share your favourites and if you’ve found this blog useful I’d love it if you could share it too.

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210 Responses to 21 WordPress Plugins I Can’t Live Without

  1. Colman Carpenter says:
    January 18, 2012 at 10:38 am

    I’d offer BackupBuddy as an alternative backup solution. Very comprehensive, it even automates the storage of backup externally. I use it with Amazon S3 to store multiple backups without hogging all my hosting space.
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  2. David golf club marketing says:
    January 18, 2012 at 11:29 am

    Why no mobile plugin? The WP-Touch plugin, this instantly converts your blog into a suitable format for mobile browsers.
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  3. Claire says:
    January 18, 2012 at 1:18 pm

    Wow! What a comprehensive and useful list! Thanks Lilach! I know you’re a great proponent of pop-ups (you have already persuaded me of their benefits and now there’s even more reason to embrace them!) – Several of these plugins are new to me, and a few have engendered ‘aha’ moments; now I realise that the clever strategies you and other gurus employ are simple plugins!! I will shortly be utilising a lot of these on my own and clients’ websites. =)
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  4. Marcus T Cox says:
    January 18, 2012 at 2:16 pm

    Hey Lilach,
    This is my first time to your site and I must say you have some really great tips. Also some very useful information. I think I need to look into that “tweet old post” plug-in, it sounds like a great way to put so life back into to older stuff. Thank you for your time and insight. TTYL
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  5. Vinden Grace says:
    January 18, 2012 at 3:14 pm

    Hi Lilach,

    That’s a very comprehensive and very useful list – thank you so much for sharing :-)

    I also use Backup Buddy. Find it very user-friendly. Haven’t had to restore anything yet so can’t vouch for its reliability but the iThemes guys are very responsive & supportive, so I have no doubts myself.

    For SEO, I use SEOPressor (also ranks your post out of 100%).

    Love the sharing folks!
    Best wishes,
    Vinden Grace
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  6. Mandy Swift says:
    January 18, 2012 at 3:25 pm

    Hi Lilach, ha ha, now we get to know how you get that little cool ‘last post’ slider!
    … Just out of interest, why do you prefer Scribe SEO over SEO Pressor, I thought that was the industry ‘standard’.
    Thanks for the list,
    Mandy
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    • Lilach says:
      January 18, 2012 at 3:34 pm

      Thanks Mandy:) Yes I thought I had kept you waiting long enough lol

      To be honest I haven’t used SEO Pressor so can’t really say, but I love Scribe SEO and wouldn’t be without it now:)
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    • Sarah says:
      January 18, 2012 at 4:08 pm

      SEO Pressor underlines, bolds and italicizes your keywords, in post. I think the emphasis is not on what I write but on the keywords. To me that means the keywords take precedence over the reading experience, and I might not want a certain word made bold mid sentence, seemingly for no reason.

      Not using it I think makes for a better reading experience as a reader, countless times I have tried clicking an underlined phrase and then thought “doh!”.
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  7. Heather Calhoun says:
    January 18, 2012 at 3:29 pm

    Thank you for this list. There are so many plugins to choose from it really can be hard to know which ones you need or in my case….Have I missed any? I’m off to go compare our plugins :) BTW, this is my first time to your blog and I’ve really enjoyed your posts! I’ll be back, lol

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  8. Nica, The Virtual Assistant says:
    January 18, 2012 at 3:58 pm

    Using 3 out of your must-have plugins. But I do have a counterpart for the others. I will try to install Link Within by next month and then buy Pop Up Domination.
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    • Lilach says:
      January 18, 2012 at 4:06 pm

      Thanks Nica:) Which ones are you currently using? Link Within is a great plugin and you’re be surprised by how much traffic this little plugin creates. I love Pop Up Domination – enjoy:)
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      • Nica, Virtual Assistant says:
        January 18, 2012 at 8:44 pm

        I’m using Tweet Old Posts, Comment Luv (free version), and Akistment. Others I can’t live without are All in One SEO, Contact Form 7, WP backup to Dropbox, and Only Wire. Tiny MCE Advance and What Would Seth Godin do.
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        • Lilach says:
          January 19, 2012 at 9:20 am

          Thanks Nica:) All in one SEO is a popular plugin too. Hadn’t heard of What Would Seth Godin do and wasn’t sure it was a plugin lol but it is so thanks for the share:)
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        • Terry Chadban says:
          August 10, 2012 at 8:28 am

          Hey Lilach and Nica,
          Yes, I use What Would Seth Godin Do too and recommend it — gives a more personal feel to new readers. I use WordPress SEO by Yoast instead of All In One SEO, but nothing wrong with All In One. Also a fan of Comment Luv (keep threatening to upgrade but haven’t gotten around to it yet).

          Another plugin I wouldn’t be without now is Bulletproof Security — lives up to its name. I use it in conjunction with Login Lock to harden up WP’s security.
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  9. Chris Mobbs says:
    January 18, 2012 at 4:07 pm

    Lilach,

    There are so many plugins that it is useful to get an expert’s take on the really useful ones. Many thanks.

