October 10, 2006
35 Wordpress Plugins on One Blog
Written by: Juanchito
If you know anything about Wordpress then you know that you absolutely have to use a number of Wordpress plugins to be able to really enjoy blogging. Of course my top 3 plugins are Akismet, BAStats and Wordpress Backup. Those are 3 plugins that shouldn’t even be in question. You need to get rid of spam comments, you need to have stats to enjoy it and you have to back up your wordpress database just in case.
Well, I found someone else who has 35 wordpress plugins on their site. That’s absolutely way to many. Take a look at this list:
# Trackback Validator by Dan Sandler and Andres Thomas-Stivalet Version: 0.7.1
# [JKG] Random Post Banner by Jayant Gandhi Version: 0.1
# [JKG] Search Spelling Suggestion by Jayant Gandhi Version: 0.1
# Dunstan-style Error Page by Andrew Ferguson Version: 1.2
# Akismet by Matt Mullenweg Version: 1.14
# AutoMeta by Rich Boakes Version: 0.7v
# Breadcrumb Navigation XT by Michael Woehrer Version: 1.4
# Code Auto Escape by Priyadi Iman Nurcahyo Version: 2.0
# Comment Quicktags by Owen Winkler Version: 1.0
# Angsuman’s Feed Copyrighter by Angsuman Chakraborty Version: 1.0
# Custom Contact by VaamYob Version: 0.1e
# Exec-PHP by Sören Weber Version: 2.0
# Get Recent Comments by Krischan Jodies Version: 1.0
# Link Indication by Michael Woehrer Version: 2.6
# Live Comment Preview by Jeff Minard & Iacovos Constantinou Version: 1.7
# Next/Previous Post in same Category by Jennifer – Scriptygoddess Version: v 0.2
# [JKG] Beautiful Search URLs by Jayant Gandhi Version: 0.1
# No Ping Wait by Robert Deaton Version: 2.0
# Optimal Title by Aaron Schaefer Version: 1.0
# [JKG] Plugins in Use Plugin by Jayant Gandhi Version: 0.1
# Popularity Contest by Alex King Version: 1.1
# Previous Posts by Sadish Balasubramanian Version: 1.0
# Related Posts by Alexander Malov & Mike Lu Version: 2.02
# Search Hilite by Georg Leciejewski Version: 1.7
# Search Meter by Bennett McElwee Version: 1.1
# Search Everything by Dan Cameron Version: 2.2
# Search Reloaded by Denis de Bernardy Version: 2.2
# Google Sitemaps by Arne Brachhold Version: 3.0b1
# SitemapView by Frank Bueltge Version: 0.8
# Smart Update Pinger by Christian Davén Version: 2.0
# Submit It Plugin by Sapiens Bryan Version: 1.0
# WP-UserOnline by GaMerZ Version: 2.03
# wp-cache by Ricardo Galli Granada Version: 2.0.17
# [JKG] Permalink Redirect by Jayant Gandhi Version: 0.1
# Search Excerpt by Scott Yang Version: 1.1 $Revision$
So, some of those are ones that I love too, but 35 just seems over the top. I’ll plan on posting the absolutely essential ones for all to enjoy soon.
How Many Plugins Do You Need?
The only answer to that question is probably “As much as there is”. Plugins add better funtionality to your WO blogs and allows you to so much more than the typical Wordpress install does.
Sometimes however, you may be shocked by the amount…
I think it all depends. If a function cannot be easily done any other way, use a WP-driven plugin. Because too many plugins may slow down loading of your blog.
BTW, thanks for sharing your favourite plugins here! I enjoy going through to see what we use in common!