Thanks to WordPress, bloggers are allowed to use thousands of awesome plug-ins to tweak their blog. But let’s face it, actually taking the time to search through the thousands of WordPress plug-ins that are out there and finding ones that are suitable for you can be time consuming.
In this post I’m going to share with you 5 killer WordPress plug-ins that are worth having on your blog.
TweetMe
Tweetme is an awesome plug-in to help you go viral on Twitter. This plug-in automatically displays a mini “Tweet this” widget into each of your posts. This plug-in encourages users to tweet your new articles, instead of leaving them flat in the dust.
Download plug-in: Tweetme
Login Lockdown
Login Lockdown is a great plug-in to help prevent hackers, and other fishy people that try to get access to your WordPress account without your permission. Log-in lock down records the IP of every failed log-in on your site, and if a IP has “X” failed log-ins Login-Lockdown will automatically banned that IP from your site for a set period of time.
This plug-in is ideal for all blogs big and small. Let’s face it; they are thousands of hackers out here…so why not take one step closer to keeping your blog safe?
Download plug-in: Login Lockdown
OIO-Publisher
If your blog sells banner ads on your site, OIO-Publisher is definitely a plug-in worth investing in. OIO-Publisher gives your advertisers the upper advantage in buying ads on your site by being the “middle man” in your sales. Instead of waiting countless hours, going back and forth through email discussing your ad pricing and payment for an ad on your site. OIO-Publisher has a fully integrated payment system which allows your advertisers to right away without you having to move a finger.
Purchase: OIO-Publisher ($47.00 – onetime payment)
After the deadline
After the deadline is a more enhanced spell-checking that checks for more than just your common spelling errors. After the deadline is a great plug-in for bloggers both newbie and experienced in the writing field. This plug-in also works wonderful for bloggers who have to continually transfer their work from WordPress to Microsoft Word to spell check everything.
Download plug-in: After the deadline
Dofollow comments
Dofollow comments removes the evil “nofollow” attribute WordPress adds into your users comments, so they get no link love back to their site. With Dofollow comments the evil “nofollow” attribute is removed and replaced with a “dofollow” attribute. This way when search engines index your site, they will index he commentators link as well.
Download this plug-in: Dofollow comments
Maintenance mode
Don’t you hate it when you’re switching to a new WordPress theme and your site goes all corrupt in the process while it’s live? So now all your readers have to see this “mess” that you call your site. Avoid situations like this with maintenance mode plug-in. Maintenance mode sends your readers to a nice page saying “this site is currently under maintenance check back in “X” minutes/hours” this will avoid the worries of sending your readers to a bunch of 404pages.
Download plug-in: Maintenance mode
Bonus: NextGen Gallery:
This plugin allows you to turn your WordPress hosting into image hosting. Once you try this image gallery then I don’t think you can do without it.
Download plug-in: NextGen Gallery
Group discussion
I’ve just shared with you 5 killer WordPress that are more than worth having installed on your blog. But why let the list end at 5? Share some of your most favorite Wordrpress plug-ins and why you picked that one.
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Hi Rob, what an amazing blog! I love the design. I’m thinking to switch my current design to this one. But I’m still not sure.
If eventually I decide to do so, the “maintenance mode” plugin will be really useful
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Regards Rob.
David | ilcantone.com´s last blog ..7 HABITS THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE
Hey David, glad you liked the post and design! Maintenance mode is definitely a great tool to use for situations like this. I wish I knew about this plug-in back when I was switching themes.
I’ve heard great things about the Thesis Theme. Besides, most of my blogger friends have this theme, there must be a reason
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David | ilcantone.com´s last blog ..ENTREPRENEURIAL CHALLENGE: How to Turn $5 Into $650 in 2 Hours
You should def check out this post then bro! -> http://www.robswebtips.com/why-thesis-is-the-wordpress-theme-to-have/
Try not to keep it up long, Google does not apprciate indexing blogs like that.
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..Only 4 Ad Spots Left – Meet The First Advertiser! And The Pot Just Got Sweeter.
