WordPress is the most popular content management system (cms) and blogging software in the world. What makes iteven more special, are tons of execellent and free plugins that add new features and tools. On this list, you will find some of our favourite add -ons,which will make your life as a blogger easire.
WordPress plugins are bits of software that can be uploaded to extendard expand the functionality of your wordPress site.
1 Backups - updraftplus and BackWPup.
The updraftplus plugin will let you backup,restore,and migrate your wordPress site if necessary, BackWPup is an alternative backup solution , that offer similar features and it will be a matter of personal taste ,which one you just prefer . Data loss is pretty much the worst case scenario for a thriving website , so do use a backup system.
2 W3 Total cache.
Your site speed plays an important role in serch engine ranking. w3 total cache help you optimize your wordPress site for speed and performances . it allow you to easily setup page and browser caching , compress pages for quicker downloads and set up a content delivery network for your static files.
3 Soliloquy slider and Gallery.
With soliloquy, you can create attractive and responsive slides show and photo galleries. The plugin is user-and serch engine friendly, it offers a varity of visual effects ,and is highly costomizable. As an alternative , you might like the MetaSlider plugin in your wordPress website.
4 Adsanity.
Adsanity is a wordPress ad management plugin focused on ease - of use. Adding new ads in adsanity is very similar to adding a post. It comes with widgets and shortcodes support to display ads. So you can display ads in sidebars , post and pages, ads(that run for a specific time) or infinity ads (the could keep running unless you remove them). It also has graphs stats for ad views and clicks. It you looking to display advertisement in wordPress , then you should be using this plugin.
5 Broken link checker-
Keep your posts neat and tidy -clean up broken links ,and both, google and your visitors, will thank you for it. Broken link checker automatically scans your whole site for outdated URLs and lets you know if any are found in your site.