Semi-Pro Blogger

Having run multiple blogs, I’ve had the opportunity to try out quite a few plugins for different functionalities.  Below are the ones I’ve used and really find usefull.  I encourage you to play around with each of these.

• Feedburner Feedsmith - this plugin detects all ways to access your original WordPress feeds and redirects them to your FeedBurner feed so you can track every possible subscriber
  Download Feedburner Feedsmith
• Google XML Sitemaps - This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Google, Yahoo and MSN.  Each time you post, the sitemap is automatically updated.
  Download Google XML Sitemaps
• OneClick Installer - Installs any plugin or theme without having to upload them manually via ftp. Can also delete theme and plugin folders.
  Download OneClick Installer
• WP 2.3 Related Posts - Generate a related posts list via tags of WorPdress 2.3
  Download WP Related Posts
• Popularity Contest - This will enable ranking of your posts by popularity; using the behavior of your visitors to determine each post’s popularity. You set a value (or use the default value) for every post view, comment, etc. and the popularity of your posts is calculated based on those values. Once you have activated the plugin, you can configure the Popularity Values and View Reports. You can also use the included Template to display post popularity and lists of popular posts on your blog
  Download Popularity Contest
• Show Top Commentators - Encourage more feedback and discussion from readers, by rewarding them every time they post a comment! Readers with the most comments are displayed on your Wordpress blog, with their names (linked to their website if they provided one).
  Download Show Top Commentators
• Twitter Updater - Updates Twitter when you create a new blog or publish one.
  Download Twitter Updater
• WP Polls - Adds an AJAX poll system to your WordPress blog. You can easily include a poll into your WordPress’s blog post/page. WP-Polls is extremely customizable via templates and css styles and there are tons of options for you to choose to ensure that WP-Polls runs the way you wanted. It now supports multiple selection of answers.
  Download WP Polls
• LightBox - Used to overlay images on the current page.
  Download LightBox
• SEO Title Tags - Search engine optimize your blog’s title tags. Create a customized title tag for any post, static page, category page, UltimateTagWarrior tag page - indeed, any URL! And will auto-insert the tag name into the title on tag pages generated by UltimateTagWarrior plugin. Admin allows for mass editing of title tags.
  Download SEO Title Tags

What other plugins are a must have for your blog?