A list of absolute must-haves of your standard WordPress installation to make an absolute killer.
Blog Promotion WordPress Plugins
Discover where visitors come from (Google, social bookmarking, …) and displays a custom message again. So other visitors can link to their social bookmarking service (“Bookmark us on StubleUpon) or link to your RSS feed.
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
An absolute must if you want to entice visitors to Google a true reader of your blog should be. Returns automatically under each heading a number of other posts again strongly related.
WPopup!
Displays a popup after x number of seconds. To use an example to build email list for interested readers.
Best Posts Summary
Simple algorithm based on the most visited and most commented posts in a given time frame. Note: if these algorithms are rarely better than manual selection.
DoFollow Trackbacks and DoFollow
Change the comments and trackbacks on your blog DoFollow. Why choose DoFollow?
WordPress SEO Plugins
Regulates some important basic SEO principles automatically.
Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress
Extensive sitemap generator. You can use the sitemap in Google Webmaster and Yahoo Site Explorer or internal link love (see our footer).
Make money WordPress Plugins
WhyDoWork Adsense Plugin
The WhyDoWork Adsense plugin provides, like many other Adsense plugins, the ability for different Adsense units automatically at chosen places between your posts and to post comments. But there’s more! The plugin offers the additional option to other ad placements in which to posts that are older than n days.
Random / Rotating Ads
Especially for bloggers who would wish to use multiple ad networks. The Rotating Ads Plugin allows you to rotate different ads. This plugin can be very useful for testing different things (eg adsense click rate of other color schemes or adsense blocks, merit different networks, …).
Google Ad Wrap
Google Ad Wrap is a small plugin that special tags around your blog posts move. These tags are recognized by Adsense then the text of the blog post considered as highly relevant ads and this will change.
Administrative WordPress Plugins
WP-DB Manager
Easily backup your entire WordPress database.
WP Super Cache
Creates static HTML pages of your blog. Ideal if you have many visitors in the short term.
Akismet
Spam filter for comments. Is automatically with every new WordPress installation, but must be activated.
Other WordPress Plugins
Contact Form 7
No point to reveal your email address to visitors and spammers? A simple contact form solves this.
Show Top Commentators
Convenient to you to encourage more visitors to post comments.
You use more interesting WordPress plugins that we have forgotten? Let us know in the comments so we can add to the list.