Comments on: The First WordPress Plugins You Must Install

By: Install Software

Install Software — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 05:42:00 +0000

Hi there.
Great installation help…thanks, fixed my problem.
Anyone reading this guys stuff should bookmark it.

By: Atul

Atul — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 02:58:12 +0000

WP now provides this plugin functionality automatically

By: Thewirds

Thewirds — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:02:59 +0000

One more plugin that you must to install was WP Ban, you need this plugin to ban ip address from spammer, this is good when you own big blog with big traffic

By: Dave

Dave — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 03:53:14 +0000

+1 for Akismet. It is a must have for any blog that has comments open.

My other must have installed plugin is WP-DBManager (http://lesterchan.net/portfolio/programming/php/). The automatic backups are a lifesaver.

By: Justin Shattuck

Justin Shattuck — Thu, 08 May 2008 18:46:02 +0000

comment relish, comment relish, comment relish hint hint.

By: LaurenceJohn

LaurenceJohn — Thu, 08 May 2008 02:59:17 +0000

I agree.

When I first began looking at WordPress I paid for a WordPress.com upgrade before I realized you had to have a self hosted installation to use plugins.

Stupid I know… but I don’t it’s made very clear for first time WordPress users.

By: Adam

Adam — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:18:11 +0000

I would mention that Askimet which is installed by default, but for which you need an API key for, is the most important plugin to get set-up first.

-Adam

By: George

George — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:49:29 +0000

I have both the One Click Installer and the Plug-in Central and for fresh installations i use the one click but for updates i use the Plug-in Central cause it makes updating easier.

By: relequestual

relequestual — Wed, 07 May 2008 12:30:47 +0000

I have to admit, ive also been using the one click plugin updater for quite some time now. its reasently updated to include an “update all” button, which saves me a lot of time! Mostly works. Get the odd plugin that wont update, but as to be expected i guess. Love it

By: tyronebcookin

tyronebcookin — Wed, 07 May 2008 07:28:42 +0000

I’m sorry but this information seems outdated unless you don’t use firefox.

One Click Installer for wordpress works with firefox to instantly install themes or plugins and now that wordpress is up to 2.5.1 the plugins can instantly update their selves with the new version update/upgrade link that notifies you right on your plugins page…one click and that is updated when newer versions come out with plugins you already have, even when they are deactivated it still lets you know a newer version is avaialable (this is still on the actual plugins page)

The only quirk this has is sometimes it confuses the theme and plugin folders but the themes and plugins still work, it also has the sub folder problem if the plugin is still nestled one more folder deep.

But I guess good for IE or other people…and yes, this is for WordPress.org (self hosted sites) with their blog software.