If you are exploring your website options for a new business or even planning to redesign an existing website, WordPress is a great choice that will grow with your business well into the future. There are several advantages to using this CMS, not the least of which is its ability to adapt to the needs of nearly every company – regardless of size or industry. That adaptable functionality is largely thanks to the wide variety of plugins that are available for WordPress. You can think of a “plugin” as a sort of extension; it’s a bit of software you can install that will add special features to your website.
Our team has extensive experience in WordPress, as well as all of the other popular CMS options, and over the years, we have come to know and trust a handful of plugins that provide essential functions for your business and its audience. With that in mind, take a look at our list of top WordPress plugins that will help your website shine.
Yoast SEO
Being seen on the internet has never been easier, especially for those that have no idea what SEO is. Yoast SEO brings to you the easiest and most versatile SEO machine that you can add to those posts, pages and other areas of the website to allow you to boost your viewings and get more out of your website than ever before.
Of course, this plugin comes with one caveat: nothing replaces the value of the human eye. You can’t depend entirely on software for your company’s SEO needs. Search engine optimization is a very intuitive process, and for best results, you’ll want to get some input from an SEO expert.
Mailchimp or ConstantContact
This is one of the easiest ways to get a newsletter started for all of those businesses out there. Using a plugin that is associated with your favorite email marketing provider (such as MailChimp or ConstantContact), you can insert forms in various high-traffic areas of your website and collect contact information from your visitors.
Akismet
If you own or manage a website, chances are that you’ve encountered a spam comment or two. These spam comments are an issue for a number of reasons. Not only do they damage the overall user experience of your site’s visitors, but they can also hurt your reputation, damage your search engine ranking, and more. It’s not something to be ignored, and Akismet offers an easy, affordable (read: free) way to stop spam comments before they are ever published on your blog.
These are just three plugins out of the countless options available today. Obviously, the plugins that are best for you depend on your company’s unique business needs. It’s also important to know that not every plugin is created equally. They vary in price, dependability, functionality, and reputation, so it would be wise to speak with a web services expert before you begin installing anything.
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