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  10. Terry Petrovick says:
    January 18, 2012 at 5:08 pm

    Wow!

    Lilach I have to tell you I love your blog and hate your blog. I love the AWESOME content and hate all the new ideas you give me to make more get more traffic. Well, I don’t really hate that…I guess I love, love your blog.

    Thanks for the leadership and great contribution to the community.

    I’ve got more work to do….thanks!
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  11. Radu says:
    January 18, 2012 at 5:20 pm

    Hello Lilach, I’m using most of the plugins you’ve mentioned but i want to say that it will slow down your browser’s speed. That’s why i’m using two browsers and the things are looking better.
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    • Lilach says:
      January 18, 2012 at 6:34 pm

      Thanks Radu, yes that’s one valid point to use, the more plugins you use it can affect the speed of your site. There are plugins you can use which help speed things up like W3 Total Cache which is what I use:)
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  12. marquita herald says:
    January 18, 2012 at 5:42 pm

    Great list Lilach. I use many if not most of the plugins you listed. I will definitely take a look at Google Cards because I’m just setting a new Google+ brand page so that may come in handy. So funny about those darn pop up forms – yes, for the record I hate them. I do have one, though I changed the settings to they wouldn’t pop up in a reader’s face every time, or on every page. Still, what my stats say is that nearly 30% of my new subscribers come from, ta da … clicking on the simple little link at the bottom of each post.
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    • Lilach says:
      January 18, 2012 at 6:37 pm

      Thanks Marquita:) Yes the Google Cards is a great way to grow your network on Google +.

      It’s funny isn’t it, so many people don’t like pop up’s and yet they work. I’m not a huge fan of them but if I’m not interested in signing up I’ll simply push the x button. I would experiment with your settings and see which one gives you the best conversion…
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  13. Jason Yormark says:
    January 18, 2012 at 5:55 pm

    Fantastic list Lilach. A few here I haven’t checked out yet that I will definitely be considering. Thanks for the great post!
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  14. Nigel Lewis-Davidson says:
    January 18, 2012 at 6:38 pm

    Just a quick thank you to a fairly newbie looking for good direction, found it here ;-)

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  15. Lynn Brown says:
    January 18, 2012 at 9:21 pm

    I love WordPress too Lilach! Your list of plug-ins are very helpful and I enjoy many of the ones listed here. I have to say though, the jury is still out on the ‘pop ups’…. I wrote a blog post not too long ago and really got some varying comments and objections. For instance, your pop up comes up every time I navigate to another page of your site. Does the PopUp Domination allow you to just have the pop up come up one time when people visit your site?

    Really appreciate you sharing your list of plug-ins, it is a great resource to refer back to.
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    • Lilach says:
      January 19, 2012 at 9:27 am

      Thanks Lynn, pleased it was helpful:)

      Re pop up’s – I’m currently using WP Subscribers as my pop up although used Pop Up Domination for a long time and loved it. I moved onto WP Subscribers as it has some other great features as well as the pop up.

      The problem with pop up’s is that as annoying as they are they work. I completely understand why people don’t like them, they can be annoying however if you’re providing a great gift and also have good content on your site then if the person doesn’t want to sign up they simply click the x button. I don’t personally see what all the fuss is about, the majority of the websites I visit each day have pop up’s and if if I’m not interested in signing up I simply click the x button and continue reading.

      I would urge anyone who is against pop up’s to try them and out test the results before they judge. There is a reason why so many of us bloggers use them, it’s not to annoy people it’s simply to build a list. I spend a lot of time researching and creating content that I’ve been told adds value and a girl has to make a living somehow! So I work hard on building my list.

      I don’t use paid marketing methods, all my traffic comes from free sources and I’m currently getting around 50-70 optins a day (sometimes more). If I turn off the pop up (which I have done to test how it’s working etc) the numbers can be as low as 10 a day… hence I have a pop up!
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  16. Lynda Cromar says:
    January 19, 2012 at 12:31 am

    Many of those are my favorites as well, I have found it is very important to have favorites. I learned about a new one not on your list when I got hacked a while ago, it was called Bullet Proof Security. It prevents hacking.
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  17. Nathalie Villeneuve says:
    January 19, 2012 at 12:40 am

    Oh! This is such a great post! This list is going to be so helpful to me as I just had my blog re-done and I was wondering which plugins were going to be the best addition for it. It’s great to have a list which someone explains what the plugins are.
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  18. Elliott Teters says:
    January 19, 2012 at 2:11 am

    Thanks Lilach for sharing your comments and experiences with these plug-ins. I appreciate the information.
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  19. Val Heisey says:
    January 19, 2012 at 2:20 am

    Thanks for a great post Lilach. Your guidance in blogging is superb! I was just thinking the other day about plugins. I will keep this post bookmarked for future reference as I decide which ones to put on my site.
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  20. Herbert says:
    January 19, 2012 at 2:58 am

    Awesome set of plugins Lilach. I am planning to have Tweet Old Post installed at my blog too. Thanks for sharing.
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  21. Amit says:
    January 19, 2012 at 8:27 am

