14 Word Press Plugins That I Use And Recommend

Word Press has so many great Plugins, that its sometimes hard to decide which ones you need.

Here is a list of the plugins I use on my Word Press Blog.  I will also explain why I use each one.

To find the plugin, copy the plugin name and in your WordPress Admin area, on the left bar under Plugins, click on “Add New”.  Paste it into the Search Box and click “Search Plugins”.

You can find all of them except the first one, “Add Sig”.  Just do a search in Google and follow the instructions on how to install it.

Add Sig: This is one that I love.  Add a custom signature to the bottom of posts with the author’s information.  You can have links in the signature and anything with HTML in each Post.

Add to Any: Share/Bookmark/Email Button :  Help readers share, bookmark, and email your posts and pages using any service.  Everyone needs this so your readers can share your posts with their Social Media sites.

AdRotate:  Make making money easy with AdRotate. Add advanced banners to your website using the simplest interface available!  This is great for testing which of your banners get more clicks.  Remember TEST TEST TEST!

Akismet:  Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not.  Everyone needs this plugin on their blogs.

Best Post Page:   This plugin creates a page of your best posts based on views and comments.  Great little plugin, shows the posts which get the most traffic on you site.  You can set how many posts show up.

CommentLuv:  Plugin to show a link to the last post from the commenters blog by parsing the feed at their given URL when they leave a comment. Rewards your readers and encourage more comments.  This is one I am just starting to use, but it is recommended by some of the top bloggers.

Google XML Sitemaps:  This plugin will generate a sitemaps.org compatible sitemap of your WordPress blog which is supported by Ask.com, Google, MSN Search and YAHOO.  Another must use plugin, as it will help the Search Engines find and index all your blog posts.

OptinPop:  OptinPop is designed to help you build your blog subscriber list by showing your visitors a pop-up window containing the optin form of any webpage you create. You can tune the appearance of your pop-up window and other parameters on the OptinPop Settings page within the Plugins menu.  This is a great plugin, as you can use it to build your list.  As all great Internet Marketer’s should know, “The Money is in the List”.  I use this on my blog to help build my email list.

Publish To Facebook:  Publishes posts, pages or both to your Facebook Mini-Feed directly from WordPress.  Great plugin that automatically publishes your blog post to your Facebook account.  I love this plugin.  Check out my Facebook Page and send me a Friend request.

Sidebar Photoblog:  Share your daily photos on your blog sidebar easily.  Great plugin that is easy to use and your pictures show up in your blog.

Smart Youtube:  Insert YouTube videos in posts, comments and RSS feeds with ease and full customization.  Great way to post YouTube Videos in your blog.

StatPress:  Real time stats for your blog.  This is another one that is a must have for everyone.  You need to know where your viewers are coming from, what search terms they are using to find your blog, and what they are doing on your website.  Great way to find keywords that people are using to find your site and then you are able to use them more in your posts.

Twitter Tools: A complete integration between your WordPress blog and Twitter. Bring your tweets into your blog and pass your blog posts to Twitter. Show your tweets in your sidebar, and post tweets from your WordPress admin.  I like using this plugin as it automatically posts a tweet to twitter, using a URL shrinker to make your tweet the right size.

Ultimate Google Analytics: Enable Google Analytics on your blog. Has options to also track external links, mailto links and links to downloads on your own site.  Here is Google’s Analytics, plugin that works just like “StatPress”, but you can get a lot more useful information.  I like to use both, as StatPress is for a quick look, but I use Google Analytics for a more indepth look at my Stats.

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