Always install

1. Akismet – already installed, just activate
2. BackupBuddy
3. Gravity Forms
4. iThemes FeedBurner Widget
5. LoopBuddy (but don’t activate until needed)
6. Redirection
7. Widget Logic
8. Hello Dolly – delete

Usually install

• DisplayBuddy plugins
• Accordion
• Billboard (? obsolete?)
• Carousel
• Copious Comments
• Featured Posts
• Rotating Images
• Rotating Text
• Slideshow
• Video Showcase
• PluginBuddy Mobile
• Tabber Widget
• VidEmbed
• EsAudioPlayer
• WP Super Cache (or Total Cache) choose the right one… (cf Semiologic Cache)
• Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP)

Consider these

• AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget – For social bookmarking, liking, sharing
• Disqus Comment System – Community based, big-time commenting
• Wishlist Member – Big-time membership plugin
• ??? – recommended eCommerce, shopping cart plugin
• EmailBuddy –
• PB-Tweet –
• Relevant Posts Widget (cf YARPP)
• ServerBuddy – Figure out what this does.

On the list but probably not (yet?)

• Builder Style Manager – BETA (probably not)
• Facebook, Twitter, Google plus one Share Buttons (use AddThis instead?)
• Twitter Facebook Social Share
• MP3-jplayer – EsAudioPlayer competitor; not tried out yet
• WPaudio

Semiologic to consider keeping

• Events Widget
• No Self Pings
• PC Robots.txt
• Poll Widget / Democracy
• Mediacaster – Keep long enough to change to alternatives.
• WordPress Hashcash – Free or pro?
• XML Sitemaps – Free or pro?

Semologic to remove

• Add From Server – Not sure what it does. Explore using it to recognize media uploaded via FTP.
• Ad Manager
• Admin Menu – Builder has its own.
• Article Uploader – not sure how it works
• Author image – See if this is paid for free, might be useful
• Autolink URI
• AutoTag
• Auto Thickbox
• Bookmark Me – Replaced by AddThis
• Contact Form – Replaced by Gravity Forms
• Core Control – Semio specific
• Custom Query String
• Dealdotcom Widgets
• Do Follow
• External links
• Fancy Excerpt
• Favicon Head – Instead see Builder Settings (fill in details)
• FeedBurner FeedSmith – Use iThemes FeedBurner widget
• Feed Widgets
• Frame Buster
• Fuzzy Widgets
• Google Analytics – Instead, see Builder Settings (fill in details)
• HitsLink
• Inline Widgets
• Nav Menus – Use Menu system in Builder. Note: Nav Menus includes the Search function in the nav bar. Removing it loses that functionality. Need replacement.
• Newsletter Manager
• Opt-in Front Page
• Random widgets
• Redirect Manager – Use Redirection instead
• Related Widgets – cf YARPP, Relevant Posts Widget. See if this is free or premium. It’s pretty good.
• Script Manager
• Search Reloaded
• Semiologic Affiliate
• Semiologic Cache – cf WP Super Cache?
• Semiologic Cloner
• Semiologic Fixes
• Semiologic SEO – cf All in one SEO pack
• Silo Widgets – Check out whether free or pro?
• Smart links
• Star Ratings for REviews
• Subscribe me – RSS for sidebar
• Subscribe to comments – Not needed if using Disqus. Free or pro?
• Unfancy Quote
• Uploads folder
• Version checker
• Widget Contexts – use Widget Logic instead
• WordPress Database Backup – Use BackupBuddy instead.