    What a great post lots of useful plugins. Thanks so much for sharing this awesome post and info. with us. Keep Rocking the social world. Have a great day. Keep Smiling ((Hugs))
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  22. Paula Kemp says:
    January 19, 2012 at 9:04 am

    Hi Lilach, Thank you for this comprehensive list. I am new to blogging and WordPress so this is a great list for me to learn what are the best plug-in’s, I will be definitely checking out your recommendations! Can I ask, what is the name of the pop up that comes up to the right when you scroll to the bottom of the page, is it part of pop up domination? Once again, thanks for sharing. Paula
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    • Lilach says:
      January 19, 2012 at 9:37 am

      Thanks Paula, appreciate your comment:)

      That plugin that flies across the bottom of the screen was on the list:) It’s no 6 (upPrev Previous Post Animated Notification )
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  23. Sandy says:
    January 19, 2012 at 4:06 pm

    Hi Lilach,

    Great list and my favorites are:
    “CommentLuv Premium” for commenting and start a community with your visitors.
    “Scribe SEO” looks like a great plugin for SEO
    “upPrev Previous Post Animated Notification” for links inside
    “Link Within” for Linkbuiling inside with older posts

    Last year i started with a blogspot blog for learning about online marketing and SEO.
    With blogspot… you can`t test these plugins. But Santa had a present for me… two domains.
    my blog “umgezogen” with 301 on my own domain and a new domain for test all about WP and all the plugins. i hope, i can learn more about all this things and methods, it`s a really great business and so interesting for me.

    So, thanks a lot for sharing your tips about the Plugins.
    With best wishes from Germany and i wish you much success with your projects.
    greetings from good old germany. Sandy :-)
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  24. Muskie says:
    January 19, 2012 at 4:28 pm

    Both 7 & 8 link to the same plugin on WordPress.com

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  25. Andy Nathan says:
    January 19, 2012 at 4:52 pm

    Thanks for the great list! I was just thinking about downloading complete backup to my site. Have a myriad of other backups, but like the idea of having it all in one.
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  26. Nicci Fletcher says:
    January 19, 2012 at 4:52 pm

    Hi Lilach – a great list. I’m in the process of creating a new blog and was getting confused about all the Plugin options out there. This will help me soooo much! Nicci

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  27. Shalonda Gordon says:
    January 19, 2012 at 7:23 pm

    OMG!! Lilach.. I love you.. simple as that.. I love to come across different plugins. Most of the time I already have every plug in listed.. yet I have to admit.. I’m missing quite a few of yours.. I appreciate you sharing this information with us.. make it a great day and keep smiling.

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    • Lilach says:
      January 20, 2012 at 9:33 am

      Thanks Shalonda, my pleasure and really appreciate your great comment:) I tried to share plugins that are less used and the ones I personally use. There’s nothing worse than stumbling on a blog and getting excited and seeing the same plugins you already have…!
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  28. Alan says:
    January 19, 2012 at 9:56 pm

    Hi Lilach, great list of plugins, fantastic resource tool. I also use backupbuddy and find it very good. It is a paid tool though, but I feel well worth the money. Akismet I think is probably one of the most valuable plugins I have ever downloaded and put to use. Another one to help with SEO would be “All in one SEO”. And I really like Tubepress to display my youtube videos nicely on my site.

    Keep moving forward!

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    • Lilach says:
      January 20, 2012 at 9:34 am

      Thanks Alan my pleasure:) Some of the wordpress plugins I listed are paid and worth every penny:) Akismet is a great plugin and very popular too.

      I really should be displaying more videos so thanks for the tip re Tubepress, that will come in very handy:)
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  29. Mark Harbert says:
    January 20, 2012 at 1:50 am

    Great list Lilach! There is a few on this list that I will definitely be looking into for sure. Love your blog my friend, you always give such good value!!!

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  30. David Sharp says:
    January 20, 2012 at 5:01 am

    I have a few of these plug-ins Lilach but there are some here that I must take a look at especially for backing up my blog. Note to self, I really must get a pop up sorted.

    Thanks for a great post,
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  31. Avinash says:
    January 20, 2012 at 8:08 am

    Great list, I think a plugin like WP Optimize should also be part of this list, to make sure that there are no overheads in the DB tables.

    I know YARPP can be intensive but if the server is capable to handle I think YARPP with templates is better over widgets for related posts.
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  32. Demetrice says:
    January 20, 2012 at 12:43 pm

    Well written article, well done! I loved it!

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  33. Jamella Biegel says:
    January 20, 2012 at 11:54 pm

    Hi Lilach,

    This is quite a list. Thanks for sharing! There is so much for us new bloggers to learn. I am one of those who is on the fence about popups. So many say that they work, so I must try one out on my blog. Looking forward to checking out the other plugins as well.
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    • Lilach says:
      January 21, 2012 at 3:37 pm

      Thanks Jamella, my pleasure:) Yes you’re right about pop up’s, such a mixed divide although the bloggers who don’t like them tend to be the ones who haven’t tried them on their blog so don’t realise how amazing the results can be. Try it and see what happens and take the time to measure and test it by changing the frequency of how often they ocur, timings etc.
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  34. Warren says:
    January 21, 2012 at 1:52 am

    Great list Lilach, only one I’d add would be Maxpressblog’s Ninja Affiliate plugin for those who promote affiliate products like hostgator, aweber, etc.

