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Sep 13 2013

How to Use WordPress Plugins

WordPress PluginsOne of the best things about WordPress is the ability to use plugins! Plugins are very special additions or add-ons to WordPress that lets it go from an old-fashioned static site to fabulous and impressive! From inactive to interactive. From nothing special to spectacular!

It is essentially software or an app that you add on to your instance of WordPress to make it do something you want it to do, or behave in a certain way.

One plugin may add a contact form, another clickable social media icons, another a discussion forum, or even a shopping cart. Honestly, there isn’t enough room to explain all that plugins do for WordPress. It’s what makes WordPress so special. Instead of buying or using bulky software, you can customize your WordPress instance to do what you want and need it to do.

So What Plugins Should You Install?

You don’t actually need to install any plugins to get going. However, once you get more familiar with WordPress, adding new plugins will definitely help create a better site.

Most people do use some form of the following plugins on their site:

  • SEO: A plugin that allows the owner of the site to make their WordPress more SEO friendly.
  • Contact Forms: A plugin that allows you to insert a contact form on any page you desire.
  • Backup: A plugin that helps you automatically back up your website or blog so that if something ever goes wrong you’ll have it.
  • Social Media: Most people have “like” buttons, “tweet” buttons and more on their blogs and websites today, and plugins make it easy to add them without knowing any code whatsoever.
  • Security: Always add some sort of security to your blog or website to ensure safety from hackers. You may think no one cares about your little blog but these hackers are often not even people today, they are computer programs designed to find security holes and it can happen to the most obscure blog or website.

Written by Paul · Categorized: Plugins

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  1. Pam says

    September 18, 2013 at 8:40 am

    Thank God for plugins! But there are so many to choose from, it can be daunting. What I struggle with the most is finding photos for my posts….you recommended a $10 photo plugin a few weeks back, or at least that’s when I saw it. Now I can’t find it again. I don’t like photodropper and am looking for something better.
    Thanks for all the super info!

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    • Paul says

      September 18, 2013 at 8:59 am

      Pam – I love the plugin that I used to talk about – key word, ‘used to’! It no longer works with the latest version of WordPress – in fact, it stopped working a few versions ago. I contacted the person who was selling it and he has no desire to keep it up to date. I am still looking… Sigh.

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