Plugins are like
machines, devices, and computers that you should equip for your company to make
it work properly. With WordPress plugins, you can extend functionalities of
your site to what you want. For example, collecting stats of visitors,
arranging ads, re-designing layouts and so on. Here is a list of WordPress
plugins that I found useful (note that they are listed in random order):
1. WordPress.com
Stats
It helps you to
collect stats of visitors. It is similar to Google Analytics or Stat Counter.
However, the good thing is it is integrated to WordPress Dashboard.
2. WP Super Cache
It helps to make
web pages of your site be loaded faster. Page loading speed is now an essential
factor for Google's ranking.
3. WP touch iPhone
Theme
It helps to view your
site on mobile devices more friendly. Mobile users are growing and using this
plugin can help to optimize delivering your site to them.
4. Google XML
Sitemaps
It generates a
sitemap that can help search engines such as Google make indexes for your site
more efficiently. You can use the sitemap file in xml format to submit to
Google Web Master Tool to ask Google to index your site faster.
5. WP-PageNavi
It better helps users
to navigate and browse pages of your site.
6. All in One SEO
Pack
This plugin
automatically optimizes your WordPress blog for Search Engines (Search Engine
Optimization).
7. Add To Any:
Share/Bookmark/Email Button
This plugin helps
visitors share, bookmark, and email your posts & pages using any service,
such as Facebook, Twitter, Google Buzz, Digg and many more.
8. SI CAPTCHA
Anti-Spam
It adds CAPTCHA
anti-spam methods to WordPress on the comment form, registration form, login,
or all. This is necessary to avoid spams, especially comment spams.
9. Yet Another
Related Posts Plugin
It returns a list of
related posts for the current post. Very useful for users when exploring and
reading posts without taking time for searching.
10. Tweet Meme Button
This plugin is very
popular and used by biggest websites such as Techcrunch.com, CNET.com, Wired,
Time Magazine and many more. It allows your blog post or page to be retweeted.
It provides a live count of how many times your post/page has been retweeted
throughout Twitter.
11. Easy AdSense
This plugin makes you
deliver AdSense ads much easier. Many options are provided such as inserting
ads into posts and sidebar, and adding a Google Search box. Easy and complete!
12. Google Analytics
for WordPress
It generates tracking
code for your Google Analytics account that allows you track and collect stats
of your website easily.
13. All in One
Webmaster
It makes the
submission of your site's sitemap to Google,Bing,Yahoo & Ask easier.
14. SEO Smart Links
This plugin provides
automatic SEO benefits for your site in addition to custom keyword lists,
nofollow and much more.
15. Advertising
Manager
Easily place Google
AdSense and other ads on your WordPress blog. Simple to use, with powerful
management and optimisation features.
16. SEO Slugs
It removes common
words like 'a', 'the', 'in' from post slugs to improve search engine
optimization.
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