Essential CMS Plugins

After completing the initial WordPress installation and configuration, I recommend making these additions to add important functionality to your site.

• Spam checker/eliminator
  • Akismet; sign up for an API Key.
• Contact forms
  • cForms II
  • Contact Form 7
• Drop down menus
  • dTabs Uses CSS 3.0 options which do not currently validate with w3.org
  • Multi-level Navigation Plugins Uses CSS 3.0 options which do not currently validate with w3.org
  • Or replace this function: wp_list_pages with this one wp_page_menu in the header.php file.
• Email registered users
  • wp-email
• Instant Upgrade (for the CMS and plugins/modules)
  • WordPress Instant Upgrade
• Database backup
  • WordPress Database Backup
• Easy access to phpmyadmin
  • WP-phpMyAdmin
• Broken Link Checker
  • WordPress Broken Link Checker

Optional content

• Quick Subscribe
• Customizable Post Listings
• Advanced Category Excluder
• Collapsing Categories
• Event Calendar
• Google Analyticator
• Lightbox  Gallery
• Thumbnail for Excerpts
• wp-polls
• wp-tabsandslides
• 10 ecommerce solutions for wordpress
  • Quick Shop ~ testing it now; Sidebar widget needs tweeking.
  • WP Auctions. So far this works fine.
  • eShop for WordPress