Best Set of Plugins to be Used
The selection of useful plugins is crucial for the smooth functionality of blog. I don’t know why I like doing experiments with my blog but I never hesitate to try new plugins whenever there is something interesting to go with. Below is a list of those plugins which I found useful and I say them the best set of plugins to be with wordpress.
(If you don’t know about how to install the plugins, please watch this video)
1) SEO Ultimate
This plugin is the most useful part of anyone’s blog. Automatical optimization of titles, Canonical URLs, Auto Meta Tag Generator, 404 monitor are the few features of this plugin. So it is a must plugin that is going to improve your site’s ranking in the search engines. There is one more SEO plugin available called All In One SEO and that one also works perfectly. Download plugin.
This plugin generates the sitemap.xml file automatically and also pings the various search engines whenever any change is made to the site. For example, new post, new comment or anything, it will inform that to search engines, so as a result of this, all the pages will be well indexed by the search engines. Download Plugin.
3) Google Analytics for Wordpress
I guess you know about Google Analytics. This plugin automatically inserts the analytics code to each and every page. So the solution of tracking of each page is also solved. Download Plugin.
4) DBC-Backup
What if you installed something or did some experiment with your site and ended with an error which corrupted the site’s data. If you would have a backup of that data, then it can be restored. So this plugin is a must for precautionary basis. Download Plugin.
This plugin automatically creates a contact form which could be used by visitors to contact the site owner or whoever has the responsibility of answering the queries of visitors. It contains inbuilt captcha code generator to fight scam. Download Plugin.
6) Add To Any
This is a social network connectivity plugin which contains almost every famous networking site, through which user can publish the article he likes through his account to any network of his choice. Download Plugin.
7) Simple Tags
It is a very useful plugin which allows you to mass edit the post tags from one place. It can automatically link the tags present in posts. There is also a built in functionality for tag suggestions through various sites such as Yahoo, Google, MSN and many more. Download Plugin.
This plugin compresses the images present in your whole website from one single place. After you install this plugin, you have to go to media gallery, and you will see a Smush It button in front of every image. Press the button to Smush (Compress) the image. Download Plugin.
There is no reason of not making money through your blog. This plugin helps you set up the advertisement banners in your site through any of the famous ad networks such as Google Adsense, Adbrite, Text Link Ads and many more. The ads can be placed through widgets as well as through a very small code which can be inserted anywhere into the post or template. Download Plugin.
This plugin helps your user to stay connected to your site. Whenever the user passes a comment, he will be asked to whether he wants to be notified of the comments coming after his comments or not. If he choses yes, he will be notified via email whenever a new comment is submitted to that article. Download Plugin.
11) WP-GreetBox
This plugin displays a different greeting message to your visitor depending on which site they are coming from. Like say, a user visits through a link from Digg, then he will be presented with a message asking him to Digg the post if he likes it. Similarly if the visitor has arrived through twitter, he will be asked to tweet the post. It’s a very good plugin which interacts to users directly and might also result in greater traffic. Download Plugin.
12) WordBook
I don’t know how I found it but is a very helpful one. The plugin directly posts a notification of new post into your Facebook account. So each and every person connected to you will be notified of new post. This can also be a traffic booster to your site if you have a good network on Facebook. Download Plugin.
This plugin outputs the pages in Gzip format which makes the site loading fastly. The various Site analysis tools like Firebug, Woorank etc also give positive points if the site has Gzip enabled. Download Plugin.
14) Wp- Postratings
A very good plugin allowing the users to rate the post. It seamlessly integrates at the bottom of each post and has various options available to customize the looks and functionality. There is no messy coding needed to be added to each post. Just install and activate it, rest will be done automatically. Download Plugin.
It is an enhanced version of SEO-Ultimate plugin and carries all the functionality along with some extra ones. The interface is easy to use and there is a provision to add/edit the titles and description of posts in a bunch. Download Plugin.
A rating plugin that allows visitors to rate the articles by the stars. The user has to insert a short code snippet wherever he wants the rating to appear. Download Plugin.
17) Tweetmeme
Direct integration of a tweetme button on each post so that users can tweet the posts directly from your blog. This increases the popularity of your post certainly as users can tweet the post by just a press of button. Download Plugin.
It would be a great thing to interact with the users who commented on your posts via email. This plugin allows you to send occasional invitations to the commentators so that users can be kept up to date about your site. Download Plugin.
19) Commentor Emails
This plugin fetches email of all the commentators. You can download the email addresses in .csv format that can be pasted off then to send email at one go to all your visitors.
20) Comment Reply Notification
A small plugin that provides an option to be notified about the post he has commented. The plugin sends an email to the visitor whenever any comment is made on his commented post.
