Google Analytics for WordPress. Twitter Widget Pro. WP Super Cache. This plugin generates static html files from your dynamic WordPress blog.
After a html file is generated your webserver will serve that file instead of processing the comparatively heavier and more expensive WordPress PHP scripts. The static html files will be served to the vast majority of your users, but because a user's details are displayed in the comment form after they leave a comment those requests are handled by the legacy caching engine. Static files are served to: Users who are not logged in.Users who have not left a comment on your blog.Or users who have not viewed a password protected post. 99% of your visitors will be served static html files. If for some reason "supercaching" doesn't work on your server then don't worry. The plugin serves cached files in 3 ways (ranked by speed): Mod_Rewrite. If you're new to caching use PHP caching. Recommended Settings PHP caching.Compress pages.Don't cache pages for known users.Cache rebuild.CDN support.Extra homepage checks. Top Commentators Widget. Google XML Sitemaps.
Use this plugin to greatly improve SEO to create special XML sitemaps which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your site.
With such a sitemap, it’s much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. The plugin supports all kinds of WordPress generated pages as well as custom URLs. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content. Supported since over 9 years and rated as the best WordPress plugin, it will do exactly what it’s supposed to do – providing a complete XML sitemap for search engines. It will not break your site, slow it down or annoy you. If you like the plugin, feel free to rate it (on the right side of this page)!
Related Links: License Good news, this plugin is free for everyone! Translations The plugin comes with various translations, please refer to the WordPress Codex for more information about activating the translation. Akismet. Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not and lets you review the spam it catches under your blog's "Comments" admin screen.
Major new features in Akismet 2.5 include: NextGEN Gallery. WordPress Gallery Plugin NextGEN Gallery is the most popular WordPress gallery plugin, and one of the most popular WordPress plugins of all time, with over 13 million downloads.
It provides a powerful engine for uploading and managing galleries of images, with the ability to batch upload, import meta data, add/delete/rearrange/sort images, edit thumbnails, group galleries into albums, and more. It also provides two front-end display styles (slideshows and thumbnail galleries), both of which come with a wide array of options for controlling size, style, timing, transitions, controls, lightbox effects, and more. The NextGEN Gallery WordPress gallery plugin is now proudly maintained by Photocrati Media. Special thanks to Alex Rabe who created and maintained NextGEN from 2007 through 2011. NEXTGEN GALLERY 2.0: MAJOR UPDATE IN JULY 2013. Alpine PhotoTile for Instagram. Below are a number of features that have been suggested and will be implemented as soon as I find the time to do so.
Add titles and captionsThumbnail pagination General The Alpine PhotoTile for Instagram is capable of retrieving photos from a particular Instagram user or tag. The photos can be linked to the your Instagram page, a specific URL, or to a Lightbox slideshow. Also, the Shortcode Generator makes it easy to insert the widget into posts without learning any of the code. Features Display Instagram images in a sidebar, post, or pageMultiple styles to allow for customizationLighbox feature for interactive slideshow (Fancybox, prettyBox, or ColorBox)Simple instructionsWidget & shortcode optionsFeed caching/storage for improved page loading Style and Demos Below is an example of the Alpine PhotoTile for Instagram plugin in action.
WordPress Social Stream. WordPress Social Stream will combine all of your social network feeds into one single network stream or create a single feed for multiple social network profiles.
Display using a filterable jQuery isotope powered Social Network Wall or a rotating feed list! Can combine unlimited social feeds and create unlimited number of social streams. Feed items also include Facebook, Twitter, Google + and LinkedIn share links to make your social network streams more interactive, help promote your social network posts and boost your traffic! ShareThis: Share Buttons and Social Analytics. Contact Form 7. The only thing that caused me to ding it down to a 4-star instead of 5 what the learning curve was a bit challenging.
Ninja Forms has it beat for use-of-use, but Ninja Forms requires a bunch of really expensive add-ons to do what I wanted. This was for a non-profit club for which I was building a website, as a volunteer, and they don’t have a huge budget. I would have given it a 4.5, but that’s not an option. The setup of a membership registration form with email notification, conditional redirection to a thank-you page, and a downloadable database took me about 3 hours total, most of which was spent researching the support forum and finding other (free) plugins to provide the missing functionality.
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) displays pages, posts, and custom post types related to the current entry, introducing your readers to other relevant content on your site.
Now you can mix and match YARPP Basic and YARPP Pro to get the best of both features, beneath articles or in the sidebar! Use the combination that works best for you. YARPP Pro for Sponsored ContentCreate a variety of native units, including Content Recommendation or In Feed displayMake money by displaying sponsored content, at the bottom of your posts, in the sidebar, or both.Easily promote your product or service on thousands of blogs and websites.Advertisers are now able to bid by CPC and/or CPMSupport for more granular advertiser targeting such as IAB category and geo-targeting by DMA. WP User Avatar. All in One SEO Pack.