The 10 Best WordPress Plugins for Bloggers
Blogging can be a lot of fun and successful bloggers can earn a lot of fame and money through blogging. In order to become a successful blogger, you will need to choose the right CMS and web hosting service for hosting the blog. WordPress is the best Content Management System for managing all kinds of blogs and websites. The plugins available with WordPress give it a competitive edge over other content management systems available.
The 10 best WordPress plugins that are widely used by bloggers and website owners are as follows:
1. Google XML Sitemaps – It is a plugin which once installed, automatically generates a special sitemap of the content of your website or blog so that the indexing software of search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. will find it easier to locate the website and index its web pages on a regular basis.
2. Admin Drop Down Menu – This plugin helps in organization all the admin related links in a neat, horizontal menu (drop down). It helps in organizing the website in a more efficient manner and also saves time.
3. All in One SEO Pack – It allows you to handle the SEO of a Visual web design project and without touching even a single line of code. In fact you will have the opportunity to tag the content of the website and arrange them for frequent search engine indexing. The parameters that can be used for tagging content include the keywords, description, permalink, and many other interesting features.
4. Akismet – It is a WordPress plugins that helps people in fighting spam. With the help of this plug-in you can keep your website free of spam, which usually appear every day in the form of comments.
5. Maintenance Mode – It is a plugin which is very useful at the beginning of a project, when you are trying to make changes to the website or blog. It will also allow you to include a ‘page under maintenance’ message in the website or blog.
6. WP DB-Backup – This plugin will allow you to manage and plan the full backup of the database of your blog or website. You can install this plugin and schedule a weekly or monthly backup.
7. WordPress File Monitor – WordPress File Monitor is very useful for keeping tabs on any file change within the theme. It can be useful in determining if there are any external infections in the files, as you will be immediately notified via email and the modified pages will be reported, along with the time and the new code.
8. Viper’s Video Quicktags -This plugin manages the display and integration of videos in posts and pages. This also helps you in managing the videos and offers other useful features as well.
9. NextGEN Gallery – It is an optional plugin which is very useful for integrating photo albums into a WordPress theme.
10. Search & Replace – This particular plugin will enable you to make changes directly in the database, without having physical access to the DB. The plugin helps in ensuring that access to the database is as limited as possible.