WordPress CMS is fantastic as we all know but possibly the best thing about it is its extensibility through the use of plugins. You can download or buy a plugin to do almost anytyhing you can imagine, from showing slideshows to managing full featured newsletter functionality. Heres a few of my favorite non-default plugins.
FREE Plugins:
- Contact Form 7 – Pretty good form building with upload and captcha features.
- Exec-PHP – allows you to write and execute php code in widgets and content.
- Loudervoice – allows you to write reviews on your blog which are then picked up by Loudervoice.com.
- NextGen Gallery – create photo gallerys and flash slideshows with ease.
- Podpress – Full multimedia support and podcasting with a nice little player.
- TinyMCE Advanced – add extra buttons and functionality to the content editor such as tables.
- Subscribe to comments – let your commenters know when a post receives new comments.
- WorsPress.com Stats – keep track of your visitors and most popular posts.
- Comment Referrers – Tells you were commenters came from.
- Facebook Like Button – Add a Like button to your posts.
- Google Analyticator – Add Google analytics and track outbound links.
- Linkedin Share Button – Allow your visitors to share your content on Linkedin.
Commercial Plugins:
Here’s a few decent commercial WordPress plugins:
- Shopping Cart – Full e-commerce system for your site with Realex credit card processing module.
- Newsletter – Full newsletter system for wordpress al managed from the admin.
- Banner Ads – Display adverts on your blog with rotation and stats.
Remember to keep these plugins updated too once installed, you’ll see from admin which ones need updating.
Leon.
Reverb Studios Design 
Thanks Leon! Delighted you like the LinkedIn plugin enough to include it in the list!
You beat me to a very similar blog post too 🙂
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No prob, hope you publish yours too!
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