Your must have UI addons

[tabrizia]

I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong with JunkIt but those damn junky lewtz are constantly there making me choose them.

You have to turn it on. When you are in the shop screen click on the little gear icon in the top right of the store screen and set it to automatically sell all junk when you click on a vendor. It took me a week or so to figure it out myself.

[Kowh]

My current list (some are still API8 and need to be force loaded), essential addons in blue:

AMP Finder - Adds tooltips to the amp screen telling you where you can get that amp
Athena - Permanent crafting discovery arrows
AuraMastery - Lets you show icons based on custom conditions, e.g. show an ignite icon with a count down while it's on an enemy so you know exactly when to refresh it.
AutoInviter - Automatically invite people who whisper you a custom string
BehavedGroupFinder - Hides the window from popping up again after joining a game.
BetterQuestLog - More useful/concise quest log
BijiPlates - Better unit plates (bars that appear above enemies). I'll likely switch to MinimalistPlates when it's more mature as it promises to be the same, but more efficient.
Book Level Icons - Shows which amps/recipes you can use in the guild bank, also adds new icons for each amp class, catalyst level, etc. Replaces the abandoned AmpClassIcons.
BuffFilter - Allow you to hide buffs and debuffs from yourself and targets. E.g. hide the always-on authenticator buff.
CandyBars - Replaces the stock action bars with customizable (size, shape, etc.) bars that take up less space.
CommodityStats - Adds CX pricing to item tooltips, charts historic pricing of CX & CREDD (just remember to scan the CX & open the CREDD window to feed it data).
CraftingMountFix - Autodismount at crafting station (I think this might be obsolete now?)
EasyPlant - Quickly replant your garden by right-clicking. Pops up a little menu of seeds and plants them for you with each click.
EntSpy - Draw icons on your screen for enemies, harvest nodes, objectives, etc. Can also draw lines. Makes Ayth_Quest obsolete.
EToolTip - Adds secondary stats to the item comparison tooltip
EzSocialBar - Adds a TOR style bar giving a count of online friends/guildies/unread mail
FieldOfViewCalculator - Makes it easy to set a custom FoV (AKA CustomFoV).
Fixed Chat Log - Forces profanity filter off, allows you to read alien (opposite faction) text.
FrenemyTelegraphs - Automatically toggle opposite faction telegraphs based on PvP flag. I.e. it hides them if they can't hurt you.
GalaxyMeter - DPS meter
Generalist - Essential for altaholics. Lets you see what equipment/currency/rep/etc. your other characters have. Adds tooltips to amps so you know if your alt needs it.
Grid - Shows your party/raid as a customizable grid, allows mouseover targeting.
Guild Online Filter - Adds a checkbox to toggle offline players in the guild roster.
Hephaestus - Allows you to craft multiple simple crafts at once
IconLoot - Customizable loot notifications. Makes them nicer and lets you filter out signs.
InstanceTimer - Lets you know how much time you have left for a medal in a dungeon (or other instance).
InstantQuestAccept - Automatically accept all the quests when you talk to a NPC. Great for dailies.
InstantQuestComplete - Automatically radio-in to hand-in/pick-up quests.
Interruptor - Shows a cast bar when you can/should interrupt enemies.
ItemPreviewImproved - Allows you to preview how equipment will look on your character.
JunkIt - Autosell vendor trash.
LocalTime - Shows local time rather than server time.
LootRollEnhanced - Adds a summary of what other people have rolled to your need vs greed window.
MailHelper - Allows you to "get all" (items/gold) from your mailbox
MrFancyPants Equipment Manager - Helps you switch between eq sets (e.g. tank vs dps vs pvp).
NavMate - Adds more things to the minimap, lets you mute the taxi driver.
Neighbor Notes - Autoscans housing plots and makes a list of all the plugs people have. Lets you filter based on "my character can harvest" and quickly visit them all via /nnv
Newton - (Scientist only) Remember and autosummon your preferred Scanbot.
PotatoUI - Streamlined and customizable UI (health, focus, whatnot).
Primula - Achievement Enhancement - Improved achievement screen. Makes it way easier to figure out what that achievement you just got was for (click on it in the summary).
ProcsHUD - Shows an icon when a proc based (e.g. on crit) skill can be used.
Protostar Multifunction Tool - Gathering Tool Swapper - Autoswap between gathering tools for toons with two harvesting skills.
PurchaseConfirmation - Pops up a confirmation dialog for purchases at a custom threshold. Prevents expensive accidental purchases when you just wanted to see what an item would look like.
RareTracker - Lets you know when a rare mob is nearby.
RepairCostTooltip - Adds a tooltip with total cost to the repair button.
RestXPReminder - If you're not at your house replaces the logout button with a warp-to-house button.
Scrappy - Improved salvaging and lets you hide items you never want to salvage.
Senor Plow - Inventory Sorter - Adds second order sorting (e.g. by type, then by name).
Slashlist - Lists all slash commands.
SpaceStash - Improved inventory window. Custom auto-sell, display multiple currencies.
StatCheatSheet - Shows primary/secondary stats for each class.
Super Minimum Datacron - Removes the useless giant border around the datacron.
TapThat - Automate non-combat quicktime events (explicitly allowed by Carbine).
The Visitor - Allows you to visit any player's (public) house by name.
ThreatMeter - Lets you know if you're about to get aggro (non-tank) or lose aggro (tank).
TrackMaster - Dependency of other addons for drawing lines on the screen.
Wild Notifications - Allows you to toggle on/off sound and text notifications for friends/guildies/circles going on/offline. I use it to turn off all sounds and hide circle notifications entirely.
WillYouBeMyNeighbour - Filter (e.g. T4 relic with >=50%) and auto-add neighbours from friends/guilds/circles. Autoaccepts neighbour invites. Required for tradeskill circles.
WoWChatColours - Customizable chat text colours. Defaults to WoW colouring.

