Essential WordPress plugins for Business
WordPress started as a simple blogging platform back in 2003. Since its introduction only a few short years ago, it has grown into the web’s most popular content management system (CMS). It’s estimated that WordPress is used by 54.0% of all the websites that employ a content management system.Wordpress was designed with the single user in mind so it’s ideal for smaller business, it’s also still one of the most popular Blogging platforms out there so if you are thinking of using it to promote your business then its an ideal tool.
We have assembled a list of plugins we have found of value here in a list for you.
Here are some essential WordPress plugins
Akismet
This handy little plugin stops others from spamming you with comments on your posts.
Nextgen Gallery
NextGEN Gallery is the most popular photo gallery plugin with over 5 million downloads.It’s great for Managing product Galleries.
WordPress Facebook Fan Box Widget
This pligin helps you display your facebook friends within a fan box, within your website,
therefore integrating your facebook followers and your website
Smart Sharing
This plugin creates a floating box that floats alongside your posts displaying the top social media icons
also allowing your visitors share and vote for your content.
AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget
The AddThis Social Bookmarking Widget allows any visitor to your website bookmark your site easily with many popular services including facebook and Twitter.
TweetMeme Retweet Button
Adds a button which easily lets your Visitors retweet your blog posts and share them.
Show Twitter Followers
Provides a widget to display profile photos of your Twitter followers in a sidebar
Google XML Sitemaps
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Yahoo, Bing to better index your website.
WP to Twitter
Posts a Twitter status update when you update your WordPress blog or post to your blogroll, using your chosen URL shortening service. Rich in features for customizing and promoting your Tweets.
Tweet old post
This plugin helps you to keeps your old posts alive by tweeting about them and driving more traffic to them from twitter.
Captcha plugin
This plugin enables you to protect your website forms by creating a verification mechanism to prevent
Track That Stat
It is a new wordpress plugin that allows you to gather all real time traffic data that is sent to your site. It has a user friendly interface that has multiple options for you to check all of your data in detail. The most important purpose of this plugin is to see who is coming to your site and what they are doing as well as being able to have all of your statistics on one place.
We hope you find these applications of value
Thanks the TIB Team