    Instead of visitors seeing a big long affiliate link they see something like http://www.sociable.co.uk/hostgator and it looks much better. (converts much better too)
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    • Lilach says:
      January 21, 2012 at 3:38 pm

      Thanks Warren:) I will definately look into Maxpress blog’s Ninja Affiliate plugin as I myself promote products so this looks like it could come in very handy – thanks for the share:)
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      • Warren says:
        January 21, 2012 at 3:40 pm

        I probably should have mentioned it’s a premium plugin, I think I paid $97.00 for it.
        It was worth the price though and it’s worked awesome since I picked it up two years ago.
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        • Lilach says:
          January 21, 2012 at 3:42 pm

          Thanks for the heads up. I have no problem with paying for plugins if they work and I get great results, some of them on my list are premium versions and I genuinely think they’re worth every penny and couldn’t run my blog as well as I do without them:)
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        • Warren says:
          January 21, 2012 at 3:48 pm

          Agreed! We get so spoiled with all the free one’s that it can come as a shock when someone actually wants to make a living selling them! LOL

          I just looked and am only using 4 premium ones. (Though I’m seeing a lot of talk about premium commentluv)

          1. Maxblogpresss Ninja Affiliate
          2. Popup Domination
          3. OIO Publisher
          4. indexing tool
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  35. Srinivas "Sage" Reddy says:
    January 21, 2012 at 6:20 am

    Another great and useful compilation, Lilach. I use and love some of these (like WPSubscribers, for instance) but was curious about some others. upPrev Previous Post Animated Notification, for instance. So you answered my questions before I got around to asking you. You’ve given me plenty of food for thought with all these plugins and I’ll be exploring them as I see fit.

    As great as the world of WordPress plugins is, I have a word of caution: be careful about installing too many plugins on your site as it can really slow your site down.
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    • Lilach says:
      January 21, 2012 at 3:40 pm

      Thanks Srinivas:) Yes I love WP Subscribers too, it’s definately helped increase my list too:)

      I agree about having too many plugins, you do have to be careful as it can slow down your site and also sometimes they can conflict on the odd occassion.
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  36. Lou Barba says:
    January 21, 2012 at 5:16 pm

    Hi Lilach,

    I use a bunch of these, but I’m still bookmarking this post for future reference. I’ve been a “gadget guy” for quite a while, and I’ll have fun checking these out.

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  37. Jayne Kopp says:
    January 22, 2012 at 1:04 am

    Hi Lilach, thanks for sharing your list of treasures. I have most of them… with the exception of two or three. I personally like GASP and use it instead of Akismet.

    I was wondering about the WordPress ‘complete’ Back up. Does it really ‘Completely’ back everything up or do you use other means of back up as well? I use WP DB Back up but of course that’s just the Data Base. I back up manually the other files once per week… but not too comfortable. Just want something that ‘bingo’ with do it all!

    I really like this pop up … or slide out that you mentioned… I’ll go back up and have a look at what it’s called in a sec… the one to my right… sharing your latest post. That’s kind of cool. I had noticed it before.

    Hope you are having a great Saturday. Actually it’s Sunday your time… :-) Hope it goes wonderfully!

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    • Lilach says:
      January 23, 2012 at 9:22 am

      Thanks Jayne:) I only use that one back up and it seems to do the trick:)

      The side fly in box (pop up etc) not only is a nice little “gimmick” but it actually increases people spending longer on my blog as they then read other articles.

      Hope you had a great weekend:)
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  38. Sanjeev says:
    January 22, 2012 at 9:56 am

    Hi Lilach, I use many of them from the list though never tried POP-up plugins till now but looks like you are getting good success with them. I use SeoPresser for my SEO work along with WP SEO by yoast and they do an excellent job.
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    • Lilach says:
      January 23, 2012 at 9:23 am

      Thanks Sanjeev:) There are quite a few people on here who are also useing SEOPresser, I personally love Scribe SEO and have seen a dramatic increase in Google traffic since using it.

      Let me know how you get on with pop-ups… I think you’re be very surprised with the results:)
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  39. Catarina Alexon says:
    January 22, 2012 at 2:38 pm

    Great list Lilach! Use some of them. But I would like to add P3 Performance that scans your blog and finds out which plugins are slowing you down. One of my plugins that I don’t need really did. So I disabled it and my blog is faster.

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  40. Kris Olin says:
    January 23, 2012 at 2:14 am

    Great list of WP plugins, Lilach!

