WordPress Plugins - A List of 5 Recommended Plugins

BY CATHY @ http://thewordpresswizard.com While not an exhaustive list, here are 5 plugins I wouldn't be without. 1.   Akismet Akismet comes with every WordPress install and should be one of the first plugins you activate.  It protects you from spam comments.  Here is what Matt Mullenweg says about it: Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under "Comments." You will also get an interesting statistic in your dashboard about how many spam comments have been caught for your blog.  Here's mine -  Akismet has protected your site from 36,057 spam comments already.  Thank you Akismet - 36,057 yucky comments I didn't have to see!  The rest are in no particular order. READ MORE : http://thewordpresswizard.com/wordpress-plugins-a-list-of-5-recommended-plugins/