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Help with Wordpress

by Notarealdoctor
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I'm cranking out my first blog using Wordpress and I want to know what plugins and themes I should incorporate to really make it attractive? Any ideas and suggestions are appreciated.
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  • Profile picture of the author SeanSupplee
    A few I use are
    - All In One SEO
    Helps with giving your post titles and descriptions you want
    - Statpress
    Cool plugin that will track visitors to your blog page views in your blog and any feeds
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  • Profile picture of the author Kris Turner
    StudioPress Themes Professionally Developed WordPress Themes are good themes, and I also really like Elegant Themes - Premium Wordpress Themes. As for plugins, All In One SEO, Ultimate Google Analytics, and Pagemash are all vital for me.
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    • Profile picture of the author awaxler
      Plugins:
      1. Platinum SEO
      2. Google xml sitemaps
      3. max blogpress (good if you are autoblogging so as not to over ping)
      4. spam karma 2
      5. submit it
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  • Profile picture of the author JonathanBoettcher
    AllinOneSEO
    Google XML Sitemaps
    Smart Update Pinger
    Google Analyticator
    Sociable
    Redirection
    Login Lockdown

    none of these are really "pretty" plugins - more functional or helpful with SEO
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  • Profile picture of the author Jason Johns
    Hi there,

    I think the themes and plugins depend on what you are wanting to achieve.

    A magazine theme may be suitable for your goal / niche or a two column or three column.

    There are thousands of plugins - some of which are used every day, others which are used on the occasional site.

    Definitely the Sitemap and Sociable plugins - they are top notch. I'd also use some SEO plugins too to help.

    As to a theme - search for free wordpress theme - there are lots out there or create your own!

    All the best

    Jason
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  • Profile picture of the author WillDee
    Depending on whether or not you need to collect info from your visitors, you might also want to look at the cforms plugin that allows you to create your own forms.
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    • Profile picture of the author Susan Hope
      All the plugins already mentioned (SEO ones) plus I like "formbuilder" for its ease of use to create all kinds of contact forms.

      Also, "Daikos Text Widget" and/or "widgetise any html"

      I also like "Quote Rotator" for putting testimonials into the sidebar but you could use it for any sets of text that you want to rotate.

      I also love the Studio Press Themes, love "Lifestyle" from that but they are not free.

      Another one I like is "Flexibility" and he has a new one "FlexSqueeze" he does have a free version of flexbility as well.


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  • Profile picture of the author Pete Egeler
    I go with the suggestions for the plug ins, and Sue's Flexibility themes.

    Even for a Techno Dummy like me, Flexibility's free themes set is pretty easy to get around if you watch the videos. (Of course, it takes up to 45-minutes for a 10-minute video to load for me!)

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