Wordpress Plugins - What I use. Which ones am I missing?
 

Here's what I'm using. What am I missing that you use on your blogs? cough fris cough vrocks cough senator

I'll bend over and cough if necessary :disgust

- 404 Redirection (noticed google was indexing a testing page I'd posted that was deleted, hence this plugin that redirects 404's to my main page)
- Add From Server (because I want to upload stuff with SFTP)
- Akismet
- Pretty Link Lite (for masking outbound links and link management. Bookmarked Fris's suggestion for when I have more blogs and want to buy it)
- Quick Cache (for that F5 we fly yanomsayn)
- Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator (the best video x264 ffmpeg encoder plugin I've found. I pre-encode on my videos on my PC using Handbrake and use it mostly to display videos and generate thumbnails without having to do it manually) This plugin is new, and the maintainer "isn't a programmer" somehow.. He's helped me out personally getting things working right for me. Highly recommended.
- WordPress SEO (Joost)
- Google Analytics for Wordpress (Joost)
- Google XML Sitemaps (because I had it installed before yoast seo plugin)

I have a bunch of twitter plugins installed and de-activated because they either don't work or are kinda stupid.. Haven't really found a good option.

Now get yer lazy asses into your WP-Admin and spill the beans suckas.

I sometimes use "WP Archive-Sitemap Generator" it conveniently lists all your posts or pages on one page for easy navigation. Thanks for that 404 redirection plugin recommendation...I'll have to try that.

What was the issue in the end? Take it you managed to get it sorted?

widget logic
gd ratings
Executable PHP Widget (by otto)
Nofollow links
search meter
wp-pagenavi
wp colorful tag cloud

DB Cache Reloaded Fix
Duplicate Post
Exclude Pages from Navigation
HiFi
JavaScript to Footer
Page Links To
Revision Control

gtranslate
seo search terms

A new one I just found is "Automatic SEO Links"

Basically you tell it a keyword and link and it will search through your text on pages and posts and add in the link.

My big issue was that I was using Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 which is no longer supported, and therefore couldn't upgrade FFMpeg without a lot of fuss. One of the ffmpeg -switches had changed, and so he added some error handling to deal with older versions of ffmpeg.

Even without that I was still able to locally encode myself in MP4 and just not use the "Encode" button the plugin provides though.

Another issue I've come across is that it encodes to multiple file formats (mp4, webm, ogv I think) and since I don't use the encoding feature, it's missing those formats. Therefore in my error logs I see 404's for the missing files, which likely isn't good for robots/seo. I brought it to his attention and he said he'll get it fixed, and that it's not supposed to do that.

Good stuff! Some new ones I will have to try out! Thanks!

Get WPTouch - converts for mobile users

But looks ugly as fuck. There are plenty of other mobile themes/plugins out there that look much better.

Such as?

Or just make sure your theme is responsive so you don't have to worry about a separate theme for mobile users. :2 cents:

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i have a developers copy, i can install it for $30

one theme is good

http://www.one-theme.com/

Hands down my new favorite is ffmpeg video converter plugin for wordpress. It works like a champion for me.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/...ail-generator/

It saves me a ton of time encoding videos right into word press without having to waste time doing it on my desktop. Now, I can use word press for everything from a tube style site to my members area. :thumbsup


W3 Total Cache is a staple too for those with busy sites. :2 cents:

bump for more free awesome plugs! :thumbsup

SEO Friendly Images

Counterize

detailed stats plugin

Anyone need a Wodpress Tube Site done, check my sig

any good ping plugin ?

nice plugin, im currently beta testing the pro version

Using Wordpress has become so complicated and anal retentive that you might as well make your sites by hand.

Its quicker, more secure, and your less prone to OMG GOOGLE BAN! optimization bullshit to just write sites without that arrogant, bloated "CMS".

Agree to disagree?

cool :)
i hope it is released soon.Care to share some pro features?

to be honest i never really tried the regular version, the owner sent me a copy cause i was already a customer of seo smart links business.

ok :)
Now it takes the post title as alt without the possibility to edit,I hope in the pro version you can edit the alt now.

NICE! Thanks for sharing that one! :thumbsup

Automatic SEO Links I deactivated quickly because it only does the first mention of the words in a post, which doesn't fit my blogging style. The owner wrote he did it on purpose because he personally doesn't like blogs that link the same words more than twice. :error

Search meter
Now this one I really like, it shows you the things that people were typing into your search box, so kind of shows you what people were hoping to find on your site.

Editorial Calendar
Now this is brilliant, lets you write your posts and then drag and drop them depending on when you want them published, you can populate your story line nicely this way

Category Order
Another annoying thing is of course when you have categories and they are listed in the order you made them. well this lets you rearrange them in the order that you want

Oh, and of course these as well, so you can see your google stats and also embed charts in your admin area
Google Analytics
Google Analytics Dashboard

what do you think?

Thanks I was *just* thinking like an hour ago I wonder how to order my link categories in another way than just alphabetical order, maybe this solves that.

I also sometimes use StatPress Visitors (also just called StatPressV) and I like how it puts per-post stats + graphs when you're looking at all your posts in the admin area, so you can see which posts are popular, etc.

some of the more popular ones i used.


After The Deadline
AJAX Thumbnail Rebuild
Broken Link Checker
Login LockDown
Ultimate Plugins Smart Update Pinger
Wordpress Firewall 2
WP SlimStat

Fris! Do you have any way to get in touch with the wp link engine guy? I've been trying to get a new version from him for quite a while and he won't respond.

In fact, when I ordered the plugin the order was never fulfilled so I was ready to do a chargeback but the biller helped me get a working download. Kinda looks like the project is dead since the guy is MIA.

which version do you have?

2.0 it says on the plugin page.

- Wp-Insert - "Wp-Insert is the most powerful yet easiest to use wordpress ad management plugin which does a lot more than ad management."
- All in One SEO Pack
- Subscribe / Connect / Follow Widget
- WP Socializer

2.0 is the newest.

this works well for me. It also runs flash vids too.

This is a must...

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/

you're missing the most important one, cyberseo

Cyberseo is very good for autoblogging with sponsor rss feeds and i plan to use it in near future

but

maybe i am wrong but i dont see the real use for someone that has handwritten blogs and no plan to make tube sites on WP

no real use for non autoblogging sites.

not saying the plugin isnt good, im a customer myself.

If you have like 30+ seperate wordpress installs, what's the easiest way to activate sftp? Or you have to edit every wp-config.php file ?