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- UserWay\u2019s Accessibility Widget creates a simpler and more accessible browsing experience for your users.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Easy Social Sharing<\/a><\/p>\n
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- Easy Social Sharing provides you with an easy way to display various popular social share\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Imagify \u2013 Optimize Images & Convert WebP | Compress Images Easily<\/a><\/p>\n
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- Compress images & convert WebP with the best WordPress image optimization plugin. Optimize images in\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Koko Analytics<\/a><\/p>\n
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- Privacy-friendly and efficient analytics for your WordPress site – This is by far one of the best WordPress plugins for stats we’ve found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
WordPress SEO by Yoast<\/a><\/p>\n
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- Industry standard and essential install for every website. Extensive feature set, including XML sitemap generation and indexing control of archives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Check posts, pages & all content for broken links & missing images to improve SEO.\u2026 If you have lots of links on your site this is one the best WordPress plugins you’ll find for fixing broken and redirected links.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Disable Comments \u2013 Remove Comments & Stop Spam<\/a><\/p>\n
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- Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Wordfence Security \u2013 Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security<\/a><\/p>\n
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- Firewall, Malware Scanner, Two Factor Auth and Comprehensive Security Features, powered by our 24 hour\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Mailpoet Newsletters<\/a><\/p>\n
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- Send newsletters, post notifications or autoresponders from WordPress easily, and beautifully.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
JetPack<\/a><\/p>\n
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- Lots of features from the team behind WordPress themselves, all rolled into a single handy plugin – includes stats, gravatar hovercards, grammar checker, recent tweets widget and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Best WordPress Themes<\/h2>\n
Divi<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by Elegant Themes<\/h3>\n
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- This has the Divi Builder built in, allows for some very dynamic layouts.<\/li>\n
- This is our go to theme as it’s the most flexible in layout design. We’ve built over a 1,000 sites using it.<\/li>\n
- https:\/\/www.elegantthemes.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Kadence Pro<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>by Kadence Themes<\/h3>\n
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- Fast theme, easy to setup, and very flexible.<\/li>\n
- Our favorite for simple sites.<\/li>\n
- https:\/\/www.kadencewp.com\/kadence-theme\/premium\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Astra<\/strong><\/a> by Astra Themes<\/h3>\n
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- One of the highest rated themes out there, very flexible and very fast.<\/li>\n
- We haven’t used this theme much, but we have a handful of designers that use it on our servers and they like it.<\/li>\n
- https:\/\/wpastra.com\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Most Popular and Recommended WordPress Plugins<\/h1>
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So you've installed WordPress and you're looking for the most popular WordPress plugins to get started with.<\/h3>With \u00a0years of WordPress development experience, over 1,000 WordPress websites developed, custom themes and plugins we've been able to play with more plugins than you can shake a stick at. This question has come up time and time again, \"What plugins do you recommend I install first?\".<\/p>
Must Have Plugins:<\/strong><\/h2>
W3 Total Cache<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0- Recommended for\u00a0speed enhancement and caching.<\/h3>
- The Swiss Army knife of caching and performance plugins, W3 handles everything from page caching to Content Delivery Networks and file minification. If those terms mean nothing to you, don\u2019t install this yet \u2013 read this\u00a0primer on speeding up WordPress<\/a> and configuring W3 Total Cache<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>
WordFence Security<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0- Recommended for keeping your WordPress installation safe and secure.<\/h3>
- Completely free WordPress security suite \u2013 firewall, malware scanning, strong password enforcement, plugin and theme repairs. If you've had problems in the past or aren't confident of where your theme or plugins come from, it\u2019s worth giving your site a thorough scan. In most cases though, as long as you keep WordPress and plugins up to date (WordPress updates itself automatically now anyway), you probably won't need this.<\/li><\/ul>
WordPress SEO by Yoast<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0- A must have for Search Engine Optimization<\/h3>
- Industry standard and essential install for every website. Extensive feature set, including XML sitemap generation and indexing control of archives.<\/li><\/ul>
JetPack<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0- Made by WordPress and includes Form Builder, Social Sharing and much more...<\/h3>
- Lots of features from the team behind WordPress themselves, all rolled into a single handy plugin \u2013 includes stats, gravatar hovercards, grammar checker, recent tweets widget and much more. Opinions are divided on JetPack \u2013 some people love it, but it\u2019s a big resource hog and will significantly slow down your site, so be sure to weigh up the actual value you'll get from this.<\/li><\/ul>
