Just a few of my favourite plugins that I currently use.
Akismet – Prevents spammers from commenting, learns from its mistakes.
WP-Cache – Page caching to improve speed and response time.
WordPress Database Backup - Backs up your core Wordpress tables with the option to backup other tables from the same database.
404 Notifier - logs 404 hits on your site and notifies you via email.
Simple Trackback Validation - Tracks all pingbacks and determines which ones are legitimate and which are spam.
Auto-hyperlink URLs - Automatically hyperlink text URLs and email addresses that appear in plaintext in post content and comments.
WeatherIcon - A weather plugin, displays current weather conditions by querying the NOAA website.
Event Calendar – Manage features and events within a calendar on your blog, the also alendar links and highlights days which have posts.
WordPress.com Stats – Requires a Wordpress account. Enables statson your dashbaord.
All in one SEO pack – Optimizes your blog for search engines.
