Here’s a list of the WordPress plugins I use on this Hobo SEO Blog. Some plugins are permanent, some are being tested. Some are heavily modified, too. 1 or 2 although installed are not active yet.

WordPress plugins add functionality to the core wordpress CMS we create, design and develop web sites with, if you don’t know.

There are 41 plugins used: 24 active plugins and 17 inactive plugins.

Active Plugins

• Hobo WP Custom Link Love 0.9 Beta  • Hobo WP Custom Link Love 0.9 Beta
» Shaun Anderson / Martin Gardner of Hobo SEO (url)
Custom Variation of Lucia LinkyLove to conserve Google Pagerank, Instead of adding rel=”nofollow” we wont Link to the Authors URL at all until they have contributed a number of intelligent comments.

• Remove Links from Home 1.0 Beta  • Remove Links from Home 1.0 Beta
» Shaun Anderson (url)
This plug-in removes links from the posts on the front/home page only.

Akismet 2.4.0  Akismet 2.4.0
» Automattic (url)
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need an API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.” To show off your Akismet stats just put <?php akismet_counter(); ?> in your template. See also: WP Stats plugin.

All in One SEO Pack 1.6.12.1  All in One SEO Pack 1.6.12.1
» Michael Torbert (url)
Out-of-the-box SEO for your Wordpress blog. Options configuration panel | Upgrade to Pro Version | Donate | Support | Amazon Wishlist

Amazon Showcase 2.2  Amazon Showcase 2.2
» Aaron Forgue (url)
A plugin for showcasing items from Amazon. Simply enter the ASIN/ISBN numbers of any products and optionally enter an Associate ID for earning commissions.

Comment Approved Notifier 2.2  Comment Approved Notifier 2.2
» Yakup Gövler (url)
Send an e-mail to your commenters when you approve their comments.

Contact Form 7 2.3.1  Contact Form 7 2.3.1
» Takayuki Miyoshi (url)
Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.

DoFollow 4.0  DoFollow 4.0
» Kimmo Suominen (url)
Selectively disable the “nofollow” tagging for comments. Configuration: Options » DoFollow.

FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.3.1  FeedBurner FeedSmith 2.3.1
» FeedBurner (url)
Originally authored by Steve Smith, this plugin detects all ways to access your original WordPress feeds and redirects them to your FeedBurner feed so you can track every possible subscriber.

Force Word Wrapping 1.0.0  Force Word Wrapping 1.0.0
» Jim Wigginton (url)
Prevents long sentancesconstructedlikethis from horizontally stretching the page. Ported from the phpBB MOD of the same name – Force Word Wrapping. For support / comments / whatever, visit the support forums.

Google Analytics for WordPress 4.0.8  Google Analytics for WordPress 4.0.8
» Joost de Valk (url)
This plugin makes it simple to add Google Analytics to your WordPress blog, adding lots of features, eg. custom variables and automatic clickout and download tracking.

Ozh' Better Feed 2.2  Ozh' Better Feed 2.2
» Ozh (url)
Your feeds, on steroids. Add a feed footer with a copyright, “Add to delicious”, the number of comments… Add anything to your feed. For WordPress 2.8+

PagerFix 1.1 for WP 2.1  PagerFix 1.1 for WP 2.1
» Jaimie Sirovich (url)
Makes the paging in WP more SE-friendly.

Permalink Redirect 1.0.1  Permalink Redirect 1.0.1
» Joost de Valk (url)
Redirects all crap away from the end of the URL

Post-Plugin Library 2.6.2.1  Post-Plugin Library 2.6.2.1
» Rob Marsh, SJ (url)
Does nothing by itself but supplies common code for the Similar Posts, Recent Posts, Random Posts, and Recent Comments plugins. Make sure you have the latest version of this plugin.

Recent Posts 2.6.2.0  Recent Posts 2.6.2.0
» Rob Marsh, SJ (url)
Displays a highly configurable list of the most recent posts. Instructions and help online. Requires the latest version of the Post-Plugin Library to be installed.

Related Posts 2.02  Related Posts 2.02
» Alexander Malov & Mike Lu (url)
Returns a list of the related entries based on active/passive keyword matches.

Robots Meta 3.3.1  Robots Meta 3.3.1
» Joost de Valk (url)
This plugin allows you to add all the appropriate robots meta tags to your pages and feeds, disable unused archives and nofollow unnecessary links.

RSS Footer 0.9.6  RSS Footer 0.9.6
» Joost de Valk (url)
Allows you to add a line of content to the end of your RSS feed articles.

Smart Ads 2.2  Smart Ads 2.2
» John Kolbert (url)
Automatically adds advertisements before and after your post’s single page content based on word count or post age. You can also ad custom ads using the built in shortcode. Just type [smartads] into your posts to display the custom ad.

What Would Seth Godin Do 1.7.1  What Would Seth Godin Do 1.7.1
» Richard K Miller (url)
Displays a custom welcome message to new visitors and another to return visitors.

WP-PluginsUsed 1.50  WP-PluginsUsed 1.50
» Lester 'GaMerZ' Chan (url)
Display WordPress plugins that you currently have (both active and inactive) onto a post/page.

WP FeedCount 0.4 Beta  WP FeedCount 0.4 Beta
» Martin Gardner (url)
Take Control of your Feedbuner Count & Subscribers the easy way…

WP Greet Box 6.0.9  WP Greet Box 6.0.9
» Thaya Kareeson (url)
Show a different message to your visitor depending on which site they are coming from. For example, you can ask Digg visitors to Digg your post, Google visitors to subscribe to your RSS feed, and more! Best of all, this plugin is compatible with various WordPress cache plugins.

Which are your best WordPress plugins? Have I missed any?

Note – This page should automatically update with new / deleted plugins using the cool WP-PluginsUsed 1.40.

We've recently updated our comments policy and increased the number of comments a visitor has to make to get seo friendly links in comment signatures to reward long term readers and make it a bit harder for dofollow spammers ;) - I told you dofollow spamming wasn't a long term strategy....