WordPress plugins I love

WordPress is nice, but some of the plugins I've installed really boost the user experience (and mine!) I thought I'd share what I've gathered.

The following are essential to the functioning of my blog:

Akismet: Akismet is an anti-spam service provided by the same folks who run WordPress.com, and you have to get an API key -- but after that, it's a breeze. It has correctly detected over 15,000 comment spam, but I only know of one false positive.
Comment Timeout: Most of the comment spam comes in on old posts that no one is commenting on anymore, so this plugin turns off commenting when the post is more than X days old or no one has commented for more than Y days, whichever comes later. (Very configurable, includes some other neato options.)
Text Control: I can't stand WordPress' default formatting, and this plugin allows me to turn off those damn curly quotes and such.

These take the sharp edges off:

AJAX Comment Preview: Provides a "Preview" button on the comment form that hooks into WordPress' actual comment formatting and processing system. (Not working since the WP 2 upgrade.)
Full Text Feed: Out of respect for those using feed-readers, I'm syndicating the full content of each entry.
WP-ContactForm: Allows me to insert a web-based contact form anywhere I want.

WordPress has more features than some platforms, but there's always more enhancements:

Subscribe To Comments: Users can request that additional comments on a post be emailed to them, even if they don't leave a comment themselves. (Also not working with WP 2.)
Ultimate Tag Warrior: Because WP entries can only accept a couple of categories at a time, UTW brings in full tagging functionality.
Ultimate Tag Warrior: Tag Archive: Add a tag cloud/search page.
WordPress Database Backup: Backup your WP database at any time.

And some I have because I'm kind of anal about URLs and metadata:

Dublin Core Meta Tags: Add <meta> tags specifying Dublin Core metadata to posts. (I wrote this one, and others have contributed.)
Permalink Redirect: Ensure that pretty permalinks have that trailing slash on the pathname.

What are your favorite plugins?

Responses: 7 so far

#14143 | April 2nd, 2007 at 1:54 pm
Cairnarvon says:

I like WP-Stats, mostly because it can show all comments a given user has posted easily. Makes it easier to identify trolls, if you have a lot of commenters. And random statistics are awesome, of course.

I also really like the idea behind Next of Kin, though the implementation isn't perfect.
#14163 | April 2nd, 2007 at 8:37 pm
Tim McCormack says:

Ahaha, Next of Kin looks cool.
#14171 | April 2nd, 2007 at 9:09 pm
mandy says:

I just wanted to gush about Akismet. Since installing it last month, it has caught 4,927 spam comments . . . and counting. Unbelievable. I wish I had something to add to the list but instead I'll just stick to "thanks" for the info.
#14173 | April 2nd, 2007 at 9:14 pm
Tim McCormack says:

Yeah, it's almost worth deactivating Comment Timeout just to watch the spam ticker fly. :-D
#14179 | April 2nd, 2007 at 10:38 pm
Terras says:

Your weighted tag cloud is non-existent. You wish it was as awesome as mine. ^.~
#14216 | April 3rd, 2007 at 8:59 am
Tim McCormack says:

Ah, but you haven't seen the upcoming total redesign~
#14448 | April 12th, 2007 at 5:59 pm
subcorpus says:

thanks for sharing the list ...
checking out the plugins now ...
thanks ...