With over 50,000 plugins in the WordPress repository (and just as many sold on various marketplaces), it is easy to become overwhelmed by the sheer number of choices available when you just need to find the right plugin. The following list should make things easier. These 10 useful, popular plugins include those that every WordPress user should at least know about, if not use every day.<\/span> Created by Automattic, the developers of WordPress, Jetpack provides a suite of popular, invaluable tools. They include functions that allow you to keep your website secure, generate more traffic and improve reader engagement. You can find the entire list of features on the plugin\u2019s download page, but a few notable ones include:<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to learn more about or download Jetpack by WordPress.Com.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n If you want to rank higher on the search engines, you need to improve your page load speed. Google considers your website\u2019s loading speed as one of its more important ranking markers. The W3 Cache plugin improves the overall performance of your website (including page load speed) by caching images, CSS files, and scripts. This caching greatly reduces download times for site visitors, making for a much better user experience. This, in turn, can lead to more conversions, better engagement, and even a boost of your rankings on search results.<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to learn more about or download W3 Cache.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n Sitemaps tell search engines about the type of content on your site and how often you update it. Sitemaps allow search engine crawlers to easily see and navigate through the overall structure of your website. That, in turn, can contribute to improvements in your website\u2019s search rankings. \u00a0The Google XML Sitemaps plugin automatically generates the sitemap and submits it to Google, Bing, Yahoo and other search engines. Every time you update your content, the XML Sitemaps plugin notifies the search engines.<\/span><\/p>\n One of the highest rated plugins in the WordPress repository, the Google XML Sitemaps plugin has over 2 million active installations.<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to learn more about and download Google XML Sitemaps.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n WP Forms allows you to create clean and stylish contact forms using an easy-to-use (yet powerful) drag-and-drop form builder. Whether you need to create forms to accept payments, collect leads, or just provide an avenue for website visitors to contact you, with WP Forms, you can quickly create whichever type of form you need.<\/span><\/p>\n As a 100% mobile responsive plugin, you can rest assured that your forms will function perfectly for both desktop and mobile visitors alike.<\/span><\/p>\n WP Forms also comes with a number of pre-built form templates that you can easily edit. No need to build all of your forms from scratch.<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to learn more about or download WP Forms<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n For business owners with an online presence, nothing could be worse than a website crash. The free BoldGrid Backup plugin automates backups, allowing you to backup and restore your entire WordPress site with ease. For the automated solution, simply select a time and day for backups to run. Alternatively, you can also backup your site manually from within the WordPress dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n BoldGrid Backup also allows you to completely migrate a site from one WordPress installation to another with ease.<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to learn more or download BoldGrid Backup<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n With over 3+ million active installations, All in One SEO ranks among the most popular WordPress plugins available. All in One SEO helps you optimize meta-descriptions, page and post titles, and more. Ultimately, these small changes add up to a potentially enormous optimization of your content and improvement your on-page SEO. \u00a0All in One SEO also has many advanced optimization features, such as a built-in SEO performance manager and integration with social media.<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to learn more about or download Yoast SEO<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n The free WordFence Security plugin comes with a host of features designed to keep your website safe and secure from hackers, malware, and DDoS (distributed denial of service) attacks. The plugin scans your WordPress installation and alerts you to potential security threats or signs of malware infection. These include modified core files (generally a sign of malicious activity). Additionally, WordFence offers a web application firewall and automated protection from brute force attacks. WordFence also offers a premium version of its software, that provides real-time defense, blocking, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to learn more about or download WordFence Security.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The Page Builder by BoldGrid allows you to create beautiful, rich, column-based layouts using a drag-and-drop visual editor. The visual editor provides true WYSIWYG (\u201cwhat you see is what you get\u201d) functionality without relying on shortcodes or requiring any knowledge of programming languages. Add, delete, and resize columns and rows using the visual editor \u2013 just click and drag to the size you need. The Page Builder plugin comes equipped with pre-built page sections called \u201cblocks.\u201d These blocks pre-populate your selected theme with useful website content that you can edit to fit your needs, saving you lots of time.<\/span><\/p>\n Click here to learn more about or download BoldGrid Page Builder.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n The Social Icons plugin allows you to easily display over 100 popular social icons and link those icons to your social media pages using widgets and shortcodes. Simply drag the widget to the widget area of your site\u2019s theme and adjust settings from the widget form itself. Or, post your social icons anywhere on your website by pasting shortcodes.<\/span><\/p>\n
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