Ten Must Have Plugins for Your Blog
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A Simple List of Must Have Plugins For Your Blog!
In today’s world of blogging and hosting your own website, it’s important to use certain “must have plugins” for your WordPress site. Through the use of WordPress plugins you can track various items, change the look and feel of your site and provide a friendly user experience for your visitors.
Everybody, well most serious bloggers and website developers, have a list of “must have plugins“. Typically everyone’s list is different but there are some WordPress plugin choices that are common amongst this group.
So if you have been confused and dazed and just not sure what plugins to use then you can start with this list.
1. Google Analytics for WordPress – Used to track website traffic and other information
2. WordPress SEO by Yoast – Search Engine Website Optimization
3. Google XML Sitemaps – Generates XML sitemaps to help search engines index your site
4. Akismet – Plugin which identifies and blocks comment and trackback spam on websites
5. Google+ Plugin – Adds the Google+ Badge and profile info to your site
6. Broken Link Checker (WordPress) – Monitors your website looking for broken links
7. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin – Display a list of related blog posts.
8. Social Media Share Buttons Plugin – Sidebar Widget to place your social media links
9. CommentLuv Premium – A Must Have Plugin for Commenting.
10. SEOPressor – Optimize your onpage SEO with this plugin
Did you check each one out?
I have been blogging for 18 months and have built several websites for my network marketing business and other niches. I can say that I have used many WordPress plugins on my sites. Some I have kept and others I’ve trashed. After some time you will find through trial and error or word of mouth, what looks good and what doesn’t work.
One thing to keep in mind is that you will have a core set of must have plugins that will focus on site SEO, onpage SEO and site analytics. The rest of them will help with commenting, social media sharing, affiliate ads and the visual look of your site. If your site looks terrible and is hard to navigate your visitors won’t stay long and a return visit is out of the question.
In the perfect blogging world, the perfect post and fresh captivating content would seem to be enough to keep visitors returning to your blog daily. In the real blogging world, it often means using every possible WordPress “must have plugins” and other plugin tools that will keep your blog user friendly and popular.
WordPress Must Have Plugins!
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Galen Morgigno ~
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