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6 Favorite Wordpress Plugins
Posted 01-31-2009 at 12:05 AM by Virtual Horizons
What exactly is a 'Wordpress Plugin' you ask? A plug-in is a computer program that allows you to add additional features/functions to your Wordpress blog increasing its functionality. Listed below are six of my favorite plug-ins with a brief discription of their use:
These are just a few of the numerous plugins out there that can be added to improve your websites functionality. Anyone have any favorites of their own?
Until next time...
- Sociable is a plugin which adds social media buttons to your posts, therefore allowing web users the opportunity to bookmark and share interesting sites they find online. Think of it as allowing you to be a social butterfly - pollinating someone's website with new traffic!
- Secure and Accessible PHP Contact Form is a contact form that is easy to upload and customize to fit your websites overall design.
- Google XML Sitemaps is a plug-in that will create a Google approved sitemap of your WordPress blog which helps out your Google rating because the Google bots follow your sitemap like you would a treasure map except they find your content not gold.
- Google Analytics allows you to add Google analytics to your blog which allows you to track stats on your website such as how many visitors you have and whether your content matches what they were seeking.
- All In One SEO Pack plug-in provides SEO out of the box. If you've been around you have heard the importance of Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how it relates to a website.
- Broken LinK Checker is exactly as it sounds…checks your posts for broken links or missing images and notifies you on your Wordpress dashboard if any are found.
These are just a few of the numerous plugins out there that can be added to improve your websites functionality. Anyone have any favorites of their own?
Until next time...
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Great starter list! I love how there are so many add-ons and plug-ins that can make a simple little blog into a website dynamo. Thanks for the information
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Posted 02-01-2009 at 04:38 PM by Tess
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