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Before you start blogging away you should install a few plugins which will make your life easier and add some functionality to your admin panel which will allow you more flexibility. I have broken these into essential plugins and non-essential but useful plugins below.
Essential Plugins
1. Contact Form
This form is a cinch to use and [...]
Before you start blogging away you should install a few plugins which will make your life easier and add some functionality to your admin panel which will allow you more flexibility. I have broken these into essential plugins and non-essential but useful plugins below.
Essential Plugins
This form is a cinch to use and allows you to easily set up a page which can capture user data such as name, email etc. It is an easy Contact Form page which means users can leave feedback and allows you to contact them in the future (provided they are kind enough to leave their email address!)
This is a great tool which checks for broken links on your site. If you have broken links on your site it is not only bad for the user experience but it also effects your site rankings because google sees those broken links and your site ranking goes down.
3. Google Analytics for Wordpress
A must for those who want to track their site stats. Easy to install with this plugin!
4. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
This is the best related posts plugin that I know. It basically lists related posts which are on your site, below the post that the user is looking at. Not only does it aid users when using your site it also helps your page rank.
If you never want to experience the pain of having your whole site go down and being unrecoverable, or making some stupid mistake and bulk deleting posts, then you really should have an automated backup plugin. You can choose the frequency with which you want back-ups sent to your email, and because gmail and other accounts now have unlimited space you can have daily updates of you blog sent to your email.
I love this plugin and use it all the time. It allows you to easily re-order posts in the order of your liking. Very very useful and this is essential for most of the blogs I use.
This plugin is probably the best photo gallery plugin for Wordpress, so if you have photos on your site I definitely recommend it.
Non-essential but useful Plugins
4. Maxblogpress Ninja Affiliate
