Is this brief post, I want to explain how you can significantly enhance the functionality of your WordPress-powered site and increase the power of your business online by adding a number of really powerful features called “plugins”.
As you are probably aware by now, WordPress users benefit from the efforts and contributions of thousands of individuals and organizations. These include not only professional web designers who make thousands of great WordPress themes available for free or at very little cost, but also WordPress plugin developers who make great business enhancing applications for your WordPress blog.
Like themes, most WordPress plugins are also available for free or at very little cost.
WordPress Plugins
Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine. Here are just some of the ways plugins can enhance the functionality of your WordPress site:
- SEO Optimization
- Mobile Device Integration
- Social Media Integration
- Content Sharing Buttons
- Newsletter Subscription Forms
- eCommerce
- Add Coupons
- Membership Sites
- Affiliate Programs
- Contact Forms
- Add Videos And Other Media To Pages
- Maps
- QR Codes
- Visitor Polls
- Rotating Banners
- Image Galleries
- Customer Testimonials
- Find Related Posts
- Automatically Hyperlink Keywords
- Language Translation
- Improve Site Security
- Prevent SPAM
- Content Protection
- Statistical Reporting
- Customized Navigation
- Enhanced Text Formatting
- Page Formatting
- Forums
- Live Chat Integration
- Faster Page Loading
- Event Managers
- Business Directories
- Advertising Management
- Redirect Broken Links
- and so much more!
Adding WordPress plugins to your site can help you:
- Increase your search engine rankings
- Generate more traffic to your site
- Help improve your leads or sales conversion
- Monetize your site (e.g. adding advertising banners)
- Interact directly with your site visitors
- Increase your visibility online (search engines, social networking sites, mobile devices, etc)
- Find out what your site visitors want (statistical reporting tools)
- Protect your site from malicious users and spammers
Although most WordPress plugins can be downloaded for FREE, in order to get all of the above benefits on your blog, you will need to know which WordPress plugins to use, and how to combine some of these and configure their plugin settings for maximum results and optimal performance.
This is the area we specialize in, so please contact us if you need assistance in this area.
Where To Find Free WordPress Plugins
WordPress keeps an updated directory of FREE plugins here: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins
Last time I checked, there were over 15,000 plugins available.
We will cover a number of really useful WordPress plugins in more detail in future posts. For now, just keep in mind that as your business grows online and you find that you need or want to add new features and functionalities to your site, you will be able to incorporate these easily and affordably into your site, if you choose to build your online presence using the WordPress framework.
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