Recommended Wordpress Plugins
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Hey Seomoz'ers,
What would you recommend to use as plugins for wordpress when starting a new blog?
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I would also include:
"ping optimizer" (for SEO puprposes, prevent from pinging too often, eg. when correcting or updating a post)
I almost always use "contact form 7" , a (multilingual) contact form
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Does anyone have a opinion in the battle between All in one SEO pack vs Headspace?..
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No one has brought up Yoast yet. This is my favorite so far because I want a plugin that handles everything. Yoast handles almost everything we've needed on a lot of sites and blogs we've worked with.
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Besides AIOSEO I use the following:
Robots Meta: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/robots-meta/ This plugin lets you set follow/nofollow & index/noindex on each page + post (very useful) as well as giving an easy way to edit your htaccess file
Google XML Sitemap: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/ This auto-generates an XML sitemap for you as well as pings the major search engines anytime you update or add a page/post.
Other plugins I also like to use:
Disqus Commenting: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disqus-comment-system/ Awesome comment system replacement by the same company who maintains WP. Lets users login with Facebook + Twitter etc.
Google Analytics for WordPress: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/ Nice plugin to handle Analytics for you. Auto tags downloads and external links as events. There are others out there that handle this nicely as well by Yoast and a couple of others.
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Some plugins I advise are worth looking at are:
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All in one SEO.
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Sharing is SEXY
*** Google Analytics for WordPress**
***** Google XML Sitemaps
***** SI CAPTCHA Anti-Spam
***** 404 SEO Plugin (good 404 plugin I have used)
You also need to test what will work best for you
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ALL IN ONE SEO - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
Usefull link: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
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