Essential Wordpress plugins

11 years ago

Here are some older threads that you might find useful already covering this topic:

http://www.warriorforum.com/website-...ns-2012-a.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/website-...ess-setup.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/website-...s-plugins.html

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Jill Carpenter 11 years ago

There is really no definitive set of plugins that can just be used on every site (IMO).

And another thing to keep in mind is you are better off with less plugins than more. Too many plugins can cause conflicts and slow down your site.
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aaronjunited

11 years ago

Thanks you two, much appreciated.

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Ankesh Kothari

11 years ago

The fewer plugins you use, the faster your website will be.

1. WordPress SEO by Yoast. Much better than All in One SEO plugin.

2. Akismet for comment spam catching.

3. W3 Total cache for saving bandwidth costs and making your website faster.

4. nRelate Related Content plugin because internal links is essential.

But besides these, go on a case by case basis. And tend to go for fewer plugins.

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Ldimilo

11 years ago

It really depends on what your needs are so the question is really an open ended question. I work with various clients and the plug-ins I wind up choosing for them largely depends on what type of business they are in and what message they are sending.

For the record, from an SEO perspective, Wordpress is pretty optimized out of the box.

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Walter Parrish

11 years ago

Originally Posted by Ldimilo

It really depends on what your needs are so the question is really an open ended question. I work with various clients and the plug-ins I wind up choosing for them largely depends on what type of business they are in and what message they are sending.

For the record, from an SEO perspective, Wordpress is pretty optimized out of the box.

I'm with you on this one does he want pay plugins or free, or does it matter, are the plugins for seo, backups, lists. more input needed.

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aaronjunited

11 years ago

Thanks for that list Ankesh

Yea I'm kinda realising that it may be different for different sites.

What about plug-ins for an Amazon affiliate site then?

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Nics

11 years ago

Search the forum for warrior "edynas". He makes great plugins for Amazon. I recently bought these two and use them on my sites:

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...marketers.html

http://www.warriorforum.com/warrior-...tes-sites.html

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AdrienneR

11 years ago

I'm also a pretty big fan of the SEO by Yoast plugin, as well as the W3 total cache plugin. If you're using WordPress for an actual blog, not just a site, then I also really like the WordPress related posts plugin because it helps keep people on your site for longer.

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wbgclient

11 years ago

I would like to add a plugin for the xml Google sitemap and the Google Analiticator.

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aaronjunited

11 years ago

That's another I forgot about, the sitemap one is important for the spiders.

What is the Analiticator?

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Wade32

11 years ago

A good one to use as well is Comment Redirect. After a person leaves a comment, it redirects them to a thank you page(that you create) where you can build your list or make money somehow.

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Gaz Christian 11 years ago

A great freebie shopping cart plugin that i've recently found is by ecwid.com (e commerce widget). If you're considering selling product then definately check this out.
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EricJames

11 years ago

I deal a lot in affiliate marketing so I use Go Codes a lot to cloak/track/pretty up aff links and find the Go Codes plugin to be rather invaluable.

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aaronjunited

11 years ago

thanks very much people, really helps with all these recommendations.

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aaronjunited

11 years ago

thanks very much people, really helps with all these recommendations.

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michaelcorvin

11 years ago

SEO Pressor, Yoast SEO (much better than all-in-one)

AND...if you are writing blogs you need CBNet Ping Optimizer.

Hope that helps

Michael Corvin

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JayVance

11 years ago

Also like to add, with the W3 cache plugin you can also add cloudflare to it. Cloudflare is a free CDN which can speed up your website. My load time for one of my wordpress sites went from 2.4 seconds to 1.1!

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GlenH 11 years ago

In the last 2 weeks, I've received (or read about on this forum) promotions for 37 new plugins or one sort or another.

They're like apps! - Everyone's seems to be coming out with some sort of plugin or another.
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damoncloudflare

11 years ago

Originally Posted by JayVance

Also like to add, with the W3 cache plugin you can also add cloudflare to it. Cloudflare is a free CDN which can speed up your website. My load time for one of my wordpress sites went from 2.4 seconds to 1.1!

Thanks! Just to clarify for other folks...

W3TC offers CloudFlare as an option in the W3TC plugin. You would still need to create a CloudFlare account in order for it to work properly.

