Systems Cowboy

If you use Aweber to manage your mailing list, this Aweber integration plugin works great – it gives you a little widget you can add to your signbar that has your Aweber signup box:
Aweber Integration Plugin.

There are a handful of Wordpress plugins that I wind up using almost every time:

All in One SEO – Standard. Handles meta tags and titles.
Google XML Sitemaps. Gotta have a sitemap for Google. This does it automatically.
Restore Post ID. After you tweak your Permalinks for SEO, the latest version of Wordpress [...]

I love Wordpress.  I don’t bother “designing” or “programming” sites anymore.  There are too many great templates for Wordpress, it’s too easy to use, and there is a plug-in for most anything I need to do.  A Wordpress site doesn’t have to look like a blog, and it’s perfect for creating “mini-sites”.
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