[Kowh]

Updated list (some are still API8 and need to be force loaded), essential addons in blue:

AMP Finder - Adds tooltips to the amp screen telling you where you can get that amp
Athena - Permanent crafting discovery arrows
AuctionStats - Adds auction house prices to equipment tooltips
AuraMastery - Lets you show icons based on custom conditions, e.g. show an ignite icon with a count down while it's on an enemy so you know exactly when to refresh it.
AutoInviter - Automatically invite people who whisper you a custom string
BehavedGroupFinder - Hides the window from popping up again after joining a game.
BetterQuestLog - More useful/concise quest log
Book Level Icons - Shows which amps/recipes you can use in the guild bank, also adds new icons for each amp class, catalyst level, etc. Replaces the abandoned AmpClassIcons.
Boss Mods - Akin to WoW's deadly boss mods, but far less advanced. Still useful though.
BuffFilter - Allow you to hide buffs and debuffs from yourself and targets. E.g. hide the always-on authenticator buff.
CandyBars - Replaces the stock action bars with customizable (size, shape, etc.) bars that take up less space.
ChatAdvanced - Custom chat colours/fonts
CommodityStats - Adds CX pricing to item tooltips, charts historic pricing of CX & CREDD (just remember to scan the CX & open the CREDD window to feed it data).
CraftingMountFix - Autodismount at crafting station (I think this might be obsolete now?)
EasyPlant - Quickly replant your garden by right-clicking. Pops up a little menu of seeds and plants them for you with each click.
EntSpy - Draw icons on your screen for enemies, harvest nodes, objectives, etc. Can also draw lines. Makes Ayth_Quest obsolete.
EToolTip - Adds secondary stats to the item comparison tooltip
EzSocialBar - Adds a TOR style bar giving a count of online friends/guildies/unread mail
FieldOfViewCalculator - Makes it easy to set a custom FoV (AKA CustomFoV).
FrenemyTelegraphs - Automatically toggle opposite faction telegraphs based on PvP flag. I.e. it hides them if they can't hurt you.
GalaxyMeter - DPS meter
Generalist - Essential for altaholics. Lets you see what equipment/currency/rep/etc. your other characters have. Adds tooltips to amps so you know if your alt needs it.
Grid - Shows your party/raid as a customizable grid, allows mouseover targeting.
Guard Mini Map - Replacement mini map, shows more things and has per-type toggles.
Guard Zone Map - Replacement full map, same idea as Guard MiniMap.
Healie - Allows you to bind "target lowest health party member" to a key.
Hephaestus - Allows you to craft multiple simple crafts at once
IconLoot - Customizable loot notifications. Makes them nicer and lets you filter out signs.
InstanceTimer - Lets you know how much time you have left for a medal in a dungeon (or other instance).
InstantQuestAccept - Automatically accept all the quests when you talk to a NPC. Great for dailies.
InstantQuestComplete - Automatically radio-in to hand-in/pick-up quests.
Interruptor - Shows a cast bar when you can/should interrupt enemies.
ItemPreviewImproved - Allows you to preview how equipment will look on your character.
JunkIt - Autosell vendor trash.
KillingTime - Gives an estimated "time until killed" at current dps.
LocalTime - Shows local time rather than server time.
LootRollEnhanced - Adds a summary of what other people have rolled to your need vs greed window. Also lets you bring up a window listing past rolls.