Tip: Do NOT turn on Minify options at both CloudFlare and W3TC (choose one minify option or the other).

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aaronjunited

11 years ago

Thanks Jay and Michael, will look at those also.

Glen your absolutely right lol, it's like website bling.

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footballbob06

11 years ago

Thanks for all of these great plugins. I will probably try Yoast SEO as I have all in one SEO now.

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aaronjunited

11 years ago

any more recommendations for plug-ins would be appreciated.

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damoncloudflare 11 years ago

Originally Posted by aaronjunited

any more recommendations for plug-ins would be appreciated.

A lot of great advice here. Quick comments:

1. Don't install too many (they can cause performance issues & potential conflicts arise from having a lot).
2. If you're using a a plugin for caching, choose one only (conflicts can arise). Using a CDN is still ok.
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CyberSEO

11 years ago

1. Akismet.
2. WP Super Cache.

Everything else is not essential and sometimes even harmful.

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webalfie

11 years ago

I've used many many plug-ins for wordpress before (some good, some not so good). The list below are my favorite that I use for every site I have.

1. WP Security - Don't want your site hacked
2. SEO by YOAST - Easy way to set up SEO and redirects
3. All In One Favicon
4. Get Social (A cool social bar that floats on the side)
5. WP to Twitter - Sends your new posts to twitter
6. Yet Another Related Post Plugin - At the end of your posts it will show related posts for users to read
7. Social Media Widget - A social media widget to add to your sidebar

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agmccall 11 years ago

Just a few that I use

Twitter Tools

Every time I post to my blog then and automatic tweet goes out on my twitter account that says "Looks like he is blogging again (link to article)

Simple Facebook Connect

Whenever I post to my blog the post is automatically duplicated on my facebook fan page

and, of course, there is All in one SEO

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Robert Bleach

11 years ago

Most of the ones I use have already been mentioned, except WPTouch, which makes your site easier to use for smart phone users.

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therichb

11 years ago

Using plugins for purposes like spam restriction, seo optimization, image posting, formatting content, ad management, customized sidebars can be a good deal of plugins needed in present day.

A large variety of plugins are found in the premium license with small amount & they are of real help for IM businesses.

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aaronjunited

11 years ago

Thanks man, much appreciated.

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Redwyn88

11 years ago

Good premium themes eliminate the need for a lot of plugins. I like the All in One SEO plugin and have used it but mostly find my that my themes already do the same thing just as well. And like many have said, the fewer plugins the better.

If you're specifically asking about an Amazon site you might want to stay away from any of the link cloaking stuff like Pretty Link, the Amazon affiliate agreement doesn't allow any kind of redirect links.

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Walter Parrish

11 years ago

Originally Posted by aaronjunited

Hey all, I'm looking for advice on which plug-ins I really need to install on my WordPress sites to make full use of anything I can.

I'm a newbie to most plug-ins, I now All in one SEO is important and can help dramatically.

Any other important ones I need?

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lol you got my hopes up. And I was thinking I'd click the link and see a list of the best Affiliate Marketing plugins designed by Warriors. lol <Sigh>

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jammu1317

11 years ago

The plugins you need is directly related to your site. which type of site you have?
1) A Company site
2) Money making site
3) affiliate product site
etc.. etc... so plugins may be very with type of site.. but there are some common plugins like.
all in one seo
google sitemap generator
seo image
contact form 7

Hope it will help you

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sirtiman

11 years ago

Use CB Goliath, not just get good rank for SEO, but can collect some cash, too.

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andersvinther

11 years ago

For security I'd recommend you run through The WordPress Security Checklist

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aaronjunited

11 years ago

Thank you for this

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maywebdesigns

11 years ago

NexGen image gallery
Contact Form 7
Newsletter
W3 Cache
Post Ender
Social Media Widget
Open up in New Window
Yoast SEO

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meta-blogger

11 years ago

I personally love the shareaholic wordpress plugin and use it under my posts, it has beautiful shiny icons and lets you choose form about 50 top social sites. By the way, I also have a free 35-page pdf that briefly covers the 100 top wordpress plugins if you are interested.

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aaronjunited

11 years ago

thanks for the shareaholic, just installed and I like.

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meta-blogger

11 years ago

Yes, shareholic is awesome. Gotta put in on my main blog and take down the ugly facebook like/send button, too small and easy to miss.

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