There are so many WordPress Plugins available, What do you think are the best out there?

Here is a round up of my some of my Favorite WordPress Plugins (in no particular order) that I use.

1. Akismet:

Akismet is a free for personal use plugin that does a great job in helping to protect your blog from spam. You will first need to get an API key (available when you register for a Free WordPress.com user account) in order to activate and use Akismet. You can find out more info about Akismet here.

2. Do-Follow:

A great plugin (I use it on this blog) that helps to give your readers an extra incentive to leave comments on your blog. This is done rewarding them with “dofollow” backlinks back to their blogs. This could help boost their ranks in search engines. You can find out more about the Do-Follow plugin (that I use on this blog) over at Semiologic.

3. Enforce www. Preference:

Do you decide if you want to make your website accessible through http://www.domain.com or http://domain.com? It may cause problems if you use both, as it could split your backlink count and maybe even your page rank. The easiest way to solve this is with the help of the Enforce www. Preference plugin. A bonus with this plugin is that it will strip off index.php from the end of your URIs.

4. Subscribe To Comments:

This plugin helps to keep the conversation in your comments alive. It allows anyone that comments on your blog to check a tickbox before leaving their comment, they can then receive e-mail updates of further comments to the post that they have subscribed to. Find out more about this plugin here.

This is only a small sample of the plugins that are available for WordPress. You will all have your favorites that you use on your own blogs. Please feel free to leave a comment below, as I would love to hear all about them.

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