Bulk Comments Management<\/a><\/strong> - The best way to remove and kill comments sitewide!<\/h3>
- This plugin allows administrators to globally delete comments (spam, trash, unapproved comments), enable\/disable comments on all posts.<\/li><\/ul>
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Some Cool Recommendations:<\/strong><\/h2>Print Friendly and PDF Button<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0- Easily make pages print friendly.<\/h3>
- Not all themes\u00a0are ideal for printing \u2013 install this plugin to automatically make PDF and printer friendly versions, utilizing the free PrintFriendly service.<\/li><\/ul>
Leaflet Maps<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0- Great for resource maps<\/h3>
- When working with small businesses, one of the most common requests is to add a map to the page \u2013 but there are lots of other ways a custom map can be useful, too. Leaflet Maps is simple, free, and works with any maps data source you can think of \u2013 not just Google. Define custom markers with photos or choose from a wide range of included icons.<\/li><\/ul>
Mailpoet Newsletters<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0- Our #1 Recommended Newsletter WordPress Plugin.<\/h3>
- Send newsletters, post notifications or autoresponders from WordPress easily, and beautifully.<\/li><\/ul>
EWWW Image Optimizer<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0- For those of you who don't compress your images, let EWWW take control.<\/h3>
- The EWWW Image Optimizer is a WordPress plugin that will automatically and losslessly optimize your images as you upload them to your blog.<\/li><\/ul>
Google Analytics by Yoast<\/a><\/strong> - The best way include your Google Analytics Code<\/h3>
- This plugin makes it simple to add Google Analytics to your WordPress site, adding lots of features, e.g. error page, search result and automatic outgoing links and download tracking.<\/li><\/ul>
TinyMCE Advanced<\/strong><\/a> - Tired of using the Standard Page Editor Tool Set?<\/h3>
- This plugin makes it simple to add Google Analytics to your WordPress site, adding lots of features, e.g. error page, search result and automatic outgoing links and download tracking.<\/li><\/ul>
- The EWWW Image Optimizer is a WordPress plugin that will automatically and losslessly optimize your images as you upload them to your blog.<\/li><\/ul>
- Send newsletters, post notifications or autoresponders from WordPress easily, and beautifully.<\/li><\/ul>
- When working with small businesses, one of the most common requests is to add a map to the page \u2013 but there are lots of other ways a custom map can be useful, too. Leaflet Maps is simple, free, and works with any maps data source you can think of \u2013 not just Google. Define custom markers with photos or choose from a wide range of included icons.<\/li><\/ul>
- Not all themes\u00a0are ideal for printing \u2013 install this plugin to automatically make PDF and printer friendly versions, utilizing the free PrintFriendly service.<\/li><\/ul>
- This plugin allows administrators to globally delete comments (spam, trash, unapproved comments), enable\/disable comments on all posts.<\/li><\/ul>
- Lots of features from the team behind WordPress themselves, all rolled into a single handy plugin \u2013 includes stats, gravatar hovercards, grammar checker, recent tweets widget and much more. Opinions are divided on JetPack \u2013 some people love it, but it\u2019s a big resource hog and will significantly slow down your site, so be sure to weigh up the actual value you'll get from this.<\/li><\/ul>
- Industry standard and essential install for every website. Extensive feature set, including XML sitemap generation and indexing control of archives.<\/li><\/ul>
- Completely free WordPress security suite \u2013 firewall, malware scanning, strong password enforcement, plugin and theme repairs. If you've had problems in the past or aren't confident of where your theme or plugins come from, it\u2019s worth giving your site a thorough scan. In most cases though, as long as you keep WordPress and plugins up to date (WordPress updates itself automatically now anyway), you probably won't need this.<\/li><\/ul>
- The Swiss Army knife of caching and performance plugins, W3 handles everything from page caching to Content Delivery Networks and file minification. If those terms mean nothing to you, don\u2019t install this yet \u2013 read this\u00a0primer on speeding up WordPress<\/a> and configuring W3 Total Cache<\/a>.<\/li><\/ul>
- Lots of features from the team behind WordPress themselves, all rolled into a single handy plugin – includes stats, gravatar hovercards, grammar checker, recent tweets widget and much more.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Send newsletters, post notifications or autoresponders from WordPress easily, and beautifully.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Firewall, Malware Scanner, Two Factor Auth and Comprehensive Security Features, powered by our 24 hour\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Broken Link Checker<\/a><\/p>\n
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- Check posts, pages & all content for broken links & missing images to improve SEO.\u2026 If you have lots of links on your site this is one the best WordPress plugins you’ll find for fixing broken and redirected links.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Industry standard and essential install for every website. Extensive feature set, including XML sitemap generation and indexing control of archives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Privacy-friendly and efficient analytics for your WordPress site – This is by far one of the best WordPress plugins for stats we’ve found.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Compress images & convert WebP with the best WordPress image optimization plugin. Optimize images in\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
- Easy Social Sharing provides you with an easy way to display various popular social share\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n