    I’m going to install Thank Me Later right after this comment.
    Here is what I on my blog currently:

    Akismet
    All in One SEO Pack
    Automatic SEO Links
    Better WordPress Minify
    cbnet Ping Optimizer
    Disqus Comment System
    FeedBurner FeedSmith
    Google XML Sitemaps
    RSS Footer
    Social Sharing Toolkit
    upPrev Previous Post Animated Notification
    Use Google Libraries
    Wordpress Automatic Upgrade
    WordPress Database Backup
    WP Super Cache
    WPtouch

    Cheers,
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    • Lilach says:
      January 23, 2012 at 9:26 am

      Thanks Kris and thanks for sharing your plugins too:) I’m interested to know more about the cbnet Ping Optimizer as haven’t heard of that one:)
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    • Donna Duncan says:
      January 20, 2013 at 5:51 pm

      Hi Kris, Lilach,

      Just wanted to mention that I also use Google XML sitemaps. It’s a way to notify search engines when you’ve added or updated content. It therefore expedites the indexing of your new / revised content, making it available to searchers faster.

      I’m liking the pop-up / no pop-up discussion, especially your sharing of a few stats. You’ve convinced me it’s worth the trade-off.

      Thanks!!
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  41. Duke Romkey says:
    January 23, 2012 at 3:13 am

    Great list Lilach! Very comprehensive.
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  42. Chante Epps says:
    January 23, 2012 at 4:23 am

    Thanks Lilach for the comprehensive list! Glad to finally hear about your famous “slider” plugin :)

    All the best,
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  43. Rizwan Sultan says:
    January 23, 2012 at 9:42 am

    Hey Lilach,
    Thanks for sharing the plugin in a bunch 90% of them are also my short listed and favorite too that I used most of them in my blogging sites.
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  44. Sire says:
    January 23, 2012 at 1:47 pm

    Commentluv premium has to be my favourite by far. One plugin that you mentioned that many blogs fail to use is the subscribe to comment plugin. This is essential as it notifies the commentator when someone replies to their comment which generally encourages them to come back to continue the conversation.

    I used to us upPrev Previous Post Animated Notification but got rid of it as I wanted to speed up my sites loading time. BackupBuddy is turning out to be another of my favourites as are nrelate, WPZonBuilder and Firewall as it protect my blog against hackers.
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    • Lilach says:
      January 23, 2012 at 9:03 pm

      Thanks Sire, yes I love CommentLuv Premium too and think every blog should have it! – It certainly would encourage me to leave a comment:)

      Thanks for the share re nrelate and WPZonBuilder, haven’t heard of those ones so will check them out:)
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      • Sire says:
        January 24, 2012 at 1:04 am

        No problems. I’ve also found that a lot of CommentLuv Premium members are not using it to it’s full advantage. You could be one of them but I’m not sure because being your blog your not displaying the heart on the end of the comments. To get an idea of what I mean just hover your mouse over the heart at the end of my comment.
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  45. Debra says:
    January 23, 2012 at 4:29 pm

    What a helpful list – that introduced me some great new features for my new blog!
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  46. Ryan Johnson says:
    January 23, 2012 at 8:19 pm

    Absolutely Awesome. Thanks for posting all these. Now I have to go through and update. Cant wait actually, these will help alot. Thanks Ryan
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  47. Jon says:
    January 24, 2012 at 12:44 am

    Excellent list. The share volume of plugins makes it a daunting task deciding which ones to install to keep things manageable.

    An alternative to “Really Simple Facebook Twitter Share Buttons” that will give you your “up and down” is ‘sharebar’ by Monjurul Dolon.
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    • Lilach says:
      January 24, 2012 at 11:46 am

      Thanks Jon:) Yes you’re right, there are so many to chose from, kind of like a kid in a candy store (for me anyway lol).

      Thanks for the tip about sharebar, I’ll look into that:)
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  48. Kemya Scott says:
    January 24, 2012 at 1:22 am

    Thanks so much for this post Lilach! I’m in the process of completely revamping my blog and I have been researching the most efficient plugins to use. You have saved me a great deal of time and eliminated a few headaches in the process. I appreciate you sharing this info!
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  49. s says:
    January 24, 2012 at 11:44 am

    Hi Land thank you for the post. I always love reading what plugins others are using. I’m relatively new to IM and I’m developing my ‘favourite plugins’ list. Here are some of the free WP Plugins I like:

    -Adsense Extreme
    -Broken Link Checker
    -Google Privacy Policy
    -Dagon Design XML Sitemaps
    -Random Excerpts Fader
    -Slick Social Share Buttons
    -StatPress
    -WordPress SEO (by Yoast)
    -Yet Another Related Posts Plugin

    Thanks for sharing your list.
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  50. John Moussan says:
    January 24, 2012 at 7:28 pm

    Thanks for sharing Lilach. Awesome resources I use a lot of them myself and will try some others.
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  51. BuySellWordpress says:
    January 25, 2012 at 10:35 am

    This list of plugins can be much helpful for everyone. But, of course, the most interesting and the most important for every blogger is CommentLuv Premium , because of its huge number of opportunities
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  52. Andrea Hypno says:
    January 25, 2012 at 4:45 pm

