Just want to give a shout out to my favorite WordPress plugins. Here they are, in no particular order:
Bad Behavior – http://bad-behavior.ioerror.us/
Prevents spam without having to use CAPTCHA.
BM Custom Login – http://www.binarymoon.co.uk/projects/bm-custom-login/
Customize your WordPress login screen.
Developer Formatter – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/devformatter/
Uses GeSHi server-side highlighting to display your code in a post.
Fast Secure Contact Form – http://www.fastsecurecontactform.com/
Contact form.
HTML Purified – http://urbangiraffe.com/plugins/html-purified/
Replaces default HTML filters.
Link Indication – http://sw-guide.de/wordpress/plugins/link-indication-plugin/
Open external links in new window.
Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu – http://planetozh.com/blog/my-projects/wordpress-admin-menu-drop-down-css/
A much better Admin menu plugin.
Sociable for WordPress 3.0 – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sociable-30/
Let people easily link to your post thru social networks.
the_excerpt Reloaded – http://robsnotebook.com/the-excerpt-reloaded/
A much better excerpt plugin for your posts.
WP-PageNavi – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-pagenavi/
Page navigation.
WYSIWYG Inline Code Command – http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wysiwyg-inline-code-command/
Easily add inline code
to your post.