3 Essential Plugins of Any WordPress Blog
Posted by David Wiltshire on January, 10th 2009WordPress plugins are small pieces of code that extend the functionality of wordpress. There are many thousands of wordpress plugins in the wordpress community and plugins are being produced day-to-day by developers and wordpress lovers around the world.
Here are the 3 plugins that I use at almost all of my blogs. WordPress can in addition to be used as a CMS to power niche websites.
Sitemap generator plugin for wordpress
This plugin produces a sitemap for the blog. A sitemap is a web page that lists all the pages and posts of the website/blog. SEs can index all the pages and posts of your blog by tracing the links on the sitemap. It also assists in passing “link love” to older posts of your blog. Additionally, a sitemap can also be a great way of channelising stray visitors (for instance: by offering a link on 404 pages to the sitemap).
A few of the characteristics of this plugin include:
- support for multi-level categories and pages
- category/page exclusion
- multiple-page generation with navigation
- permalink support
- choose what to display
- what order to list items in
- show comment counts and/or post dates
All in one SEO pack
This plugin optimises wordpress for SEs.
Here are the characteristics of the all in one SEO pack:
- Page titles: You can adjust the titles of the pages/posts and the homepage. If you include the right keywords in the title tag, your site will obviously perform better in search engines.
- Duplicate content: This plugin makes the categories and archives “no follow”, thus avoiding the duplicate content penalty.
- Meta tags: This plugin makes it possible to add meta tags i.e. description and keywords to the posts and pages of your wordpress blog. Though Google doesn’t read meta tags, search engines like Yahoo! and Live give prominence to meta tags. So use them!
OIOpublisher
OIOpublisher is an ad platform with a focus on performance, control and ease of use. Serve advertising on your blog or website and keep 100% of the revenue you bring in. Also during January they are offering 90% commission on affiliate sales.
The other great thing about this plugin is that it can also used on other websites not just blogs.
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Posted by Vote for this article at blogengage.com on 10 Jan 2009I use all three. Those are some good picks David.Brian D. Hawkins’s last blog post..100 Dollar Domains – Special Offer
Posted by Brian D. Hawkins on 10 Jan 2009Great list – nice and short, and very useful! Is anyone else sick of the Top 50 Things You Have To Do lists? Yea, like I can fit another 50 things into my week!!Thanks for posting.
Posted by NicholasPaul on 10 Jan 2009I could have made this list as long as your arm, but like you say people are getting fed up with the 50 of this and 50 of that posts. So i decided to keep it nice and short plus that way it gives me loads of scope for other posts.
Posted by admin on 10 Jan 2009Thanks for sharing these plug-ins. These three are a must, I would also throw out the Akismet Spam Filter plug-in as a must and essential.AverageGal’s last blog post..Customer Service 101
Posted by AverageGal on 10 Jan 2009AverageGal i did`nt mention Askimet as this is a plugin that is already included with wordpress as standard but a great plugin none the less.
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Posted by Posts about WordPress Plugins as of January 11, 2009 | The Lessnau Lounge on 11 Jan 2009I use the first two, but use Scratchback for the last in more of a tipping fashion…a fdew others can be found by clicking my name ;)Caleb’s last blog post..Multiple Site Hosting Made Easy With Add-Ons
Posted by Caleb on 11 Jan 2009Thanks for the comment Hussein
Posted by David Hobson on 11 Jan 2009Hmmm. I probably wouldn’t list the last plugin as important. Another plugin which is crucial is WP-Super Cache. Once your blog gets traffic this plugin helps increase page load speed and minimize the chance that your website can be brought down by an appearance on social bookmarking sites.Velvet Blues’s last blog post..Are You Speaking A Language Your Readers Understand?
Posted by Velvet Blues on 13 Jan 2009I have all 3 plugins and they are definitely a must-have on your blog. But for me I would have put my third as dofollow or top commentator plugin since they help on my link building.Peter Leepassive income ideas’s last blog post..Internet Business Opportunities:Frequently Asked Questions(FAQ)
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