    I have some of those plugins on my blog, and some others I had and deleted with time, either because they scrambled my blog or because they weren’t anymore useful. My preferred ones are WP-Touch, Seo Smart Links, Autoptimize and WP Optimize. I have a question though: using CommentLuv doesn’t render Subscribe to Comments useless? On my main blog I’m using Livefyre and there isn’t anymore need for other comments’ plugins so I’m a bit curious as on another blog I’m using CommentLuv too, the free version. :)
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    • Lilach says:
      February 7, 2012 at 7:56 pm

      Thanks Andrea, haven’t heard of autoptimize, will check that out:)

      I’m on the premium version of CommentLuv so not sure to be honest, you could always try and contact Andy he’s very approachable:)
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  53. Melissa says:
    January 25, 2012 at 7:17 pm

    Perhaps i won’t be original if I’ll tell you that I like CommentLuv Premium most of all) But nevertheless all other plugins are also obligatory for the majority of websites and blogs

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  54. Tycoonwoman says:
    January 30, 2012 at 7:18 pm

    Wow Lilach this is an absolutely amazing post. It is so helpful. Thank you very much for sharing I’m going to post a link to it on my website. Thanks a million :)
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  55. Joyce says:
    January 30, 2012 at 11:54 pm

    This is the biggest list so far and i have to say that i haven’t even heard of half of them. But am worried if i install must of this plugin wouldn’t we slow down out website and cause all sort of problems. I have had some experience like this before?

    But i have to say you’ve done a really good job putting this together.

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    • Lilach says:
      February 7, 2012 at 7:58 pm

      Thanks Joyce. Yes you do have to be careful but you can add (ironically) plugins to help speed up your site too.

      For me I find them really useful and if it slows it down a little then it’s worth it – although I haven’t been told it is.
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  56. luke says:
    February 3, 2012 at 4:13 pm

    Oh wow!

    I just went a plugin frenzy!

    Just wanted to add some more that I adore!

    WPtouch
    Crayon (I need to highlight code in decent way)
    Yoast SEO (Straight up beasting it!)
    Login LockDown (protect yo shit!)
    Pretty Link (nice for affliate links, plus is tracks for you)
    Fast Secure Contact Form (ze best contact form out there)!
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  57. David Sneen says:
    February 5, 2012 at 6:17 am

    Hi Lilach, Just when I am getting satisfied….I have enough correctly installed plugins on my blog, you upset the apple cart. Now I have 3 plugins to investigate….and I was on my way to bed. Grrr….I mean, thanks!
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  58. Alex says:
    February 7, 2012 at 2:02 am

    an excellent list of plugins, this is more than enough for us. And would you mind if i add some of my favourite here?
    SEOPressor – Tell you what you need for best optimizing your post.
    WP Interlink – Help you find and link to the old post in you blog.
    Hope this will help, and thanks again for the list Lilach.
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  59. James says:
    February 7, 2012 at 1:33 pm

    I would like to add one of my favorites: rank tracker, it will send you an email every time someone comes from google and the position of your website for that search, very useful to discover new words your website is ranking for:)
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  60. Tim Gillette says:
    February 7, 2012 at 7:05 pm

    Thanks I have been looking for several ideas to enhance my blog. The ones that I will be working to add are teh pop up, the SEO and the one that slide at the bottom.

    Thanks for you many articles that help, You Rock.

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  61. simon newcombe says:
    February 8, 2012 at 2:55 am

    Hi Lilach, hope you are well and nice to meet you as i’m a first time visiter at your blog.
    wow what a list you have made use of and wonderful information that you have given, thank you for that..
    Here are five of the plugins i’m using and all free,
    This first one here is just amazing for all your seo and its a bigger to work out and i’m still working on it check it out and lets us know how you get on..WordPress SEO yoast , If you have the all in one seo then you need this as it help to transport data from one to the other ..SEO Data Transporter These three are just basic but i like to use them anything that helps with seo…right..
    SEO Friendly Images, SEO Title Tag, cbnet Ping Optimizer

    hope you like all the best,
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    • Lilach says:
      February 14, 2012 at 11:28 pm

      Thanks Simon and great to meet you too – I hope you’re visit my blog again soon:)

      Great list you’ve shared, I hadn’t heard of SEO Data Transporter so many thanks for sharing:)
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  62. Ian Belanger says:
    February 13, 2012 at 5:02 pm

    Hi Lilach,

    Thanks for this great list of plugins. I have seen the previous post fly-out box on many blogs, but could never figure out what the name of the plugin was. Now I know, thanks!

    One plugin that you mentioned, that I do not like is, Askimet. I have had GASP installed for over a year now on my blog, which is DoFollow, btw, and although I do get many spam comments, I don’t lose good comments. Like I did when I had Askimet. I see that you have GASP as well, which is now part of ComLuv Premium.

    Do you still use Askimet along with GASP? I would love to know how they work together for you.

