Tested WordPress Plugins

WordPress is by far the most popular content management system (CMS) due to it's flexibility using enormous library of plugins. Plugin refers to tools to extend the functionality of WordPress. You can choose from a variety of plugins but the list below are the plugins that I can recommend. I have already them out and it works well with my self hosted WordPress account.

1. All in One Webmaster - this is a very simple plugin that easily integrates webmasters code (Google, Yahoo, Bing, Alexa, Blog Catalog) plus Analytics code. It also has a sitemap submission.
2. Google XML Sitemaps - it automatically submits created sitemap (sitemap.xml/sitemap.xml.gz) to Google, Bing, Ask.com and Yahoo to better index your blog. You don't have to worry if you'll add a now entry, just sit back and let this plugin works for you.
3. Multicons - multi-favicon code generator which automatically inserts favicon. The favicon is a little logo in the address bar next to the url.
4. Quick Adsense - it easy integrates codes into your webpage (Google Adsense, Chitika, Adbrite, etc.)
5. Wordpress.com Stats - Simple, concise stats with no additional load on your server. All you need to do is insert your wordpress.com api key
6. WordPress SEO - all in one SEO and the most popular and widely used SEO plugin for wordpress
7. WP Security Scan - it scans for WordPress installation vulnerabilities.

Note: If you have other plugins that you can suggest please feel free to inform me.

Tested Platform: WordPress 3.1.2