This slide shares some reason why plugins are useful to a Wordpress Blog. Some key plugins are also shared.

1. Why Plugins A Must for Wordpress
Blog
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2. Mostly Free
Most of the plugins out there are free
We can opt to give a small donation to the
creator of these plugins

3. Easy to Use
Wordpress has made it so easy to search,
install and upgrade plugins within the
Wordpress Administration.
click on “Add New” under the plugins subsection.
search for the plug-in we want.
Click on Install
Wordpress will automatically tell us when there
is a newer version of the plug-in. We just need
to go to the installed plugins page, click on the
automatic upgrade

4. Added Features with Widgets
Add features and expand the capabilities with
Widgets came with the plugins.
Example – Event Calendar
Use Plugin Widget to Show Upcoming Events
Example – Photo Gallery
Use Plugin Widget to show random or latest photos

5. Enhance Readers’ Interest
Gallery Widget use picture to enhance readers'
interest
Related Articles show related posts to current
article – Attract readers to read other posts.

6. Save Time
Spam Filter plugin save time by not having to go
through tons and tons of spam comments and
find the genuine ones.
Tag suggestions plug-in. It will search the local
tags and the Internet, to suggest keywords
tags relevant to the post.

7. Why Plugins A Must for Wordpress
Blog
There are many reasons why we need to install
plugins in our Wordpress Blog.
Click on the link below to find out more
http://stopebizfrustration.com/2009/07/16/why-plugin