We have been blogging for sometimes and learned what are best plugins for a blog with experience. I want to share some of the best and successful plug-ins that are must for any blog out there, regardless of what subject your blog migh be in. Here are some of the best plug-ins that we have found, with link to how to get it. Best part? They are all free.
1. Akismet
If you have comments enabled on your blog, Akismet can be a life saver, catching spams before it reaches you. So far 99.99% of time Akismet has been right for possible spams on our blogs. You can set up an option to delete all month old spam comments. Before you go out buy any spam catcher, try Akismet out, you will be happy with it.
Click here for free download Akismet Plug-in
2. All in one SEO
As a blogger we all know the importance of SEO and if you type SEO, you will find many good plug-ins for it. After trying out a few, I have settled on All in one SEO pack as it is one of the best. You may need some basic knowledge of keywords and SEO to set it up directly such as no follow, do follow, title page attributes and meta title and meta descriptions. Since many of us are not blog designer or know coding, having this powerful plug-ins does a great job for saving us time from learning coding and enhance our blog’s standing in front of search engine eyes.
Click here to download All in one SEO Pack
3. CommentLuv
If you have not used the CommentLuv plug-ins, you should, it shows your blog’s latest post title as you leave a comment on your own or other people’s blogs. Majority of commenter are also bloggers too. It has two benefits, one it encourages and appreciates other bloggers for leaving a comment. It actually helps others to find your blogs as you write thoughtful comments with catchy title showing up on CommentLuv.
Click here for download CommentLuv Plug-in
4. Google Analytic for WordPress
I just learned recently about the plug-in and it has saved lot of my time. To see your traffic analysis, I had to log in Google analytic after midnight to see my site’s traffic pattern and sources where traffic came from. Now it is lot easier as all I have to see the basic analytic information via my blog’s dashboard without special login process. All if you is to set up and configure your Google information and analytic ID once and you are set. You will be able to track your most visited articles, keywords and sources and where visitors are coming from information.
Click here to download WP Google Analytic
5. Google XML Sitemap
This plug in is more for search engine’s robots crawling but essential for search engine finding your site. Google XML site maps plug-in creates new site map automatically every time you write a new post and submits to all major search engine on your behalf every time. Just set it up and forget it. You will not feel the effect right away but it is very powerful for search engine’s eyes. I wish I had known about it sooner.
Click here to download Google XML sitemaps
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