Excellent post, some of these I use, some I have heard of and some I have never heard of! There are a lot of these kind of posts but always useful.
Shane Hudson – Be Motivational´s last blog ..There Isn’t Enough Room For Everyone…
Awesome to hear you found some new ones Shane. Which new ones did you find? Do you recommend any plug-ins that are worth trying?
Great list Rob.
I’m currently using the tweet me plugin only. I think that do follow comments will get a lot and lot of spam that’s why I don’t want to use it at the moment, however I do use the top commentator plugin with a do follow link back to the top 10 and really think everyone should install it to get more comments.
Teen Blogger´s last blog ..Why Teens Should Start Blogging for Bucks Now
The Tweetme plug-in rocks! I’ve been using the dofollow plug-in for awhile now and it really hasn’t been a issue for spam comments. Everyone who comments (Legit readers) always provide a friendly link to use. Askimet plug-in will pick up the rest of spammy comments for me. But I do always check people’s links before approving comments.
Great Post,
I use most of these plugins and they are all great.
Thanks for the list…
Chris Cline´s last blog ..Assassin’s Creed 2 arrives in 14 days
That’s awesome! Which plug-ins do you use?
Nice list Rob. Glad we just posted wordpress plugin lists lol.
By the way the TweetMe can be replaced by Digg Digg which includes RT, Digg, Facebook etc.
-Ben
Ben Lang´s last blog ..Top 10 Must Have Plugins for a Wordpress Blog (V2)
I agree Ben we have to keep the great list of plug-ins moving bro! I might have to check out that plug-in soon. How do you like it?
I used most of these before apart from the maintanence plugin. And I think that will be very useful for me as I wanted to modify my blog and was worried about being offline.
Thanks a lot.
InternetHow Blog´s last blog ..Top Commentator Competition: Winners are …
No problem. I haven’t had a chance to use the plug-in yet because I haven’t had any big updates to the site yet. But next big update I will be more than sure to use it. Be sure to let me know how it works out for you?
You missed Commentluv, one of the best plugins to attract commentators to a blog
John Samuel ´s last blog ..How to Enable/Disable Spell Check in Firefox Browser?
UGH! How could I have forgot about that plug-in?! Jeez nice catch bro, can’t beleive I missed it. I’m going to be sure to include in my next Wordpress post.
I made a post about my favourite WP plugins this past week. http://wordgrrls.com/index.php/2009/10/7-wordpress-plugins-i-dont-really-need-but-must-have-anyway/
Laura´s last blog ..A Poke at Fairytale Princesses
Awesome Laura! I’m going to go check it out now.
Nice list. I think “after the deadline” is my next stop. lol
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..Only 4 Ad Spots Left – Meet The First Advertiser! And The Pot Just Got Sweeter.
Yea it’s a great must use plug-in! I found several times where after the deadline found mistakes that Wordpress didn’t.
Rob,
Great list. I love dofollow comments. There is no reason for anyone to not install that plugin (spell checkers won’t save you from double negatives, rawr!).
I also like that maintenance mode. I’ve been doing a lot of theme changes, so being able to warn people ahead of time instead of begging for forgiveness is nice.
Blake @ Props Blog Reviews´s last blog ..Let Click Booth Make You An Affiliate Rockstar
Dofollow comments absolutely rocks! I’ve been using it on the blog for quite awhile now. (Works great)
I haven’t add a chance to apply maintenance mode for my blog yet. How has it worked for you?
I haven’t used it yet either. When I start doing major site updating again, I’ll be sure to use it though!
Blake @ Props Blog Reviews´s last blog ..Let Click Booth Make You An Affiliate Rockstar
Good to hear. Be sure you let me know how it works out for you.
Those are some good plugs. Never heard of that spellchecking one though, going to try it. The default Wordpress spell checker is also a very useful tool but it does miss some words with apostrophes. Nice post anway!
Gordon Cindric´s last blog ..How to Spice Up Your Product Presentation
The after the deadline plug-in dominates all other. You’ll be surprised how many things that plug-in picks up compared to Wordpress.
