10 wordpress plugins you can't do without!
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WordPress Plugins add value to the sites in terms of features and services. Let’s look at 10 WP plugins without which WordPress would be incomplete. Beginning from below, we’ve mentioned base features of each in various categories such as marketing, ecommerce, gallery,etc. This shall help you choose better from 29,000 and plus plugins available on WordPress!TRANSCRIPT
Want A Contact Form On Your Blog?
Trying ToExport A BlogTo WordPres?
Want ToGet A Theme Check?
Well,There IsSomethingFor Everyone!
WordPress is the best blogging platform (and so much more) that one can have. It’s usability and productivity can
be attributed to third party developers who create versatile apps...
…WordPress Is An Incomplete Story”
“But Without Plugins…
We’ve identified10 WP pluginsthat can greatlyImpact your blog!
“As a regular blogger, I want to ensure my site is up
and working at all times, and hence schedule
maintenance tasks every once in a while. What’s a
good plugin I can use to tell folks ‘I’ll be back soon’?”
10WP Maintenance
ModeWith this wonderful app, you can now communicate to
your visitors that the maintenance mode is ‘ON’. It
allows you to get creative and choose from a variety of
page designs. So, throw those boring maintenance
messages aside and get quirky!
“I have a humungous archive of site pages that my
visitors (and search engines) can’t trace. Solution?”
09Google XML
SitemapsGoogle XML Sitemaps - a part of Google Webmaster
Tools - not only perform efficacious indexing but also
offer complete navigability via a simple sitemap.
“I’m a children’s book author and a columnist, who
also maintains a regular blog. My readers often wish
to contact me via email. How should I go about
this?”
08Contact Form 7Want people to get in touch with you? This excellent
plugin is your best bet! From managing multiple contact
forms to supporting CAPTCHA and Ajax, it’s highly
versatile.
The plugin describes itself as ‘Just another contact form
plugin - simple, flexible’. And you can take their word for
it!
“I get a hell lot of spam comments and often feel
frustrated for not being able to choose an apt plugin.
Any suggestions?”
07Wordfence
SecurityWe bet the security of your weblog can get you real
down! But not if you have an enterprise class security
plugin! With a rather fiery firewall, virus scanning and
real-time traffic geolocation, you are assured of an apt
security apparatus!
“Monetizing my popular bakery blog has been a
lifelong dream and I plan on selling my home-made
cookies online. How can I best create an online store?”
06WooCommerceTrying to woo in the money? Try WooCommerce - A
powerful ecommerce plugin that lets you sell
anything, beautifully! When you create an online store,
it gives you the option of working with multiple
themes. You can bundle payment gateways and
shipping methods together to make your ecommerce a
breeze!
“I’ve used many SEO-based plugins, but not yet found
one to my satisfaction. What should be my next
option?”
05All In One SEO
PackThis is a wonderful plugin if you’re looking at
maximizing your SEO potential. It optimizes your blog
for various search engines (Google, Yahoo, etc) and
even generates META tags automatically! The plugin
supports CMS style WordPress installations and
provides Google Analytics support.
“I’m an amateur sound engineer, experimenting with
hosting my own music. What plugin would best cater
to my needs?”
04Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting PluginIf you enjoy recording audio files, Podcasting Plugin
does a great job in bringing your audio files from the
desktop to the website. It also has a fantastic player so
that visitors can hear your music on the page itself,
that is without being redirected to iTunes or some
other program. Cheers to zero friction music!
“I love to know what’s going on in the minds of my site
visitors through a small “people’s” poll. What’s a good
plugin to maximize interactions?”
03DW Question & AnswerLove organizing polls and asking questions to visitors?
Encourage them to submit, search and filter
questions. Make your blog lively and interactive by
enabling comments (and replying to them).
“I’m a multi-linguist blogger and need a plugin that will
help me with certain translations. Any pick?”
02TinyMCE AdvancedThis is a great plugin for all budding bloggers! It
supports editing, helps create tables and edit in-line
CSS styles. One of it’s most attractive features is the
language translation options for French, German,
Italian and plenty others!
..And The Cherry On Top Is..
“As an avid photographer, I’ve always wanted to share
the overwhelming collection of photographs I’ve
collected over the years. However, I’ve failed to find a
plugin for my gallery that I’m comfortable using, in
terms of simplicity...”
01NextGEN GalleryWant to show the world your precious ‘Kodak
Moments’? NextGEN Gallery is a fabulous platform for
uploading and managing images. It enables their
smooth transfer from desktop to website. And in case
you do get stuck, the plugin has a lively, supportive
community to help you out.
Just one more step to getting it right...
Whileplugins can be highly advantageous.. Awesome
WordPress Hosting holds the key!
Well, simply because no amount of plugins will help you if your web host has constant downtime or very slow internet
speeds.
Do your research and choose the right host!
So, while an entire‘shoal’ of pluginskeep swarming by, these remain