Jenkins provides a lot of useful plugins but you do not need all of them. Here is the list of plugins I use to customize the view of Jenkins.

• Chuck Norris Plugin, https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/ChuckNorris+Plugin - nuff said!
• Compact Columns Plugin, https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Compact+Columns - a must-have, it allows to customize jobs view so all important details are visible in a nice, compact way
• Cron Column Plugin, https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Cron+Column+Plugin - presents cron settings (so you can see that job X is run every 10 minutes etc.) of both "Build periodically" and "Poll SCM" configuration
• Extra Columns Plugin, http://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Extra+Columns+Plugin - allows to add some useful columns, e.g. Configure button (ok, this is not really required as the latest versions of Jenkins provide access to configuration with pop-up menu when hovering over jobs' name)
• Radiator View Plugin, http://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Radiator+View+Plugin - nice view of your builds suitable to be placed on some large display so the whole team can see the status of builds
• View Job Filter, http://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/View+Job+Filters - gives you total control over which jobs will be listed
• next-executions, https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Next+Executions - lists all future executions of jobs based on their "Build periodically" settings (so you know that job X will be run at @midnight, and job Y at 1 am.)
• Disk Usage Plugin, https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Disk+Usage+Plugin - if you are short of disk space you will love this one
• Green Balls Plugin, https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/Green+Balls - well obviously "green is good"! :)

The Result

It does not show all the aforementioned plugins in actions, but at least some of them (click to enlarge):