Wordpress essential plugins

Here is an other list of essential plugins for Wordpress :) You can see the list of plugins I use on this page.

Lighter admin drop menus
This one fixes something I didn't like in the default admin menu: having to click and wait two or three times before being on the page you want! In my opinion, this plugin produces a more beautiful menu than the one from PlanetOzh! The latter was a bit buggy when the menu was too "long".

Akismet
Blocks all spam comments. Absolutely necessary :)

Wp Downloads Manager
A plugin I love for its ease of use and it was totally what I was looking for. I was using a separate script to do what it does before. Now, it's super easy to add downloads and track them!

cforms
Create AJAX contact forms super easily :) Look at my contact page!

Similar Posts
This plugins looks for similar posts automatically, no need to enter keywords yourself. Exactly what I needed.

Search Meter
Useful, because this plugin lists all of the visitors' searches, so that you know what they want/need, etc. Or why they are on your site.

Popularity Contest
This plugin allows you to know which page is the most popular. Nice.

Dagon Design Sitemap Generator
Sitemaps painlessly.