I recommend the following plugins:<p>- 404 Redirection
- Akismet
- All in One SEO Pack
- Better WordPress Minify
- Disqus Comment System
- FeedBurner FeedSmith
- Google XML Sitemaps
- WP Smush.it
- WP Super Cache<p>I personally use them on my blog <a href="http://marlonribunal.com" rel="nofollow">http://marlonribunal.com</a>
Don't forget to make it federated with ostatus <a href="https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ostatus-for-wordpress/" rel="nofollow">https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ostatus-for-wordpress/</a>