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BEST PLUGINS FOR WORDPRESS

Discussion in 'HTML & Website Design' started by triple7, Mar 27, 2013.

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    hi all im new to wordpress, can anyone give me a few tips on the best plugins to use and outline what they do

    thanks in advance
     
    triple7, Mar 27, 2013 IP
  2. AlbCoder

    AlbCoder Well-Known Member

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    Best Plugins about what? Seo,Slider,Video,Rating? There are 24,170 plugins
    on http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
     
    AlbCoder, Mar 27, 2013 IP
  3. Steve202

    Steve202 Member

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    A must is Akismet. Before installing that I had loads of spam comments posted on a daily basis, however as soon as it I installed and configured the plugin they dropped down to zero.
     
    Steve202, Mar 27, 2013 IP
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    natyk Greenhorn

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    Of course must be SEO plugin, is very helpful and help you create a SEO friendly page.
     
    natyk, Mar 27, 2013 IP
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    sumdor Active Member

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    SEO by Yoast
    XML Sitemaps
    Disquss Comments
     
    sumdor, Mar 27, 2013 IP
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    pileofcrap Active Member

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    yeah you really need to narrow this down. But by default I always activate or install:

    Akismet
    WordPress SEO by Yoast
    Disqus (optional)

    Note that WordPress SEO by Yoast can handle Sitemaps. No need to install another plugin for it.
     
    pileofcrap, Mar 27, 2013 IP
  7. creativewebmaster

    creativewebmaster Active Member

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    you can find lots plugins and guideline of plugin over here http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
     
    creativewebmaster, Mar 28, 2013 IP
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    kk5st Prominent Member

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    Perhaps I'm a statistical outlier, but I cringe when visiting a site that uses Disqus. Of the 20 or so blog sites that I visit daily, only one uses Disqus. There were others, but the user unfriendliness of Disqus caused me to quit them. WP has plenty of comment methods, all of which, that I've seen in use, are better than Disqus from the user perspective. Disqus may have benefits to the site owner, but if you don't put the visitors' desires first, you're just screwing yourself over.

    cheers,

    gary
     
    kk5st, Mar 30, 2013 IP
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    joshwebguy Active Member

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    Here's a quick list off the top of my head of some of my favorites.

    Akismet - Anti Spam (free)
    SEO by Yoast - Search Engine Optimization (free)
    White Label CMS - Brand the admin panel (free)
    W3 Total Cache - Cache tools for speeding up the site (free)
    Digg Digg - Social sharing (free)
    Types - Custom post types and fields (free)
    Gravity Forms - Amazing form builder (paid)
    Fancy Gallery - Great gallery system (paid)
    Styles with Shortcodes - Adds a massive amount of shortcodes, but generates one w3c error (paid)
    Unoslider - Awesome slider that can be installed in custom sites (paid)
    uSquare - Great for team pages (paid)
     
    joshwebguy, Mar 30, 2013 IP
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    gox1971 Greenhorn

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    All in one SEO pack
    XML Google sitemap
    Post order
    Statpress
    Social maven
     
    gox1971, Apr 1, 2013 IP
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    Sam Woods Greenhorn

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    I think the most important is a caching plugin - stops your server from melting/getting banned. :)
     
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  13. Charles Jones

    Charles Jones Peon

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    I've been really impressed with the mingle forum plugin I'm trying out right now. I would suggest it for an easy to integrate forum.
     
    Charles Jones, Apr 1, 2013 IP