There are tons of WordPress plugins out there and I have tried a bunch, but here are the ones I have found to be the most helpful for me and my blog:
Akismet:
Protects your blog from comment and trackback spam.
Broken Link Checker:
Checks your blog for broken links and missing images and notifies you on the dashboard.
Comment Reply Notification:
Allows you to reply to a comment and sends an e-mail to the commentor. I like this because sometimes I want to reply to someone and this makes it easy to have a conversation thread with them.
Contact Form 7:
Simple contact form I use on my Contact page.
Giveaway Countdown:
This is the widget I have on my sidebar that advertises my blog giveaways. It is the only plugin I paid for ($15) but well worth it!
Google Analytics for WordPress:
Adds Google Analytics to your blog. I admit I haven’t done much with this but I wanted it there so when I have time its already tracking!
Google XML Sitemaps:
Okay so I can’t remember why I added this one and I don’t do anything with it, but it says it will help search engines (like Google, Yahoo, Bing…) better index your blog.
Greg’s Threaded Comment Numbering:
Numbers my comments. Especially nice if you are not using Rafflecopter and need to pick winners for giveaways.
Hyper Cache:
My host (Hostgator) suggested I add this to make my website load faster.
Official StatCounter Plugin:
Again I don’t really check this out but on occasion it is nice to see this and track it.
Social Sharing Toolkit:
Allows me to use a social media plugins in each post and on my sidebar. Easy to add in my links and customize.
As far as I know Remarkable Team has taken the Giveaway Countdown down. They no longer offer it anymore. Would be nice to know if someone has an alternative.
Do you still use GIveaway Countdown? And if so do you still have a link for it? I would love to use it but it seems to have disappeared.
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Thanks one million and please keep up the gratifying work.
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As far as I know Remarkable Team has taken the Giveaway Countdown down. They no longer offer it anymore. Would be nice to know if someone has an alternative.
Do you still use GIveaway Countdown? And if so do you still have a link for it? I would love to use it but it seems to have disappeared.
Yes I do. Maybe try emailing the company - https://www.remarkableteam.com/
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The clarity on your post is just nice and i can assume you are knowledgeable in
this subject. Well with your permission let
me to clutch your feed to keep up to date with impending post.
Thanks one million and please keep up the gratifying work.