Here is a great list that I whipped together of some of the most useful and most popular WordPress plugins, wordpress is a awesome blogging software learn more about wordpress.

  1. AkismetAkismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blogs “Comments” admin screen.
  2. All In One SEOOptimizes your WordPress blog for Search Engines (Search Engine Optimization).
  3. Broken Link CheckerThis plugin is will monitor your blog looking for broken links and let you know if any are found.
  4. Google XML SitemapsThis plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of your WordPress blog.
  5. WordPress.com StatsTracks views, post/page views, referrers, and clicks.
  6. Related PostsLink to related posts on your blog, which is based on the content of the post.
  7. flickrRSSIntegrate the photos from a flickr rss feed into your site. Show flickr photos on your website.
  8. WP lightbox 2 Overlay images on the current page for WordPress. You can turn it on and all images are now working with it.
  9. PXS Mail FormCreates a mail form with multipart verification, various messages and an auto redirect on successful send. It is much more easy to contact with website author.
  10. Popularity ContestThis will enable ranking of your posts by popularity; using the behavior of your visitors to determine each post’s popularity
  11. PollDaddyCreate and manage PollDaddy polls from within WordPress.
  12. WordPress.com StatsYou can have simple, concise stats with no additional load on your server by plugging into WordPress.com’s stat system.
  13. Get Recent CommentsDisplay the most recent comments or trackbacks with your own formatting in the sidebar.
  14. Gravatars Adds a nice looking graphic next to the persons comments.