Posted on February 11, 2014 | Magento 1
When beginning any magento website, I always have a small list of extensions at hand that I trust and enhance my magento stores. Please find a few listed below.
For Product Image Zoom:
Magic Zoom Plus by MagicToolbox (£45)
http://www.magictoolbox.com/magiczoomplus/modules/magento/
For Navigation:
MegaMenu for Magento by TheExtensionLab (£149.99)
https://www.theextensionlab.com/megamenu
Or
ProNav by Brandammo ($69.99)
http://store.brandammo.co.uk/magento/pronav.html
ProCategory by Brandammo ($99.99)
http://store.brandammo.co.uk/magento/procategory.html
Improved Layered Navigation by Amasty ($139)
http://amasty.com/improved-layered-navigation.html
For Enhanced Checkout:
Light Checkout by GoMage ($169.00)
http://www.gomage.com/gomage-lightcheckout.html
For Shipping Rules:
Premium Matrix Rate by WebShopApps (£50.00)
http://www.webshopapps.com/uk/shipping/premium-matrixrate-shipping-extension.html
Or for those on a budget
Matrix Rate by WebShopApps (FREE)
http://www.webshopapps.com/free/matrixrate-shipping-extension.html
For Payments:
Sage Pay Suite Pro (Europe) by Ebizmarts (£169)
http://store.ebizmarts.com/extensions/sage-pay-suite-pro.html
For Blogging:
Magento Wordpress Integration by Fishpig (FREE or Paid Installation)
http://fishpig.co.uk/magento/wordpress-integration/
Core Enhancements
Remove any link from My Account navigation by Paul Donnelly [Shameless Plug but it's always needed] (FREE).
http://www.pauldonnelly.net/magento-extension-remove-any-link-from-my-account-navigation/
H&O Handles (FREE)
https://github.com/ho-nl/Ho_Handles