    Thanks for sharing your list Lilach and have a great day!
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    • Lilach says:
      February 14, 2012 at 11:30 pm

      Thanks Ian:) Yes the fly-out box was such a popular plugin and so many people asked me about it I had to reveal it:)

      I do use Askimet and GASP and (touch wood) they seem to be working OK. I must admit I do check my spam comments every day and often have to unspam a couple but I don’t mind as Askimet does seem to do a good job most of the time!
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  63. Kris Olin says:
    February 17, 2012 at 3:51 am

    Hi Lilach,

    Great WP plugins! I just installed Link Within and it is just brilliant!

    Cheers,
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  64. Ginger says:
    February 19, 2012 at 8:56 pm

    I always enjoy WP Plugin posts, there were a few on your list that I’ve been looking for, so thanks for publishing them! :)
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  65. Lora Sasiela says:
    February 24, 2012 at 7:02 pm

    Lilach, thank you for sending me to Plug-in Heaven!
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  66. Alex says:
    February 28, 2012 at 2:58 pm

    Great post, I wrote one similar last week! I love WPSubscribes, it does what it says on the tin and works perfectly! My subscribers went through the roof when I started using it!
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  67. Cat Alexandra says:
    March 4, 2012 at 1:39 am

    Dear Lilach,

    RAD LIST!

    I can’t seem to get my hands on enough tip lists like this. I’m not at all surprised that CommentLuv is at the top of your tops. This is, hands down, my fave too! I think that the social enticements from Premium are amazing, not to mention the support.

    I hadn’t heard of a number of these and it seems I’m using some that appear to be similar to your recommendations but that are perhaps clones.

    This one is a definite bookmark on my browser! Thanks for the swell list!

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  68. Bert Carson says:
    March 19, 2012 at 12:31 am

    OK, this will keep me busy for a while – I can’t tell you how much I appreciate all the help. Thanks is about the best I can do, so THANKS!
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    April 2, 2012 at 3:01 pm

    Hi Lilach, I’ve just linked to this article in my latest blog post. :)
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  72. ouedkniss says:
    April 12, 2012 at 2:05 pm

    hi lilach
    very awesome and helpful list , thank you so much
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  73. smashinbeauty says:
    April 17, 2012 at 12:27 pm

    Excellent post :D Thanks I was looking for that twitter repost old post plugin in :D
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  74. Matt Houldsworth says:
    April 23, 2012 at 5:23 pm

    WP Firewall and Login Lockdown are a must… if you have ever had a WP hacked you will wish you had them installed. They don’t stop every attack but they do go a great deal of the way to doing so.

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  75. Catherine says:
    April 24, 2012 at 2:02 pm

    Wow thank you for this list. I’m in the process to revamp my website & these plugins will be an amazing asset to optimize it + brilliant comments.
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  76. Richard A. Bourque says:
    April 28, 2012 at 8:46 pm

    Great post! love all the referrals to superb plugins!

    BTW the link to like within des not work :-(

    Love your posts!
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  77. Nolan says:
    May 7, 2012 at 3:57 am

    Just released the new LAX Slider – A Parallax Post Slider For WordPress.
    A Post/Page/Product etc Slider with content preview.
    Implement with simple shortcode.
    Download: http://codecanyon.net/item/lax-slider-wordpress-parallax-slider/2295339
    Demo: http://nuvuthemes.com/lax-slider-demo/
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  79. Abhijit says:
    June 5, 2012 at 1:32 pm

    Hi Lilach,

    This is a great list of must have WP plugin. I also like all in one seo, seo pressor, xml-sitemap, wp-metarobot, getsocial, keyword luv etc.

    Thanks mate for sharing this..
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  80. Jonathan de la Garza says:
    June 5, 2012 at 2:52 pm

    Thank you for the information. I just started a blog and am I new to WordPress. A friend has been sort of coaching me but your information will help me do some learning on my own. I love that people are so helpful with information about WordPress.
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  81. David says:
    June 28, 2012 at 2:08 am

    sorry if I missed it, but what is that plugin you use in the bottom right-hand corner labelled “Contact” that lets you schedule an appointment with you, etc.? Very slick!
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  82. Caimin at Genius Startup says:
    June 28, 2012 at 4:47 pm

    Nice list Lilach – some I knew, some I didn’t.

    One thing that’s been bugging me for a while is the tiny font size in HTML post editor. I created a plugin to allow you to customize the size and font face. No more microscopes for me:
    http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-font-editor/
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  83. Stephen Kavita says:
    July 12, 2012 at 2:07 pm

    IF you ask me wordpress has an edge over other blogging platform because of plugins availability. This are great plugins to have and I will sure pick the once that are not on my blog and add. Thank you for sharing
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  84. Lori Felix says:
    July 14, 2012 at 5:01 am

    I love the idea of Link Within and was using it for awhile. I have a coupon and a frugal ideas blog and many posts contain promo codes or coupons that expire. Link Within was displaying expired coupons and deals so I stopped using it.
    Is there a way to pick and choose which categories it draws from? I also have posts that contain tried and true tips that are always valid.
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    • Lilach says:
      September 12, 2012 at 1:58 pm

      Thanks Lori. To be honest I stopped using Link Within and started using a different plugin so I’m afraid I’m not sure of the answer. You could try contacting their support and see if they know?

