The must-have plugins

[Ferox]

I'm finally setting up my post-graduation blog, without any of the peeves of the old one. But, I've been out of the bloging loop for a while and aren't as up to date as I could be. I'm at the stage of sorting my plugins.

So far I have akismet, google analytics, contact form, one-click install and a few default ones. I can't help but feel like I'm missing a few. I still need to add a google sitemap

I used to have sezwho on my old blog, but I'm pretty sure that one's not worth having any more. Is it intense debate that's the latest equivalent?

Is there a particular 'top commentators' plugin that people use? And anything that will display your most popular posts, by either comments or pageviews?

I'll add the usual promoting widgets when I'm ready to unveil, but until then is there anything else I may have missed? Like I said, way out of practice.

[Captured Ink]

Headspace2 is a good one and Lightbox JS.

But other than that, the rest that you have done are what I use

[Nathan]

I think that as far as SezWho or Intense Debate goes it isn't worth it. I actually like the plain WordPress comment system better. But that is just my personal preference.