Best WordPress Plugins?

[pjotter]

I am addicted to WordPress as I can see quite a few other affiliates are...

It's been a while since I last installed a new site, but back then I found a couple of must-have plugins:

Akismet - against spam comments
All in One SEO Pack - SEO possibilities
GD Star Rating - rating of posts and pages
Google XML Sitemaps - sitemap management
Redirection - link management etc.
Pretty Link - link management etc.

I haven't really found new must-have plugins. Do you use other plugins than the above mentioned?

[fonzi]

There are some great news stories posted here on CAP about Wordpress plugins.

Top 10 WordPress Plugins for Affiliates

And a followup on the forum

http://www.casinoaffiliateprograms.c...s-welcome.html

[Rak]

Web Ninja GA - to install Google Analytics
SEO Ultimate - Does fantastic SEO work for your blog
Google XML Sitemaps - all sites should have xml sitemaps!
Link Juice Keeper - worked hard for those links, dont let them go to waste!
WP-Table-Reloaded - makes sexy looking tables, with all sorts of cool features
Contact Form 7 - every site needs one?

[fonzi]

I also like statpress, super heatmaps and the global translator plugins.

[Rak]

I also like statpress, super heatmaps and the global translator plugins.

OMG super heatmaps... this is just pure genius.

xhttp://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-heatmap/screenshots/

Fonzi.. if we ever meet, I owe you beers for this mention. Going to have a play with it tonight and see how it tracks.

Any cons to it?

[fonzi]

I'm sure we'll meet eventually.

I've had 2 issues with it.
It won't work on some themes although I really didn't bend over backwards trying to fix it.

I've also noticed that on my poker news site whose homepage is updated 2-3 times daily it will stop working after about 3 weeks. I just reset it and start over. It's no biggie as 3 weeks is enough time for me to get a sense of what people are clicking because the site gets tons of traffic.

[JillO]

Just mentioned this in another post... but I want to give a shout out the a pretty awesome WP Theme (I know, different than plugins)

Flytonic Gambling Themes for WordPress

[Rak]

I might do a bit more digging and see what else is out there for heat maps. One of the problems with my current theme is that I have a featured article section which rotates through.. and its not a definite URL to the content eg xhttp://www.sitename.com/feature/#

Not sure if it will heatmap that.

Will report back if I find anything better.

[pjotter]

Thanks for ideas. Did check for articles, before asking - just wanted the latest update

super heatmap looks exciting. I like the Flytonic themes too!

I find it a bit strange that there are no specific casino aff plugins...

[JillO]

One more... Yoast! It's killer for SEO, and... it's Free!