Link Idol

It’s been a while since my last post. I am very busy configuring my link network which I also want to share with you once I am finished setting them up. For the mean time, let me share with you some Wordpress plugins which I think is a must-have. I do use plenty of plugins, but the list below is something I think each of my blog cannot live without.

Akismet - who wants spam? Well, this plugin doesn’t. It filters spam comments and you can have the option to delete them after a certain number of days. I am happy it’s bundled with the Wordpress pack.

Google Sitemaps - for easier crawling and indexing by Google, this should be top in the list.

All-in-One SEO - generates seo-friendly web pages by automatically creating seo-optimized page titles and descriptions.

Global Translator - generates translations of your blog posts using different translation engines in the Internet. Google translation engine can create more than 44 translations which means 44 more web pages with translated contents that can drive more traffic to your site as many foreign readers can read your posts in their mother toungues.

Wordpress SuperCache - this is based on the WP-Cache plugin which serves static files of your web pages to your visitors. The result… extremely fast loading pages which can withstand even the front page appearance of your on Digg! The drawback however, is that since it uses static files, it may not work on some occasions when your site needs to execute PHP codes (e.g. some advertising codes) during every page load. The get around is to use the original WP Cache engine which is also an option in the plugin interface. Another thing, you need to have plenty of space as it saves cached static files on your server.

DB Cache - this is probably one of best plugins I’ve seen. It caches database queries which WP SuperCache doesn’t do. The result is a more efficient disk space usage as it only saves important database information in your server. I once tested it on my site with 223 queries per page load. It reduced the queries to only 47 which was really a significant increase in performance and less strain on the server.

Yet Another Related Post Plugin - Not only it displays related posts at the end of your blog posts but also lets search engines crawl old pages and keep them indexed by search engines. Users can choose to automatically load the related posts at the end of each blog post without editing any template file which makes it usage a breeze.