Top 5 List of Wordpress Plug-ins
During the past week I have been working on developing the Wordpress template for my blog network and have tried to locate and install a few valuable Wordpress plug-ins. (Plug-ins are addons for Wordpress that perform some function valuable to the publisher) Below I have listed and linked the top 5 Wordpress plug-ins that I am using and a little bit about why I feel they are so useful.
1. E-Mail to a friend wp-email - word of mouth, in my opinion the best online advertisement method. This plug-in allows you to easily install an email this post link and form to any page. A very well developed plug-in, although I still had to figure a few things out, I think this is a must for everyone.
2. Related Posts or Entries - Don’t let your viewers leave your page, give them something else to click. This wordpress plug in uploads quick, and inserts quick, with basic and easy formatting options. Keep your visitors where you want them, surfing your blog.
3. Recent Comments - Another great Wordpress plug-in from semilogic, recent comments is useful for your front page to encourage viewers to read others comments and post responses. A great way to increase commentors on your site.
4. Contact Form - Could a form be easier than just posting your email address? I guess for those not wanting to post their email to the world this is a good plug-in. Also most of the big name sites use a contact form so there must be something to it. This Wordpress plug-in will quickly insert a form wherever you ask it to.
5. Feedburner Redirect Plug-in - Although I have been unable to get this plug-in to work on any site other than my root Wordpress blog install (no doubt issues with Netfirms, my structure, or both), this plug-in or Feedburner is a must for stat crazed bloggers. Feedburner allows you to track subscribers and have yet another traffic stat for yourself or published to your viewers. This plug-in redirects all of you feed traffic using a randomly generated feed.
Enjoy these plug-ins and let me know if you have any questions on them. There is pretty good support out there for all of them and as I said I have had my difficulties with them as well and worked through most all of the problems.