Redirection – Manage 301 redirections without modifying Apache
Redirection is a WordPress plugin to manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have. This is particularly useful if you are migrating pages from an old website, or are changing the directory of your WordPress installation. Features include: Supports both WordPress-based and Apache-based redirections404 error monitoring – captures a log of 404 errors and allows you to easily map these to 301 redirectsRSS feed for 404 errorsCustom ‘pass-through’ redirections allowing you to pass a URL through to another page, file, or website.Full logs for all redirected URLsCreate redirections based upon a URL, browser, referring site, or login statusAutomatically add a 301 redirection when a post’s URL changesFull regular expression supportFully localizedExport all redirections to CSV, XML, or Apache .htaccess filesImport Apache .htacces files Redirection is available in the following languages: Installation Core Concepts ModulesGroupsRedirects
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Basic Drupal SEO Tutorial: On-site Optimization
Summary Enable Clean URLsEnable Path Module and install and enable Pathauto, Global Redirect and Token Modules.Configure the Pathauto ModuleInstall and enable the Meta Tags Module.Install enable the Page Title ModuleDo NOT install the Drupal Sitemap Module.Fix .htaccess to redirect to "www" or remove the "www" subdomain.Fix your theme's HTML headers if they aren't rightRecommended: create a custom front pageModify your robots.txt file. Enable clean URLs Search engines prefer clean URLs. In Drupal 6, clean URLs should be automatically enabled if your server allows it. In Drupal 5 you can enable clean URLs under administer —> settings —> Clean URLs. Install the pathauto module and enable it The pathauto module is highly recommended. Think carefully about how you want your URLs to look. At the very least, enable the path module and install the pathauto module. Caution: The above advice is directed towards new Drupal sites. Here are some pathauto settings to watch out for: Drupal Rewrite Rules
Widget Context
Use Widget Context to show and hide widgets on certain sections of your site — front page, posts, pages, archives, search, etc. Use targeting by URLs (with wildcard support) for maximum flexibility. Premium Support Subscribe to our Premium Support service and get the PRO 🚀 version of the plugin for free when it’s launched! Your support enables consistent maintenance and new feature development, and is greatly appreciated. Contribute Suggest code improvements on GitHub.Report bugs and suggestions on WordPress.org forums.Help translate to your language. Documentation Widget visibility can be configured under individual widget settings under “Appearance → Widgets” in your WordPress administration area or through the widget editing interface in the Customizer. Target by URL The “Target by URL” is a powerful feature for targeting sections of your website based on the request URLs. Wildcards Use the wildcard symbol * for matching dynamic parts of the URL. Exclude by URL Does what is says. 1.0-beta
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Search Engine Optimization for WordPress
Search Engine Optimization for WordPress WordPress, straight out of the box, comes ready to embrace search engines. Its features and functions guide a search engine through the posts, pages, and categories to help the search engine crawl your site and gather the information it needs to include your site within its database. WordPress comes with several built in search optimization tools, including the ability to use .htaccess to create apparently static URLs called permalinks, blogrolling, and pinging. However, once you start using various WordPress Themes and customizing WordPress to meet your own needs, you may break some of those useful search engine friendly features. Good, Clean Code Make sure your site's code validates. Content Talks Search engines can't "see" a site. Write Your Content with Searchers in Mind How do you find information on the Internet? Content First A search engine enters your site and, for the most part, ignores the styles and CSS. Content in Links and Images Sitemaps
SEO Friendly Images
The free version of the plugin is not supported. Get the supported, premium version of SEO Friendly Images with lots of premium only features! SEO Friendly Images is a WordPress optimization plugin which automatically updates all images with proper ALT and TITLE attributes. If your images do not have ALT and TITLE already set, SEO Friendly Images will add them according the options you set. Additionally this makes the post W3C/xHTML valid as well. ALT attribute is important part of search engine optimization. TITLE attribute play lesser role but is important for visitors as this text will automatically appear in the tooltip when mouse is over the image. Download Download: SEO Friendly Images Installation & Usage Upload the whole plugin folder to your /wp-content/plugins/ folder.Go to the Plugins page and activate the plugin.Use the Options page to modify ALT and TITLE options.You are done, SEO Image does everything else Here is a live example of the plugin (active on my blog). Changelog
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The 15 Best WordPress Plugins to Use in 2011
One of the reasons that I’m so madly in love with WordPress is the thousands of plugins available. It doesn’t matter what you want to accomplish on your blog, there is probably a WordPress plugin that will allow you to do it. This list will provide you with 15 of the best WordPress plugins available today. Only the 15 best WordPress plugins have made it while anything less than amazing has been kicked to the street. Each of these WordPress plugins are used at Site Sketch 101 and I personally recommend each of them to you. The 15 Best WordPress Plugins to Use in 2013 W3 Total Cache - This is one of the best WordPress plugins for two reasons. Group Discussion WordPress plugins are amazing little creations. Which do you consider to be the best WordPress plugins that you use on your site and how many plugins do you use at your site?