If you have a WordPress website you have to have:
Akismet Anti-Spam

By far the BEST anti-spam plugin there is. Akismet filters out hundreds of millions of spam comments from the Web every day. Add Akismet to your site so you don’t have to worry about spam again.
Gravatar

An “avatar” is an image that represents you online—a little picture that appears next to your name when you interact with websites.
A Gravatar is a Globally Recognized Avatar. and create your profile just once, and then when you participate in any Gravatar-enabled site, your Gravatar image will automatically follow you there. Gravatar is a free service for site owners, developers, and users. It is automatically included in every WordPress.com account
Jetpack

Jetpack is the ultimate toolkit for WordPress. It gives you everything you need to design, secure, and grow your site in one bundle.
Fully customize your site with free themes, image tools, and rich content. Increase your traffic through automatic social sharing, related content, and faster load times.
Security
Performance
Writing
Sharing
Discussion
Traffic
WordPress.com Stats

WordPress.com Stats will provide with much essential information about your website
What you need to have to attend this Online Training
Online Training from the comfort of your own home or office: convenient, effective and safe! Skype is easy to use and very user-friendly. Should you not have downloaded Skype yet, I will send you a Skype invitation link in order for us to communicate (you don’t need to download Skype). All you need is a desktop or laptop and headphones with microphone.
Hands-on
This is hands-on training. During this workshop you will be learning how to install and setup Akismet, Gravatar, Jetpack and WordPress.com Stats.
Time
9am – 2pm.
Thanks once again Tony. Today’s online training ‘Akismet, Gravatar, Jetpack and WordPress.com Stats’ was enlightening particularly to see how Jetpack and WordPress.com Stats are so complementary to a WordPress website and how they mesh together.
Absolutely fantastic giving you training Paddy. I am very pleased to learn that you found the online Training ‘Akismet, Gravatar, Jetpack and WordPress. com Stats’ useful. Best wishes with your website.
Thank you Tony. You are very patient, methodical and thorough in your training
Cole, this is the 4th Training Course you attended and it is always such a great pleasure giving you training. You are a fast learner and a Lady with a beautiful personality. Best wishes with your work and website.
Would love to join the next course – i am presuming it will be on 13 November?