Wordpress Plugins
Favorite WP Plugins
Wordpress is a dynamic web design tool and one the main reasons is because of the Wordpress Plugins. WP Plugins are folders, files or pieces of code that have been developed by software engineers, nerds, techies and the like, to enhance your Wordpress experience (and we thank them!) They’ve made it so easy, you just upload and activate and your plugin is ready to go.
Wordpress Plugins Directory
Check the readme file contained in the plugin download for installation instructions.
- Akismet - protect your blog from spam
- All In One SEO - Search Engine Optimization for your Wordpress Blog
- Flexi Pages Widget - allows for different sidebars for different pages
- Google Analytics - track traffic with google analytics
- Google Sitemap - create a google sitemap
- Hit Tail - insert Hit Tail code directly into post or page
- Privacy Policy - google friendly privacy policy
- phpBay Pro - insert ebay listings into post or page, use w/ ebay partners
- Show/Hide Elements - click to show or hide specific sections of content
- WP Members - restrict user access
If you have a favorite Wordpress Plugin, please leave a link in the comments and tell us why you like it. We’ll try it and if we like it too, we’ll feature it here.
Plugins to try:
Additional tools we use:
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WordPress
Wordpress (WP) is an easy to setup, easy to customize and easy to use all in one website publishing software.
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WordPress software is a fantastic free web tool that we use to create and run every one of our content managed websites. WP started as a simple blog software used by a few, and now has turned into an all-in-one, self-contained, content-managed, easily to use website publishing application.
When I first started designing websites in 2001, it would take me 1-2 weeks to create a fully functional website and usually a few months before I could establish consistent traffic. Now I can come up with a business idea, buy a domain name, have the website setup in about 10 minutes and have traffic by tonight.
If you take a few minutes to learn how to setup your own Word Press website, it will save you time, money and hassle in the future. I used to envision the perfect website development tool and when I found Word Press, I said “this is it! This is the perfect website creation software” And if you can follow instructions (click this button, type this here), you can use Word Press to setup, manage, and profit from your own online businesses.
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What’s the difference between all the Wordpress sites?
The WP software is free to use, either hosted on a Word Press server (support at wordpress.com) or hosted on your own server (support at wordpress.org). If you want to have your site hosted on a WordPress server, when you register with them they will set you up a website as a sub-domain of wordpress.com, such as http://myfamouswebsite.wordpress.com - we encourage you to do that now.
WordPress allows you to get a website online, quick, easy and free. Plus immediate exposure to the search engines. You’ll understand in further steps why it’s important to get your business online right now.
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Example: myfamouswebsite.wordpress.com is my WordPress sub-domain website