There are over 10k plugins available in the wordpress plugin directory at this moment and they are still increasing. Now the thing is that, how to choose the must have plugin after a fresh install of wordpress on your blog and what are the basic wordpress plugins needed for your blog. Here I am listing top 10 must have wordpress plugins according to me which I think they should be installed and running on your blog. I am pretty much sure that if you are a blogger then you must be having all of them installed but still I am listing down so that it might be useful for a new blogger.
1. Akismet
This plugin is the must have plugin for any blog because this is the plugin which scans the comment you receive and detects if they are spam or not. Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blog’s “Comments” admin screen.
This plugin allows you to integrate all your website analytic services and also allows you to submit your sitemap to Google, Yahoo and Bing at just one click. It is a must have plugin if you want to keep away yourself from manually adding codes to your theme files.
3. Do Follow
This plugin, as its name says makes your whole blog a do-follow blog. The dofollow plugin for WordPress lets you remove the evil nofollow attribute from your comments. Because nofollow will not work.
4. Fast and Secure Contact Form
A contact form is a must have thing for any blog and that is exactly what this plugin does. This contact form lets your visitors send you a quick E-mail message. Blocks all common spammer tactics. Spam is no longer a problem. Includes a CAPTCHA and Akismet support. Additionally, the plugin has a multi-form feature, optional extra fields, and an option to redirect visitors to any URL after the message is sent. Super customizable.
5. Favicons
Choose easily a favicon to make your site eye-catching and easily recognizable by visitors that have several windows opened on their navigator. Favicon plugin allows you even to use your gravatar. It has got a wide range of icons and it is a must have for your blog.
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, it’s much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. A highly recommended and a must have wordpress plugin. You can check my sitemap built by this plugin here : sitemap.
I have been using All in one SEO plugin till now but after finding this great plugin, I am a regular user of this. This plugin is an extension of All in one SEO plugin with more rich features which allows to enhance your site SEO and per post SEO as well.
8. Sharebar
This is a latest floating bookmarking wordpress plugin and it looks very beautiful with the site as you can see it on my blog. For more details, read my article : How to have a Mashable like floating sharebar for your blog.
For a better and smooth run of your site, this plugin helps you a lot. It makes a cache of your site which helps you save some bandwidth and increases your site loading time.
10. Your Pick
This last point, I leave it blank for you ! Which plugin you think should be included in the list here or any specific plugin which you would like to recommend ?? Feel free and please help me fill this point by leaving a comment below ! 
I can add one that is Commentluv, It is my favorite. BTW nice list of plugins. I would prefer All In One SEO instead of Platinum SEO
Yes, commentLuv probably is a good plugin but the reason why I didn’t add that plugin is because of the error I get when I try to use it ! it always says : no blog posts to return whenever i try to use it on other blogs
but yes, I recommend that plugin too 
Even I faced this problem some days ago. Then I found out that my URL got banned. There was a link to unban it, and after that the problem got fixed.
ohh ! But I did even try to contact their admin on twitter but even he could not solve my problem !!
I prefer WP SEO by Yoast and ultimate SEO plugin.
Thanks for this – a couple of new ones for me. But I'm looking for a good plugin that'll let my clients easily add and maintain a data table on their wordpress pages. Have you got any recommendations there?
Any pointers gratefully received.
hello and thanks for the visit ! well yes of course I have a recommendation for it ! here it is : http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-dbmanager/
I hope it will help you 
Thank you and visit again 
It works quite well and for database backup, you may use Wp-Db-backup plugin
If you are looking for a floating social bookmarking plugin, have a look at GetSocial – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/getsocial/ . The one you are using currently is messing up with the content when you resize the window to a smaller width.
Yes, you are right that it is currently messing up and that is because of that topsy retweet plugin I have
and this getsocial plugin is also a very good one designed by one of my twitter friend Riyaz 
good share 
thank you !
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I have repeatedly backed Digg Digg plugin for social networking but not a lot of people talk about it. I don't know why?
There might be a reason for that
but this sharebar is a very cool plugin find for me as of now though I have yet to try digg digg plugin 
How is it BTW ? is it user friendly ? and having cool features ?
I have used many social media plugins & Digg Digg is one of the best. I am using it on my blog. Along with all major sites, It supports facebook like too. Try it & I am pretty sure you'll like it.
Well definately, in near future, I will surely give it a try
thanks for the reco. !
Hi,
I thinks the 2 plugins Do follow and Favicons are not necessary, you can easily do their jobs manually. We should reduce the number of plugins as many as we can.
There is an excellent plugin that I am using, it is the conditional captcha, check it out.
yes you are right ! Favicon is only to get a stylish icon for your blog which makes your blog unique from others ! and about that do-follow, the reason why it is helpful is that it allows you to choose whether you want to include anything or not ! and it is very light weight and does not load at the front end so make no difference to page loading time
and I will definately check conditional captcha right away 
I just added the GetSocial to my small site as well.
Yes ! Getsocial indeed is a very good plugin ! Hope you will enjoy !
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You covered all useful plugins for WordPress blog, One more i can add is Insight plugin. I found it best to interlink articles. Give it a try , you will love it
Will check it for sure
I have found one more plugin for keyword SEO ! will have to check both and write about them 
I would recommend Wp Database Backup or Wp Optimize – Infact both are equally important.!
yes! that is what I was waiting for
Yes. Definately I agree that I have not included these 2 great plugins because I could include only 10 plugins but even I use them both and I find them very useful 
thanks for the add 
Just a freindly reminder to all wp bloggers , dont get plugin greedy . or your shared hosting will cause problems , jut like i faced
Just a freindly reminder to all wp bloggers , dont get plugin greedy . or your shared hosting will result in difficulties , jut like i faced
Just a freindly reminder to all wp bloggers , dont get plugin greedy .
Excellent article. Thanks for the info! I'm going to incorporate several of these in my blogs (http://drjohnblog.guidetoself.com and http://drjohnsblog.wordpress.com). Can't wait to try these out!
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Can you tell me what plugin you're using for your sidebar part that says "trending at the moment" ? Thanks
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That plugin is "Wordpress Popular Posts" which you can get from http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-pop… . It has some settings with which you can get the results you want
Great tips, thanks for sharing, learned a couple of new things because of these explanations on how to speed up the xml sitemap.
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Thanks for the great variety with plugins, i have a number of favourites to, including the all known “All IN SEO “and also the easy privacy policy and also SEO friendly images (got some great results with it)and lastly pretty links (great for cloacking) affiliate links…
Great post about plugins for WordPress, thank you
digg digg is very gud i feel…..it also has floating option
regarding cache plugins w3 total cache broke my theme so i m using wp super cache 
digg digg is very gud plugin……regarding cache plugin, w3 total cache broke my theme
so i m using wp super cache 
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Wow…Amazaing Collection..
Thanks for the great variety with plugins, i have a number of favourites to, including the all known "All IN SEO "and also the easy privacy policy and also SEO friendly images (got some great results with it)and lastly pretty links (great for cloacking) affiliate links…
Nice collection you have here, thanks for share.
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Wonderful post. These plugins are all very important for any blog. A kismet is what most blogs have because people want to keep away spam. The contact form is also of great importance. This is how you get to know your readers views and what they would like you to do.
I wish to thank you for this delightful blog!! I throughly enjoyed every little bit of it. I look forward to seeing what else you post. Thanks