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10 Must-Have WordPress Plugins

February 8, 2016
If you’re using WordPress, these plugins are a must. Running a website can be time consuming and often confusing, so make your job exponentially easier by investing in these helpful plugins. Useful for solving a variety of different potential problems and merely simplifying the website management process, check out these fantastic WordPress plugins. You’ll be glad you did.

Sucuri – You need a secure website, that’s a no brainer. Make sure you’re always protected with this firewall extension.

BackupBuddy – Speaking of protection, make sure your website is always recoverable. This plugin promises that you will always have a current backup in the event that you lose a portion of or your entire WordPress site. Avoid the headache and invest in BackupBuddy.

Yoast SEO – You may very well be tired of hearing about SEO at this point. Unfortunately, it’s something you absolutely cannot avoid if you want a successful website (and business). To obtain good SEO without having to think about it, make sure you’re using this plugin. It optimizes your site, helps you add meta tags and more.

Google Analytics – Analyze. Analyze. Analyze. Know the data, know who your visitors are and what brought them to your site. Knowing who these people are is the key to attracting more of them, so take advantage of analysis services like Google Analytics.

Tweet This – This plugin is as simple as could be. Just choose a quote on your site that seems worthy of a good tweet, and then your readers have the option to tweet that quote directly from your site. This helps drive traffic back to your Twitter account and spreads your content all at once.

MailChimp – Expand that email list! MailChimp helps you build an email list and send emails to a variety of people. It’s very user friendly and very easy to manage, so check it out for all your email marketing needs.

W3 Total Cache – This great little plugin makes your website run far faster, and as you well know, faster is always better when it comes to anything digital.

Quick and Easy FAQs – The name is as easy as it is straightforward. Providing your readers with the right information is key; set up an FAQ page so they have all the info they need with little hassle for you.

CSS Hero – Having a custom theme is a must, but who wants to sit there writing code all day? You have better things to do. Let CSS Hero do the work for you. This is a great little plugin that will allow you to customize whatever you want without ever having to touch the code.

Soliloquy – This neat little plugin allows you to create sliders on your landing pages so you can show off your beautiful products, content and more anywhere within your WordPress page.

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