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Top WordPress Plugins – Appearance

Posted on May 20, 2014 by admin

Plugins are small applications that enhance a specific set of functionality on the WordPress blog publishing platform. Today I will be presenting you with the top applications to help you improve the appearance of your blog:

Contact Form 7
Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/

NextGEN Gallery
The most popular WordPress gallery plugin and one of the most popular plugins of all time with over 10 million downloads.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-gallery/

Google Maps Ready!
Display custom Google Maps. Set markers and locations with text, images, categories and links. Customize google map without any programming skills
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-maps-ready/

Broken Link Checker
This plugin will check your posts, comments and other content for broken links and missing images, and notify you if any are found.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/

Page Builder by SiteOrigin
Build responsive page layouts using the widgets you know and love using this simple drag and drop page builder.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/siteorigin-panels/

WP Google Maps
The easiest to use Google maps plugin! Create custom maps with high quality markers containing locations, categories, descriptions, images and links.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-google-maps/

Regenerate Thumbnails
Allows you to regenerate your thumbnails after changing the thumbnail sizes.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/

YouTube
YouTube embed plugin with basic features and convenient defaults. Upgrade now to add tracking, instant video SEO tags, and much more!
https://wordpress.org/plugins/youtube-embed-plus/

Breadcrumb NavXT
Adds breadcrumb navigation showing the visitor’s path to their current location. This plugin generates locational breadcrumb trails for your WordPress powered blog or website. These breadcrumb trails are highly customizable to suit the needs of just about any website running WordPress. The Administrative interface makes setting options easy, while a direct class access is available for theme developers and more adventurous users.
http://wordpress.org/plugins/breadcrumb-navxt/

You can search fo additional plugins online at: https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/popular/

Top WordPress Plugins – Performance & Security

Posted on November 14, 2013 by admin

Akismet
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet Web service to see if they look like spam or not.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/

Wordfence Security
Wordfence Security is a free enterprise class security and performance plugin that makes your site up to 50 times faster and more secure.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/

WP Super Cache
A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/

WP-Optimize
Simple but effective plugin allows you to extensively clean up your WordPress database and optimize it without doing manual queries.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/

W3 Total Cache
Improve load times, enable HTTP compression, optimized progressive render, prioritize local browser or CDN cache over a new request from your site
http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/

Captcha
This plugin allows you to implement super security captcha form into web forms.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/captcha/

You can search for additional plugins online at: https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/popular/

Top WordPress Plugins – Social & Search

Posted on February 28, 2013 by admin

WordPress SEO by Yoast
Improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/

Google Analytics Dashboard for WP
Displays Google Analytics Reports and Real-Time Statistics in your Dashboard. Automatically inserts the tracking code in every page of your website.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/

Google XML Sitemaps
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines to better index your blog. This is the optimal way for Google to index your site and the functionality is not available on the default WordPress distribution
http://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/

WordPress Social Sharing Optimization: Advanced SEO for Social Websites
Display your content in the best possible way on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, etc. – no matter how your webpage is shared!
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpsso/

Shareaholic | share buttons & related posts
Adds an attractive social bookmarking menu and related content widget to your posts, pages, index, or any combination of the three
https://wordpress.org/plugins/shareaholic/

MailChimp for WordPress
The best MailChimp plugin to get more email subscribers. Easily add sign-up forms and sign-up checkboxes to your WordPress website.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-for-wp/

Newsletter
Add a real newsletter to your blog. In seconds. For free. With unlimited emails and subscribers.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/newsletter/

Share Buttons by AddToAny
Share buttons for WordPress including AddToAny’s universal sharing button, Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, StumbleUpon and many more
https://wordpress.org/plugins/add-to-any/

SEO Plugin by SQUIRRLY
Squirrly SEO Plugin is for the NON-SEO expert. Get Excellent SEO with Better Content and SEO Stats. For Both Humans and Search Bots.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/squirrly-seo/

SEO Friendly Images
Allows you to configure how the plugin will add ALT and TITLE attributes to images to improve the SEO performance of each of the posts that the image is associeated with
http://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-image/

All in one SEO Pack
Also this is the number one competitor for wordpres yoast seo plugin.
http://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/

You can search fo additional plugins online at: https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/popular/

Top WordPress Plugins – Other

Posted on December 11, 2012 by admin

Plugins are small applications that enhance a specific set of functionality on the WordPress blog publishing platform. Today I will be presenting you with a few additional plug ins that I found interesting and that create provide very specfic functionality to your blog:

InfiniteWP Client
Install this plugin on unlimited sites and manage them all from a central dashboard. This plugin communicates with your InfiniteWP Admin Panel.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/iwp-client/

UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration for WordPress
Backup and restoration made easy. Complete backups; manual or scheduled (backup to S3, Dropbox, Google Drive, Rackspace, FTP, SFTP, email + others).
https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

Shortcodes Ultimate
Supercharge your WordPress theme with mega pack of shortcodes
https://wordpress.org/plugins/shortcodes-ultimate/

ManageWP Worker
ManageWP Worker plugin allows you to remotely manage your WordPress sites from one dashboard.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/worker/

Editorial Calendar
The Editorial Calendar makes it possible to see all your posts and drag and drop them to manage your blog.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-calendar/

Use Google Libraries
http://wordpress.org/plugins/use-google-libraries/

Simple URLs
Simple URLs is a complete URL management system that allows you create, manage, and track outbound links from your site by using custom post types and 301 redirects.
http://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-urls/

Jetpack by WordPress.com
Supercharge your WordPress site with powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/

You can search fo additional plugins online at: https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/popular/

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