Recommended Wordpress Plugins

[asimahme]

Hey Seomoz'ers,

What would you recommend to use as plugins for wordpress when starting a new blog?

[augustos]

ALL IN ONE SEO - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/

Usefull link: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

[JamesNorquay]

Some plugins I advise are worth looking at are:

• All in one SEO.

• 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

[connectiveWeb]

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.

[Bevelwise]

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.

[Prameshk]

Does anyone have a opinion in the battle between All in one SEO pack vs Headspace?..

[sandrostudio]

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