Always install
- Akismet – already installed, just activate
- BackupBuddy
- Gravity Forms
- iThemes FeedBurner Widget
- LoopBuddy (but don’t activate until needed)
- Redirection
- Widget Logic
- 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.
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