There are hundreds of great wordpress plugins available free of charge at the moment. Here is a list of my favourite plugins used on this site. They take seconds to install and setup and save you a ton of time in the long run.

Check them out and let me know what you think.

Google XML Sitemap Generator

This plugin will create a Google sitemaps compliant XML-Sitemap of your WordPress blog. It supports all of the WordPress generated pages as well as custom ones. Every time you edit or create a post, your sitemap is updated and all major search engines that support the sitemap protocol, like ASK.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO, are notified about the update.

All-In-One SEO Pack

Optimizes your Wordpress blog for Search Engines (Search Engine Optimization)

Code Highlighter

This plugin using Geshi to highlight source code in your posts for an improved viewing experience.

Twitter Widget Pro

A widget that properly handles twitter feeds, including @username and link parsing. It supports displaying profiles images, and even lets you control whether to display the time and date of a tweet or how long ago it happened (about 5 hours ago, etc).

iLast FM

The plugin iLast.Fm provides a complete integration between your blog and your Last.fm account. You can show on your blog what music you are listening to, your top albums, top artists, loved tracks, and much more. Can show the CD covers or information, or both.

Blog Reordering

Reorder your blog posts in multiple ways including custom ordering instead of typical date wise post display. You can also mark any post as sticky that will be always placed at top.

Category Reordering

The Category Order plugin allows you to easily reorder your categories the way you want via drag and drop.

These are just a few of the ones I use but are my favourites I guess. Let me know what you think of them, or if you use any that I should know about etc.

Enjoy…