MailHelper - Allows you to "get all" (items/gold) from your mailbox
MrFancyPants Equipment Manager - Helps you switch between eq sets (e.g. tank vs dps vs pvp).
Neighbor Notes - Autoscans housing plots and makes a list of all the plugs people have. Lets you filter based on "my character can harvest" and quickly visit them all via /nnv
Newton - (Scientist only) Remember and autosummon your preferred Scanbot.
NoAlienChat - Allows you to read opposite faction chat, also marks it a different colour from same-faction.
NoSwiping! - Colour codes CX "sell now" prices so you can quickly see what can be sold for above-vendor pricing.
OptiPlates - Better unit plates (bars that appear above enemies). Fork of BijiPlates with more features and greatly improved performance.
Peephole - Home portal destination label. No need to remember where you last teleported from.
PotatoUI - Streamlined and customizable UI (health, focus, whatnot).
Primula - Achievement Enhancement - Improved achievement screen. Makes it way easier to figure out what that achievement you just got was for (click on it in the summary).
ProcsHUD - Shows an icon when a proc based (e.g. on crit) skill can be used.
Protostar Multifunction Tool - Gathering Tool Swapper - Autoswap between gathering tools for toons with two harvesting skills.
PurchaseConfirmation - Pops up a confirmation dialog for purchases at a custom threshold. Prevents expensive accidental purchases when you just wanted to see what an item would look like.
RareTracker - Lets you know when a rare mob is nearby.
RepairCostTooltip - Adds a tooltip with total cost to the repair button.
RestXPReminder - If you're not at your house replaces the logout button with a warp-to-house button.
RuneMaster - Rune planner. Shows all your rune slots and what runes you can put in each one.
Scrappy - Improved salvaging and lets you hide items you never want to salvage.
Senor Plow - Inventory Sorter - Adds second order sorting (e.g. by type, then by name).
Slashlist - Lists all slash commands.
Social Online Filter - Adds a checkbox to toggle offline players in the various rosters (AKA Guild Online Filter).
SpaceStash - Improved inventory window. Custom auto-sell, display multiple currencies.
StatCheatSheet - Shows primary/secondary stats for each class.
Super Minimum Datacron - Removes the useless giant border around the datacron.
TapThat - Automate non-combat quicktime events (explicitly allowed by Carbine).
The Visitor - Allows you to visit any player's (public) house by name.
ThreatMeter - Lets you know if you're about to get aggro (non-tank) or lose aggro (tank).
TrackMaster - Dependency of other addons for drawing lines on the screen.
ViragsAutoCircuit - Allows you to queue up and craft multiple circuit crafts.
ViragsMultibuyer - Allows you to buy an arbitrary number of items from a vendor, e.g. crafting supplies.
ViragsSocial - Social window alternative (almost ready to be a replacement). Far better organized and easier to use.
Wild Notifications - Allows you to toggle on/off sound and text notifications for friends/guildies/circles going on/offline. I use it to turn off all sounds and hide circle notifications entirely.
WillYouBeMyNeighbour - Filter (e.g. T4 relic with >=50%) and auto-add neighbours from friends/guilds/circles. Autoaccepts neighbour invites. Required for tradeskill circles.
XPBarEnhanced - Allows you to customize what your xp bars track. I track weekly gems (shows % of weekly cap, as opposed to "Elder points") and rep.

