If you ever wondered what plugins I use on my WordPress blog, here are my top recommendations:

1. Akismet – Comes with the standard installation of WordPress for eliminating comment spam! A real must.
2. All In One SEO - allows you to create custom tags and permalink titles
3. Audio Player – allows you to add audio to your blog posts.
4. AYB Javascript in Posts – A plugin that allows javacript to be used in your WordPress post.
5. Executable PHP Widget – A widget that allows PHP code to work in your sidebar.
6. Google XML Sitemaps – automatically creates and submits your blog sitemap to Google.
7. LightBox 2 – creates a lightbox effect on any linked images in your posts.
8. Recent Comments – a widget that displays a list of your most recent comments added on your blog
9. Recent Posts – a widget that displays a list of your most recent posts.
10. Related Posts - displays a list of related posts at the end of each blog post
11. SEO Friendly Images – automatically adds relevant tags or keywords to the “alt” tag of your blog images.
12. Sociable – allows your reader to quickly submit your post to major social bookmarking sites and social media sites.
13. Subscribe Remind – adds a reminder at the end of every posts to subscribe to your blog.
14. Subscribe to Comments - allows your blog commentators to leave an email so that they can be notified of new comments.
15. Top Commentators – A widget that displays a list of your top commentators.
16. Ultimate Google Analytics – inserts your Google Analytics tracking code in your entire blog. A real time saver.
17. Viper Video Quicktags - allow you to use a simple video tag to add YouTube videos to your posts instead of having to use the embed code. Also compatible with other popular video hosting/ sharing sites.
18. WordPress.com Stats – provides detailed analytics of your blog
19. WordPress.com Popular Posts - Displays a list of your most popular WordPress posts based on the statistics gathered from the WordPress.com Stats plugin.
20. WP-Table – allows you to create a table in your posts. Additionally, the tables are editable, sortable and you can even create hyperlinks in you tale data.

I am always on the look out for cool plugins. If you have some cool plugins to recommend, please post a comment and tell us about it!

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