If you are looking to update your blog and add features that will make it more appealing to your users, plug-ins are an excellent option for you. There are tons of plug-ins out there for use; here are some of the best:
Easy Paypal Payment for WordPress
A nifty little plug-in that makes accepting Paypal payments a snap. Use it for payment on products, services or even donations, this plug-in works for multiple currencies with just a click. Design your page as you wish as this plug-in works as a sidebar, in the post or your page.
Simple Shopping Cart for Paypal on WordPress
A clever plug-in makes shopping simple on WordPress. Allows the use of shopping carts as well as adding the ‘add to cart’ button on any page or post WordPress contains.
Integrate Thickbox on WordPress
An elegant way to display large images simply, this plug-in means never having to open a new window to view an image. Utilizing jquery and opening gallery images in something akin to a lightbox just use the ‘add an image’ button and your done. The ‘open in the same window’ option makes this plug-in a breeze.
Contact Form Seven
An easy to add and implant contact form, this plug-in makes collecting contact information a snap. Supports multiple languages and Ajax submitting, it filters out bots and other non-live attempts to fill out the form
Google Translator
This is an awesome plug-in for bloggers with multi-national readers. This plug-in allows for simple text translation utilizing the same functionality of the Google translator. This plug-in does a fair job at translating, although nothing is as good as a properly translated blog.
WordPress Gallery Flipping Book
This clever plug-in allows your users to turn your pages just like they would books. Please note, this plug-in comes with author branding. It can be removed by paying a small fee for the paid version of the plug-in.
XML Google Sitemaps
This plug-in will automatically inform Google when you make any changes or add any content to your WordPress site. This plug-in is indispensable for bloggers with multiple blogs that are changing constantly.
Showcase and Theme Changer
For those bloggers who want to allow their users to change the theme when they visit, this nifty little plug-in is ideal. With a drop down list as well as thumbnail views, your readers can easily customize their view of your webpage.
AX Sidebar
This plug-in allows for a few extra fields in post administration. Add content and title utilizing plain text or HTML and it will show up in the sidebar associated with that post.
Page Peel by Pageear
A tested marketing tool, page peels are an excellent idea if they are not too overwhelming. This nice little plug in is not. Very easy installation and lots of features make it a nice addition to any WordPress Page.
New plug-ins are created every week, keep abreast of the changes with research and implement plug-ins you like to keep your website looking fresh and up-to-date.
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Those are some nice plugins but you need to remembert that plugins really slow down the whole site. If it loads too long it’d probably be best to remove couple addons.
@Pozycjonowanie: yea, i would personally recommend not to exceed 15 plugins in your blog.
I made a gaming site with WordPress, but I feel that it still just looks like a simple WordPress blog. I want it to look like most popular sites, like Engadget. I’d like to know if there are plugins I can use to change the basic WordPress look, so it won’t look like your basic blog.
These plug ins are the real good stuff.
Thanks for the tips. I was wondering how some blog manage to have the peal effect. Now i know it;s the page peal plugin. I wish they had something similar for blogger.
Google translator is a very nice plugin. I mean sure, the quality kinda sucks but it’s better that people from other countries can read it in broken language than not at all.
Nice list of plugins. I really love top list and must use list for wordpress. Thanks for the share.
Be careful with contact forms. I get heavy amounts of spam on some of my sites that have them. Always remember to include some sort of captcha.
thanks for all these wonderful wordpress plugin. i like the Contact Form Seven.
So I have been using WordPress for a couple weeks, I am really getting used to it but I have no clue how to add an opt in. If anybody has any information on how to do this please drop it.
Finally a list of plugins I haven’t heard about.