Wordpress has a huge collection of plugins that you can add to enhance its performance, saving you a lot of time, effort and money.
These are the most basic plugin that I highly recommend that use in all your websites:
1. Akismet – Spam preventation
2. Pingler – Updates the search engine when you change you posts. Help you get indexed a lot faster.
3. All in one SEO Pack – This plugin is very useful for your Search Engine Optimization.
4. Exclude Pages from Navigation – For pages that you don’t to appear in your site menu.
5. Tweet, Like, Google +1 and share – Connect your site in the most common social networks.
Watch the following video to see how to install plugins in your wordpress blog:
Next step: Web Form
Other Lessons in the WordPress Guide:
1. WordPress Guide – Domain
2. WordPress Guide – Hosting
3. WordPress Guide – Change DNS
4. WordPress Guide – Open Domain Account
5. WordPress Guide – Install WordPress
6. WordPress Guide – Posts & Pages
7. WordPress Guide – Design Theme
8. WordPress Guide – Plugins
9. WordPress Guide – Web Form
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