There are probably hundreds of plugins, though not all are suitable for the latest WP 3.0 version.

Which WordPress plugins do you use? Why do you like them?

I'll start off with one called 'Sexy Bookmarks'

Hi
I like the stats plugin, Having a decorating business its real handy to know where my visits are
coming from. yell.com, google, BT phone book where i advertise.



Once it's running it'll begin collecting information about your pageviews, which posts and pages are the most popular, where your traffic is coming from, and what people click on when they leave. It'll also add a link to your dashboard which allows you to see all your stats on a single page. Less is more.

Finally, because all of the processing and collection runs on our servers and not yours, it doesn't cause any additional load on your hosting account. In fact, it's one of the fastest stats system, hosted or not hosted, that you can use.

Alzander

Alzander, that looks a very useful tool.

I have been using wordpress for the last 11 months and i am competely satisfied with its performance. My favorite wordpress plugins are as follows
* All in one SEO Pack
* Akismet
* NextGen Gallery
* Broken Link checker, and many other.

I use All in one SEO pack it is for SEO. Related post to showsimilar post of another post.

I love the Com Luv plugin, it allows other bloggers to leave a short description
and link back to their last blog post.

Plus if you register for the free com luv account, when you leave a comment on a blog
with the com luv plugin, you can choose which post you wish to link back to.

It lets you choose from your last 10 blog posts so you can choose which one is most
relevant to the content of the blog you are leaving a comment on.

There is also a search engine on com luv which means you can find related keyword blogs
that have com luv installed too.

Alex

I use wordpress site stats, and contact forum. Another great one is wordpress colums

And it's good to keep an eye out for upgrades to plugins too. Some of them seem to upgrade almost every week.

I am still looking for some more plugins to use, this topic could come in handy
Can't really say I have a favourite yet, but I do believe akismet is a must though!

Hello everyone, I am new to the forum, but, I have a lot to share. I never used wordpress. However, I downloaded it about three days ago because I wanted to see what was the difference between it and Eblogger.
I will install it, create a blog with it, and share with you all about what I find. Wordpress seems to get a lot of good rep on the Internet.


Cheers.

I find using a link cloaker very useful for affiliate marketing

I like cform, give a very professional contact form.

I prefer to use contact forum

How these plugins influence on getting traffic and readers?

one of my favorit plugin would be PHP-exec. It gives the ability to write PHP codes and run it directly from the post I made.

another plugins I use are; WP-cumulus, YARPP, Mobilepress, ultimate google analytics

There are many WordPress Plugins that one can install to make the blog easier to maintain and more ‘search-friendly’.
Here are few plugins that I have installed:
1. I use custom signature and photo to the bottom of posts with the author’s information.
2. Installed Akismet to checks the comments and look for if there is any spam or not.
3. Out-of-the-box SEO for increasing ranking by reformatting meta tag, title tags and all.
4. Google XML Sitemaps as it generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog.

Here are the plugins I love to use:

1. Akismet
2. Contact form 7
3. Disqus commenting plugin
4. KK Star Rating

i think i live all in one seo pack. Because all in one seo pack give better result to all my websites. with some keyword, my all posting and page get #1 with some target keywords. its a must if you install all in one seo pack in your wordpress site

Contact form 7, akismet, All in One SEO Pack, Google XML Sitemaps and more...there are too many to be typed here