The Best WordPress Plugins
All In One SEO Pack
This is the quickest and easiest way to get your on page SEO sorted especially if you are a newcomer.
Easy Privacy Policy
Google likes you to have a privacy policy page and this one includes an Adsense compliancy section Google XML Sitemaps: This helps search engines to better index your blog.
My Page Order
Easy drag and drop feature to re-order your pages.
Sexy Bookmarks (Shareaholic)
Lots and lots of social bookmarking icons to add to your posts and static pages. Just choose which ones you want. WP DB Backup: Imperative to back up your WordPress blog or site. Hackers abound and seem to love WordPress blogs. Having a backup means you can relax.
Google Analytics for WordPress
You need to see where your traffic is coming from, how long they stay on the site, which pages they land on and which pages they leave from. All good stuff to know.
Ad Squares Widget
Useful and easy to display ads or affiliate links in the sidebars/widget areas.
After the Deadline
Spelling, style and grammar a problem for you. Get this!
All In One Favicon
Ever wanted to have your very own Favicon (Google it if you don’t know what I am on about), well now you can.
Aweber Integration
Place your subscription form into the sidebar of your blog or site.
Broken Link Checker
Broken links are a big no no…. make sure you don’t have any with this handy plugin.
O’zh Admin Drop Down Menu
Get all your WordPress admin links in a horizontal drop down menu. Super cool.
Photodropper
Stuck for photos and on a budget? This plugin allows you to drop creative commons photos into your posts.
Pretty Link Lite
Your own link shrinker and tracker…. right from your WordPress site.
Robots Meta
Disable archives and nofollow unnecessary links. Good security tool.
SEO Slugs
Removes extra words from slugs which means better on page SEO.
Simple Image Link
Ever been driven around the twist trying to get an image into your WordPress sidebar? You will love this!
W3 Total Cache
Super speedy page loading for your site.
WordPress Database Backup
Backup as often as you need it.
WordPress Firewall 2
Additional securty to stop the most obvious attacks.
Final thoughts
I suggest you take time to have a look around You Tube if you are unsure on how to use any of these plugins, as there are tutorials for all of them out there. I will get around to doing some of these tutorials myself in due course.