      I’m actually in the process of updating this post, a mixture of the recommendations that people have added within the comments section plus some cool plugins I’ve since found and love:)
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  85. Charles says:
    August 8, 2012 at 4:49 pm

    Hi Lillach,

    Nice list, but I really don’t like some plugins you stated above.
    Anyways you can always checkout SEO Processor, and EasyAzon(for your affiliate links)…
    I think you’ll love ‘em ;) … Cheers
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  86. sophie says:
    August 27, 2012 at 1:35 am

    Hi Lillach,

    Love all this, and this is new to me.
    what plug in do you have at the bottom for the contact where you say “let’s talk”.
    Just installed 3 of the plug ins you mention. Thanks so much!
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  87. Dragutin says:
    September 3, 2012 at 10:14 pm

    Thanks for the useful list of, and comments about the plugins. I was wondering, though, is your “thankfulness” for each and every comment genuine, or is it yet another “marketing strategy?
    I mean I know that you like when people praise your work, but to literally thank each and every one of them? It’s not very common on the Internet, so I assumed that it’s one of your strategies to make people feel appreciated, even if they did not expect it to be expressed so literally. Or, are you just such a nice person to take time and thank everyone for every single comment? Maybe it’s a trade secret, and I’d have to pay to learn the answer?

    Oh well, thanks anyway :)
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    • Lilach says:
      September 12, 2012 at 2:03 pm

      Ha Dragutin, if I told you I’d have to kill you – just kidding lol

      I just think in business you should treat others how you like to be treated and personally if someone takes the time to comment on my blog, regardless of what they say (i.e. positive/negative) I think it’s only polite to reply. Besides, I see my blog as a small community, I have lots of visitors who come back time and time again. Blogging is also about networking:)

      Hope to see you again soon:)
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  88. Shannon Baker says:
    September 12, 2012 at 12:56 am

    This is a great list! Definitely going to look closer at some of these plug-ins!
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  89. Ann Mullen says:
    October 18, 2012 at 10:09 pm

    Thanks for all these cool tools. I am going to have a field day checking them all out. I already like the one called Link Within. I’ve seen other people who have it, but didn’t know what it was. Way cool. Thanks.
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  90. Martha Giffen says:
    October 19, 2012 at 5:09 pm

    That is a very old post but still relevant! I use many of these plugins. Love WordPress because we can customize so easily!
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  91. David Leonhardt says:
    October 19, 2012 at 5:44 pm

    That’s a lot of plugins. I am more of a minimalist – too many things that can go wrong (too many plugins that I have had to disable). Askimet is one that nobody can do without, though..
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  92. Joe Lee says:
    October 22, 2012 at 8:42 am

    This is such an amazing list! This will take me many hours to learn and implements all these plugins. And they are so useful!
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  93. Christian says:
    October 26, 2012 at 3:48 pm

    Nice list you have here, happy to see I use a lot of them and yes I need to say thank you for the plugins I never heard about.

    However, I just try to use less plugins and let the wp theme free for a lot of codes.

    Thank you,

    Christian Paul, WMJ CEO

    ps I found your post on facebook groups, nice work
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  94. Alex Smith says:
    November 2, 2012 at 1:27 am

    Lilach,

    I see that this was originally posted back in January, thanks for retweeting. This is a great list. While I like to to keep things simple as others have mentioned, I think many of these features can remain behind the scenes and be unobtrusive to the reader. Looking forward to seeing your updated list!

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  95. Met Rivers says:
    November 2, 2012 at 1:48 pm

    Thank you “L” for the list here. I haven’t heard of many of these. I do see 2-3 that I many now incorporate into my current blogs now.

    Have an outstanding day!
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  96. Sean Vandenberg says:
    November 8, 2012 at 12:52 pm

    Hi, Lilach;

    This is a nice list you’ve created here. As somewhat of a nube to the WordPress scene, I haven’t taken full advantage of many great plugins– I like the WP3 Cache and the Gravity Forms (which I may buy; I really need a nice contact form on my sidebar :) ).

    Thanks for sharing!

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  97. Alex McFarlane says:
    November 8, 2012 at 2:11 pm

    Great post Lilach. The scribe plugin looks great, do you need a subscription for that or are you using a free version? Also have you had a large increase in traffic using it?
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  98. Tiana Kai says:
    December 17, 2012 at 9:07 am

    This is my first time on your blog and I love it! Great, useful and concise. This list is awesome. I am a huge fan of CommentLuv, but still need to implement it in my own blog!! (slaps hand).
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  99. UmangUmang says:
    January 13, 2013 at 9:44 pm

    for security i am prefer BPS / Bulletproof security than Secure wordpress
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  100. Hilgard Muller says:
    January 15, 2013 at 10:34 am

    Lilach, thank you for a good list, will be grabbing WPSubscribers soon if it is truly what I am looking for. I would recommend Limit Login Attempts as a Security Plugin to keep those bad people away…
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