Trying to start a blog can be
incredibly difficult without the right tools or knowledge of where to go. There
are sites out there that will streamline the entire process so that you don’t
have to understand HTML coding in depth in order to create your own blog.
WordPress
has been one of the more popular websites for this purpose, as there are tons
of ways you can customize it and the website has been around for years.
There
are so many different plug-ins for WordPress too, to make blogging even easier
than ever! This list compiles what I believe to be the top ten most beneficial
blogging plug-ins for WordPress, however there are a ton more out there on codecanyon.net.
1. Comment Reply Notification
This plugin is great because it
encourages communication between your commenters. It adds a button near the
submit comment button that, if selected, commenters on your blog can be
notified of any replies to comments they’ve made. With any blog, it’s important
to give readers an easy way to comment and discuss your various articles, and
this makes it even easier for them to keep in contact with one another.
A
benefit of having commenters discuss your articles amongst themselves is that
by reading their comments, you can tell what they like and dislike about your
articles and why. The more commenters the better, and this plug-in will
encourage readers to comment more often and that will give you more feedback
and readers will feel a greater sense of community and connection.
2. Online Backup for WordPress
When doing any work on your computer
or online, it’s important to ensure that you have backups available in case of
emergencies. When blogging, it’s fairly easy to copy and paste the contents of
an article and save it as a backup, however that takes so much time! It’s much
quicker and easier to have a plug-in that can do the hard work for you with
just the click of a mouse.
3. Wordfence Security
This one is definitely a must have plug-in
for any WordPress blog. It gives you a way to protect your site from a variety
of threats. This plug-in includes a firewall, a way to block IP addresses from
accessing your blog, it scans for DNS changes, and does so much more. If you
want a safer spot, this plug-in is definitely a good option for protecting your
site and information on the site.
4. Related Posts
Related Posts is another really
useful WordPress plug-in that’s incredibly convenient and helpful for any
blogger. It allows your readers to see other posts that are similar to the one
that they’re reading. This gives them more content to explore, helps give them
access to newer posts that they’re likely to enjoy reading based on what
they’ve read, and it gives your blog more views.
5. Akismet
Akismet is a plug-in that filters
out comments and eliminates spam comments, which keeps your comment section
clean and it has instant protection. Whenever a comment would get posted, it
first runs through the Akismet web service and checks whether or not that
comment is spam, and then is approves or disproves the comment based on that.
The plug-in comes free with a WordPress account, so just go to plug-ins and add
this one to your blog, and you’re set to go.
6. Wordpress SEO
SEO stands for Search Engine
Optimization, and this plug-in does just what it sounds like. As soon as you
download it and install it onto your WordPress blog, and it increases your
site’s visibility on different search engines such as Google. This leads to
more views and more readers, and it’s an incredibly useful app for generating
more page views.
7. Simple Pull Quote
Simple Pull Quote adds new and
unique ways to make quotes stand out on you blog and in your posts. Download
and install this plug-in, and your blog will look much more professional and
interesting. It’s easy to use and is an effective tool to help maximize your
blog’s views.
8. Shareaholic
Shareaholic is a great way for your
readers to have an easier time sharing content from your blog onto different
social media sites, which grants your blog greater visibility. This plug-in
also helps with promoted content, monetization, social analytics, and affiliate
linking among many other features and uses.
9. Thank Me Later
Thank Me Later is great for once
your blog gets larger! It allows you to write thank you emails to commenters,
and then you can choose a time for the email to send. This allows you to write
the email whenever you have the time, and it will send after the amount of time
of your choice passes. This allows the email to send late enough that the email
doesn’t seem automated, which allows you to connect better with your readers
and can potentially bring many readers back over and over again.
10. Ebyline Payments
Ebyline Payments is the last plug-in
on this list, but certainly not the least. This plug-in allows an easy way to
pay those who contributed to your blog. This used to be a hassle on Wordpress
before this plug-in, so it’s definitely something helpful to use for your blog!
WordPress Plug-Ins Make Blogging
Easier Than Ever
WordPress on its own is a good
platform for bloggers of all kinds, but without plug-ins your blog won’t have
all that much that separates it from the other blogs out there. This list
included some plug-ins for functionality, some for appearance, and some that
help everyone reading your blog communicate with each other and with you. All
of them can help your blog stand out from all the others, and improve your
blog’s look and appearance.
However, you
should also consider your blog’s security. Hackers will try to access your site
and sue the data for their own nefarious purposes. The best tool for securing
your blog is a VPN, or Virtual Private Network. A VPN will encrypt all the data
going in and out of your devices, protecting you from said hackers as well as
malware, and anyone just trying to spy on your activity. VPNs are an
inexpensive solution to give you peace of mind that all the hard work you’ve
done on your blog will stay safe.
Author Bio:
This guest post was contributed by Cassie on behalf of Secure Thoughts, one of the best possible online sources for information regarding internet security.
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