Removed:
BijiPlates: Use OptiPlates instead, same functionality (+ more) and greatly improved performance.
NavMate: Abandoned, use Guard Mini Map instead. The author has committed to adopting all the features NavMate had.
WoWChatColours: Abandoned, use ChatAdvanced instead.

[Trisity]

I don't see it but I would add Sassy Builds to your list, Kowh. You can set up builds and save them for one click change out.

http://www.curse.com/ws-addons/wilds...68-sassybuilds

[Kowh]

Updated list (some are still API8 and need to be force loaded), essential addons in blue:

AMP Finder - Adds tooltips to the amp screen telling you where you can get that amp
Athena - Permanent crafting discovery arrows
AuctionStats - Adds auction house prices to equipment tooltips
AuraMastery - Lets you show icons based on custom conditions, e.g. show an ignite icon with a count down while it's on an enemy so you know exactly when to refresh it.
AutoInviter - Automatically invite people who whisper you a custom string
BehavedGroupFinder - Hides the window from popping up again after joining a game.
BetterQuestLog - More useful/concise quest log
Book Level Icons - Shows which amps/recipes you can use in the guild bank, also adds new icons for each amp class, catalyst level, etc. Replaces the abandoned AmpClassIcons.
Boss Mods - Akin to WoW's deadly boss mods, but far less advanced. Still useful though.
BuffFilter - Allow you to hide buffs and debuffs from yourself and targets. E.g. hide the always-on authenticator buff.
CandyBars - Replaces the stock action bars with customizable (size, shape, etc.) bars that take up less space.
Catalog - Browse adventure/dungeon loot tables, create a wishlist of drops you want.
ChatAdvanced - Custom chat colours/fonts
Challenger - One-click starting of challenges. Far less annoying than EntSpy's autostart challenges (turn this off under options).
CommodityStats - Adds CX pricing to item tooltips, charts historic pricing of CX & CREDD (just remember to scan the CX & open the CREDD window to feed it data).
CraftingMountFix - Autodismount at crafting station.
DyeTracker - Preview dyes, track which ones you have.
EasyPlant - Quickly replant your garden by right-clicking. Pops up a little menu of seeds and plants them for you with each click.
EntSpy - Draw icons on your screen for enemies, harvest nodes, objectives, etc. Can also draw lines. Makes Ayth_Quest obsolete.
EToolTip - Adds secondary stats to the item comparison tooltip
EzSocialBar - Adds a TOR style bar giving a count of online friends/guildies/unread mail
For Dummies - Skill set switching (alternate: SassyBuilds)
FrenemyTelegraphs - Automatically toggle opposite faction telegraphs based on PvP flag. I.e. it hides them if they can't hurt you.
GalaxyMeter - DPS meter
Generalist - Essential for altaholics. Lets you see what equipment/currency/rep/etc. your other characters have. Adds tooltips to amps so you know if your alt needs it.
Grid - Shows your party/raid as a customizable grid, allows mouseover targeting.
Guard Mini Map - Replacement mini map, shows more things and has per-type toggles.
Guard Zone Map - Replacement full map, same idea as Guard MiniMap.
Healie - Allows you to bind "target lowest health party member" to a key.
Hephaestus - Allows you to craft multiple simple crafts at once
Housing Repair Alerts - Display an alert when you enter your plot if something needs repairing.
IconLoot - Customizable loot notifications. Makes them nicer and lets you filter out signs.
InstanceTimer - Lets you know how much time you have left for a medal in a dungeon (or other instance).
InstantQuestAccept - Automatically accept all the quests when you talk to a NPC. Great for dailies.
InstantQuestComplete - Automatically radio-in to hand-in/pick-up quests.
Interruptor - Shows a cast bar when you can/should interrupt enemies.
ItemPreviewImproved - Allows you to preview how equipment will look on your character.
JunkIt - Autosell vendor trash.
KillingTime - Gives an estimated "time until killed" at current dps.
LocalTime - Shows local time rather than server time.
MailAutoText - Autofill text when you're just sending items.
MailHelper - Allows you to "get all" (items/gold) from your mailbox
MrFancyPants Equipment Manager - Helps you switch between eq sets (e.g. tank vs dps vs pvp).
