Here is a list in progress of some of my favorite WP plug-ins. If you know of some core WP plug-ins that I am missing here, please comment and share.
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Akismet
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. You need a WordPress.com API key to use it. You can review the spam it catches under “Comments.”
Out-of-the-box SEO
Contact Form 7
Dagon Design Sitemap Generator
Google Analyticator
Google XML Sitemaps
LinkWithin
NextGEN Gallery – Photo Gallery
Really Simple CAPTCHA – ACAPTCHA module intended to be called from other plugins.
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