The 6 Most Essential Plugins for WordPress

This is my Top 6 List of the Esential Plugins for any WordPress Site ordered by importance:

Akismet

Akismet Plugin Stats

Akismet uses their web service to check the comments on your blog to see if it looks like spam. The plugin is developed by the creators of WordPress, so it’s integrated nicely and is included in the WordPress install. All you need is a WordPress.com API key to get it up and running.

Click the link to Download Akismet Plugin

WP-DB-Backup

WP-DB-Backup

Backup your WordPress database on demand or schedule recurring backups. It is always good to have a backup plan in case anything goes wrong, so setup a recurring backup and be done with it.

Click the link to Download WP-DB-Backup Plugin

XML Sitemaps Generator

XML Sitemaps Generator Plugin

XML Sitemaps Generator, automatically generated sitemap is actually also supported by Ask, MSN, and Yahoo. It’s nice to be able to customize a few settings and then never having to think about your xml sitemap again.

Click the link to Download XML Sitemaps Generator Plugin

WP Super Cache

WP Super Cache

The WP Super Cache plugin generates static html files to speed up the loading of your site. If you tend to have large spikes in traffic, this is a must have plugin to help your site from going down. There is also legacy support for the WP Cache plugin if you don’t want to serve html files.

Click the link to Download WP Super Cache Plugin

Subscribe to Comments

Suscribe to Comments

You should always give commentors a way to follow their comments. This plugin provides a simple checkbox that commentors can check to receive emails whenever anyone else comments on the post.

Click the link to Download Subscribe to Comments Plugin

WP-PageNavi

WP-PageNavi

Instead of using the WordPress default previous and next links, this plugin adds a more advanced navigation. You can also completely customize the display of the pagination. We have a detailed How to Make WordPress Use Pagination article.

Click the link to Download Google WP-PageNavi

What plugins do you use? Must Have WordPress plugins?