1. Display widgets – I use this plugin on absolute every site I create. It allows you to show or hide any widget on certain pages using check boxes. It is easy to use and it always works.
2. Fast Secure Contact Form – There are a lot of contact form plugins out there, but this is my favorite. It allows you to add forms to pages or sidebar widgets, and with a little thought, you can really make it look any way you’d like. My favorite feature of this plugin is the meeting scheduler add-on; which lets users set up video, phone, or face-to-face meetings!
3. Akismet – Absolutely a must-have, this akismet really does block spam messages efficiently. You don’t have to delete 20 spam comments a day anymore, this does it for you!
4. All in One SEO Pack – Easy to use and comprehensive, this plugin makes adding title and description attributes simple. Combined with other SEO techniques I saw page rankings consistently improve.
5. Google XML Sitemaps – This plugin creates and submits your sitemap directly to google. You can manually recreate and resubmit your sitemap whenever you update content. It takes a few minutes and some page refreshes, but it does work.
6. Google Doc Embedder – If you want to post your resume or any pdf document, this plugin is fantastic. You can insert a window onto the page with your resume where viewers can zoom in and take a look at it without leaving your site.
7. Add Widgets to Page – Creates a widget area within a page, so you can drag widgets to and from the page without having to jump through hoops.
8. Usernoise – A great FREE comments/feedback system that looks just like the ones used on many commercial websites.
9. WP Smush.it – Does a great job of condensing image files. It doesn’t make a huge difference in page speed and yslow grades, but every little bit helps. Until I master CSS Sprite image maps, this at least makes me feel a little better about all the images I use.
10. Sidebar Form – If you don’t need a complex contact form with special bells and whistles, and you just want to add a quick and easy “e-mail me” widget to your sidebar, this plugin is for you.
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