Neighbor Notes - Autoscans housing plots and makes a list of all the plugs people have. Lets you filter based on "my character can harvest" and quickly visit them all via /nnv
Newton - (Scientist only) Remember and autosummon your preferred Scanbot.
NoAlienChat - Allows you to read opposite faction chat, also marks it a different colour from same-faction.
NoSwiping! - Colour codes CX "sell now" prices so you can quickly see what can be sold for above-vendor pricing. (API8)
OptiPlates - Better unit plates (bars that appear above enemies). Fork of BijiPlates with more features and greatly improved performance.
Peephole - Home portal destination label. No need to remember where you last teleported from.
PotatoUI - Streamlined and customizable UI (health, focus, whatnot).
Primula - Achievement Enhancement - Improved achievement screen. Makes it way easier to figure out what that achievement you just got was for (click on it in the summary).
ProcsHUD - Shows an icon when a proc based (e.g. on crit) skill can be used.
Protostar Multifunction Tool - Gathering Tool Swapper - Autoswap between gathering tools for toons with two harvesting skills.
PurchaseConfirmation - Pops up a confirmation dialog for purchases at a custom threshold. Prevents expensive accidental purchases when you just wanted to see what an item would look like.
QuestCleanup - Allows you to abandon low level quests in bulk. (API8)
RareTimer - Get an alert when Scorchwing is up. I wrote this one so I'm obligated to push it.
RepairCostTooltip - Adds a tooltip with total cost to the repair button.
RestXPReminder - If you're not at your house replaces the logout button with a warp-to-house button.
RuneMaster - Rune planner. Shows all your rune slots and what runes you can put in each one.
Scrappy - Improved salvaging and lets you hide items you never want to salvage. Now lets you autohide equipment listed in MrFancypants.
Senor Plow - Inventory Sorter - Adds second order sorting (e.g. by type, then by name).
Slashlist - Lists all slash commands. (API8)
SpaceStash - Improved inventory window. Custom auto-sell, display multiple currencies.
StatCheatSheet - Shows primary/secondary stats for each class. (API8)
Super Minimum Datacron - Removes the useless giant border around the datacron.
TapThat - Automate non-combat quicktime events (explicitly allowed by Carbine).
The Visitor - Allows you to visit any player's (public) house by name. (API8)
tLoot - Roll on loot via keybinds, shows need/greed rolls for other players. I bound need, greed, pass to numpad 1, 2, 3.
ThreatMeter - Lets you know if you're about to get aggro (non-tank) or lose aggro (tank).
ViragsAutoCircuit - Allows you to queue up and craft multiple circuit crafts.
ViragsAutoCoordinate - Allows you to queue up and craft multiple coordinate crafts.
ViragsMultibuyer - Allows you to buy an arbitrary number of items from a vendor, e.g. crafting supplies.
ViragsSocial - Replacement for the social window. Far better organized, more functionality and easier to use.
ViragsTabOnlyHostile - Don't target neutral mobs while in combat.
Wild Notifications - Allows you to toggle on/off sound and text notifications for friends/guildies/circles going on/offline. I use it to turn off all sounds and hide circle notifications entirely.
WillYouBeMyNeighbour - Filter (e.g. T4 relic with >=50%) and auto-add neighbours from friends/guilds/circles. Autoaccepts neighbour invites. Required for tradeskill circles.
XPBarEnhanced - Allows you to customize what your xp bars track. I track weekly gems (shows % of weekly cap, as opposed to "Elder points") and rep.
ZenRadar - Lists nearby unread lore, harvests & path items.

Removed:
FieldOfViewCalculator: Part of the base game now.
LootRollEnhanced: tLoot has more functionality.
RareTracker: I don't care about rares anymore, and this is a bit of a resource hog.
Social Online Filter: This functionality is built in to ViragsSocial.
TrackMaster: No longer needed
Wild Notifications: Abandoned. Virag is going to add this functionality to ViragsSocial at some point.

[Trisity]

I got Track Master to have the Track Master Subdue module last week since it will show you where your weapon is with dots. Does another addon do that instead?

http://www.curse.com/ws-addons/wilds...kmaster-subdue

[Kowh]

EntSpy already handles subdue.