Plugins

Plugins are an easy way to expand the functionality of WordPress.The official WordPress Plugin Directory is the first stop for any plugins shopping.

7 Most Useful Plugins:

    • Askimet – Industrial-strength spam protection. It’s installed automatically, but you’ll need an API code from WordPress.com to activate it.
    • Google Sitemaps Generator – Give Google and the other search engines a road map to your content.
    • Related Posts – Give readers an easy way to find related (and buried) content.
    • AddThis – One-stop-shop for giving readers an easy way to bookmark your content on social networking sites.
    • Subscribe to Comments – Let comments keep track of the conversation.
    • Contact Form – Give site guests an easy way to contact you. Use this plugin or this one.
    • Theme Switcher - Easily allows you to test multiple themes on one site.

      Top 10 Underrated WordPress Plugins - A list of extremely useful but underrated plugins.

      Changing Your Permalinks After Your Site is Launched - A plugin that allows you to change your permalinks structure after your site is already up and running without breaking current links to your site.

      How to Easily Upgrade WordPress - How to use a new plugin that makes it easy to upgrade WordPress.