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Spicing up my blog, i looked for some nice plugins to use. Its a tough search and trial-and-error before i finally had my list which i currently use now. I’ve listed my favorite ones here with their description, links to their authors, and my personal comment about them. I’m not saying they’re the best out there but they suited my needs and worked perfectly for me that’s why i like them. Anyway, i’m also using some other plugins and if i learn to like them i’ll surely add them here.

My Favorite WordPress plugins (listed alphabetically)

AddMySite
+ The AddMySite (AMS) plugin for WordPress makes it easy for your visitors to add your site to all of their favorite social-bookmarking services. With a few clicks, users may easily bookmark or add your site to any number of popular social bookmarking services, which are concisely presented via drop-down menu or as a customizable list.

Event Calendar 3
+ This allows you to manage future events as an online calendar. It displays upcoming events in a dynamic calendar, on a listings page, or as a list in the sidebar.

FAQ-tastic
+ I use this FAQs creation tool to create the “Ask Me” section in my blog to better describe myself by allowing people to ask me questions. I think its better than spending time describing myself on my own.

NextGEN gallery
+ A really cool way to have a photo gallery in your blog. Nice and easy to use.

Organizer
+ I love this one so much. It helps me view and organize the images i uploaded and used for my posts and pages. It also has its own upload tool and it allows me to get html code of my images which is very helpful when i want to link to any of my files.

Wordspew
+ This is the live shoutbox i’m using on my blog. Its design is pretty cool and compliments well with my theme. It allows sound alerts, captcha spam protection, and being AJAX-powered the shoubox get updated without reloading the whole page.

Wp-Cache
+ WP-Cache is an extremely efficient WordPress page caching system to make your site much faster and responsive. A useful tool for any blog especially those with many visitors daily.

WP-DB-Backup
+ WP-DB-Backup allows you easily to backup your core WordPress database tables. You may also backup other tables in the same database. You can manually do the backup or set an automatic one, send the backup file in your email or save it in your database. This is definitely a must-have plugin for any blog.

WP-Stats
+ One of the fastest stats system, this gives you a simple, concise stats with no additional load on your server by plugging into WordPress.com’s stat system. It focuses on just the most popular metrics a blogger wants to track and provide them in a clear and concise interface. A smart stat system that’s simple, fast, and easy to use and view - what more can you ask for?