Great list Rob…I use the Do follow & Tweet Me…I love them & have had a spam problem as of yet…Will definitely try the After the deadline & maintenance one’s…Thanx for the great post…Kenney
Kenney´s last blog ..As Bill Sees It – To Grow Up
finally, I could find this article once again. You have few useful tips for my school project. Now, I won’t forget to bookmark it.
I use these plugins:
All in One SEO Pack
CommentLuv
Contact Form 7
Do Follow
Feed2tweet
Get Recent Comments
Google XML Sitemaps
LinkWithin
Post-Plugin Library
Really Simple CAPTCHA
Recent Posts
ReplyMe
SexyBookmarks
Subscribe To Comments
Thesis OpenHook
TweetMeme Retweet Button
Twitterlink Comments
Wibiya Toolbar
WP Super Cache
WPtouch iPhone Theme
Kharim´s last blog . . .What is RSS/ RSS Tips
Wow, big list
thanks for sharing!
Yeah. Really big list. But that’s what my blog is made of
Kharim´s last blog . . .How Often Should You Post A Blog?
Super Cache is a must have for any blog, its a bit powerful so do some research on how to use it properly. I also like pretty links. I find it better than using WP redirect function.
IamDavid´s last blog . . .How to Make The Most out of Being an Intovert
HI Kharim.
That’s a good list you got there! I love the use of the plugins but i was a little apprehensive installing too many plugins my blog. I’ve read that it can degrade your performance.(Haven’t actually witnessed this yet…but wondering if others have.) Have you ever experienced any performance issues with your blog due to having alot of plugins?
Silver Spring MD and Washington DC SEO Consultant´s last blog . . .Top 10 Reasons Social Media Will Help Your Business
awesome list
a couple here that I need to install and start using
Jamaipanese´s last blog . . .Yotaro Baby Robot from Japan
Now these are some awesome pluggins! OIO-Publisher sounds like a great plugin I may want to invest in. I’ll also secure the others that I don’t have. Thanks Rob!
Jarrod@ Optimistic Journey´s last blog . . .The Benefit of Living an Optimistic Lifestyle
No problem Jarrod! Let me know how you like them.
Another amazing post my dude!
I will be sure to use all of the above mentioned plug-ins seeing as how they will be a big help.
Thanks again,
William Veasley
William Veasley´s last blog . . .WHY GOALS ARE IMPORTANT?
I think need to get the Afterdead line and Maintance mode.
Kharim´s last blog . . .Are You Destroying Your Blog?
Nice plugins, the best one in my opinion is OIO-Publisher beside login lockdown is good too. Thanks for sharing.
well that was a goooood list . actually this is the first post where a person did not mention Akismet in the top 5 ( i kinda liked it because its too obvious,akismet is the best and everybody knows it )
blognseo´s last blog . . .Top 5 Tips To Make Your Blog Load Faster !
Interesting selection of plugins. I haven’t heard of these before except for NextGen. I like NextGen a lot.
Colleen´s last blog . . .17th Annual Cool Desert Nights
Good List Rob.
Never Tried the Maintenance mode plugin. Thats a “must download”. I think “All-in-One-SEO Pack” is a good one too that i always use for my blogs.
Silver Spring MD Internet Marketing Company´s last blog . . .Top 10 Reasons Social Media Will Help Your Business
thanks for sharing these plug ins i was looking for more security plugs ins to step my security game up
ron´s last blog . . .Google vs Facebook !
Login Lock down is a great tool to use for your site. It does help keep hackers away and you can ban their IP if they try!
Hey Rob, awesome website and blog you have running here. Lisa from 2Create got me hooked into reading some of your stories and they are truly great. Just installed the DoFollow plugin on my blog which I’m working on developing!
Looking forward to the new posts,
Jonny
great list of plugins. I use three of them. I need to check out the Nexgen Gallery.
Do follo comments is good to bring in new commenters and armed with a spam filter you can control spam somehow.. but what I’ve noticed is tha the author is running a nofollow comment section on his own blog even though he preaches the virtues of dofollow
Ed@external hard drives´s last blog . . .External BluRay Player LG
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