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12 Essential WordPress plugins

• Akismet – prevents comment spam (installed by default)
• Analytics360 – shows your Google Analytics in the WordPress Dashboard – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/analytics360/
• Broken Link Checker – scans your site in the background for broken links and notifies you about them – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/broken-link-checker/
• CryptX – encode email addresses to hide them from most spambots – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cryptx/
• Related Posts Thumbnails – keep people reading on your site with a professional “related posts” list – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/related-posts-thumbnails/
• W3 Total Cache – the superman of caching plugins – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/
• pageMash – rearrange pages with drag and drop – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pagemash/
• Pretty Link Pro – create social media buttons, shortlinks, and more – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pretty-link/
• Video Thumbnails – creates image thumbnails of embedded (YouTube, Vimeo, etc.) videos – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/video-thumbnails/
• WordPress Database Backup – email yourself a backup of the database and sleep well at night – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/
• WordPress SEO by Yoast – arguably better then All-In-One SEO the olf WordPress favorite- http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/
• WPtouch – creates a simple, mobile version of your site w/o much fuss for you – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/