Top WordPress Plugins | Blogger911

For any WordPress blog I highly recommend these top WordPress Plugins. The plug-ins are must haves for WordPress.  They should be incorporated into everyone’s blog design.

Top WP Plugins that Blogger911.com recommends:

1.       All in One SEO Pack – This WordPress plugin automatically optimizes your titles for search engines and generates META tags automatically.

2.       Google Sitemap Generator – The Google Sitemap Generator Plugin automatically creates a google sitemaps compliant XML sitemap.  Every time you add, edit, or change content it will update the XML sitemap.

3.       WordPress Automatic Upgrade  - Worried about upgrade to the latest version of WordPress ? Have no fear, install this WP plug-in and with a click of a button your WordPress software will be automatically upgrade to the latest version.

4.       WordPress DB Backup – Backs up your WordPress database for easy restore in case there is a problem with your WordPress site. It can save it to a file on your web host provider or better yet email you a copy of your database so you can archive it.

5.       Related Posts Plugin – The Related Posts Plugin will display older posts that maybe related to a newly posted post. This is an excellent tool for a “sticky” blog. It keeps the reader engaged and on your site more.

6.       DD Form Mailer – Allows you to create forms such as contact information or newsletter signups.

7.       WordPress Audio Player – Need a way to introduce yourself on your blog? Need a way to embed a podcast on your blog? Try the WordPress audio player plugin. Embedding an audio player into a post couldn’t be easier.

8.       Whydowork Adsense Plugin – Whydowork Adsense plugin is a WP plugin that inserts adsense code into a post, below a post, above, etc… without having to modify the theme or template files. You can insert almost anything into posts with this plugin not just adsense code.

9.       WordPress e-commerce – The WordPress e-commerce plugin allows you to setup an e-commerce site or ad a shopping cart to your WP blog in no time. You can easily setup a product list and start accepting payments through Paypal or Google Checkout.

10.   WP-Polls – The WP-polls allows you to create polls for your WordPress Blog. It adds a voting feature to your website.

Whether you are blogging for money or blogging to blog these are ten of the most essential plugins available. There are many more useful plugins out there but I think these are some good ones to start with. Your blog setup process should involve installing these plugins. If you don’t have these plugins installed, contact your tech guy now and have him or her install them. If there are more that I am missing please don’t hesitate to contact me rob@blogger911.com.