Weekday Tip: 9 Ultra-useful Wordpress Plugins

by Fire G on May. 18th in Reviews, Weekday Tips, Wordpress with 13 comments.

No Wordpress blog is complete (or even fully functional) with a healthy arsenal of plugins in it's repertoire. So here are 9 ultra-useful plugins to use on every blog setup you configure.

1.) Akismet –

The almighty spam filter pre-packaged by Wordpress.

3.) Google Syntax Highlighter –

Most popular syntax highlighter for WP right now. Check Wednesday's "Weekday Tip" on how to optimize this plugin.

4.) Google XML sitemap generator –

easy, automatic sitemap creation.

5.) RunPHP –

Use embedded PHP in your posts.

6.) Simple Tags –

Most robust tag manager for Wordpress. A must have for any blog.

7.) WP-smush.it –

Optimize images "auto-magically" from the WP upload area.

8.) Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) –

Highly customizable related posts display.

9.) Yoast Breadcrums –

Give your users a nice breadcrumb trail to find their way around your site.

About the author: Fire G

Hey, I'm the founder of Fire Studios, and thus, have my hands in everything that goes on here at FS. I manage the content, moderate the comments, design everything, code everything, provides a lot of articles, host the official podcast FS-Air, and run/manage most of the other sites in the FI family. Often times I'll come to be working on so many things that I hardly accomplish much, but that's what makes me who I am.

13 Reader Comments

Andrew
May 19th

Hey Jon,

I think you spelt something wrong, it's: Askimet not Akismit

Good post anyway
Fire G
May 19th

Nope, no spelling error. It is "Akismet".
Andrew
May 19th

Ah okay, Well there still is a spelling error. It's here if it helps you see it better: http://tinyurl.com/fsspellerror

(Forget how i spelt it in the pic, it's spelt Akismet instead of Akismit)
iheartwordpress
May 20th

Andrew, you're right and wrong. There is one error, but your correct spelling is also wrong.

It's "Akismet"
ORiOn
May 20th

@Andrew, @Fire G, It's not Askimet or Akismit, it's Akismet...
Nicholi
May 20th

Haha. The comments here crack me up! How do you spell getoverit?
Bill Lowden
May 20th

Great post! The spelling is close enough for me thanks!
Ege
May 20th

Great post! Thank you.

unrelated: "kismet" means "luck" and "fortune" in Turkish. akismet: a fortune? =p
Dulce
May 20th

Nice post and funny comments. ^_^
casey
May 24th

Andrew, Is that how you spell "spelt"?
fmvadisi
May 29th

Great plugins.
Kelly Brown
June 12th

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KattyBlackyard
June 14th

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