A collection of WordPress Plug-ins to make a WordPress blog more “search engine friendly.” These plug-ins have been all been available for some time, but I consider them essential and include them in every WordPress installation I do.
Optimal Title is a WordPress plugin that mirrors the function of wp_title() exactly, but moves the position of the ’separator’ to after the title rather than before. This allows you to have your blog name tacked on to the end of the page title instead of having it appear first.
Get it here.
Add-Meta-Tags – This plugin adds XHTML META tags to your WordPress blog. The “activate-it-and-forget-it” settings use the use the categories and tags (WordPress 2.3 and above) of the post for the description and keywords. You cna specify the tgags for the home page. You can have a custom descritpion for each post by filling in the Optional Excerpt box.
Google (XML) Sitemaps Generator for WordPress – This plugin generates a XML-Sitemap compliant sitemap of your WordPress blog. This format is supported by Google, YAHOO and MSN Search.
Sociable Social Networking Plug-in - Puts user-chooseable social network link buttons on your blog. Just check the ones you want and drag them to put them in the order you want.
WP-DB-Backup – A little plug-in that makes it easy to back-up your WordPress database. Your information is only safe if is backed up. Don’t lose all of your work. Your ISP may back up your server, but having your own copy of the database files can save you a lot of time, trouble or money.
