If you're serious about blogging with WordPress, you will definitely like the 8 Invaluable WordPress Plugins article on PingMag website.
I've started using WordPress just a few months ago (before it was another blog engine – Serendipity), so I have personally used only a few of the plugins listed, and I haven't even heard about some others. Still, the 3 plugins I use already I can highly recommend:
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