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13 Awesome WordPress Plugins For Any Site

As it stands right now, WordPress powers a massive 4.5% of the internet.

This equates to roughly 15.8M websites around the globe. Approximately 8% of the world’s top 100 blogs are managed on WordPress. What’s more, over 2,000 of the top 10,000 websites in the world use WordPress.

When it comes to website hosting and management, WordPress quite simply takes the cake. Thanks to the platform’s simple dashboard, nearly infinite customization options, and powerful interface, it’s become a global favorite among bloggers to enterprises and beyond.

One of WordPress’s biggest draws, however, is the plugins the platform offers. Ideal for customizing and enhancing a website, plugins are the perfect tool for discerning marketers in all industries.

13 Powerful WordPress Plugins You Can Install Today

While WordPress is, without a doubt, one of the most powerful website platforms available, installing plugins can help you customize your site and streamline your offerings. Here are 13 of our favorite WordPress plugins:

1. Hummingbird

Hummingbird is a WordPress plugin designed to scan your website and then rank your load time. If the plugin finds issues with your site, it makes it easy for you to fix them with just a few mouse taps. This valuable plugin also caches your site content for faster load times.

2. Yoast SEO by WordPress

SEO (search engine optimization) is critical for any successful business. Unfortunately, it’s also challenging. Unless you’re an SEO specialist, it can be difficult to stay on top of all of the current requirements and standards for good SEO. Luckily, Yoast SEO makes it simple.

Offering various SEO features, including a helpful on-page feature that allows you to optimize site content before it goes live, Yoast SEO is your one-stop-shop for great WordPress SEO.

3. Jetpack

Jetpack is the perfect plugin to supercharge your site. Offering everything from security to engagement analytics and beyond, Jetpack is the ultimate multi-taster in WordPress functionality and efficiency.

4. Google Analytics

Ideal for any marketer who wants to understand their website analytics more efficiently, Google Analytics is the go-to tool. Ideal for optimizing site content and improving sales, earnings, and engagement, Google Analytics is a powerful WordPress plugin for all users.

5. Constant Contact

Constant Contact offers powerful email marketing services for marketers around the globe. Perfect for anyone who wants to build an email following or automate marketing communications, Constant Contact is user-friendly, simple, and compatible with other lead generation platforms.

6. Monarch

Social sharing is essential for any business that wants to build its authority and relevance. With Monarch, you can display social sharing buttons across your WordPress site and track the share count each button produces.

7. Google XML Sitemaps

Sitemaps help Google’s crawler bots interpret and index your site, and can help you rank more prominently in Google’s SERPs. Google XML Sitemaps makes it easy to produce sitemaps and support WordPress pages and various customized URLs.

8. BackupBuddy

On a self-hosted WordPress site, backing your site’s content up is your responsibility. With this in mind, a plugin like BackupBuddy is virtually indispensable. Simple, easy to use, and efficient, BackupBuddy makes it easy to safeguard your site’s content in moments.

9. Envira Gallery

Adding images to your WordPress site can go a long way toward increasing user engagement. This was exceptionally difficult until Envira Gallery came along. Ideal for creating interactive image galleries on your site, Envira Gallery can make your site more responsive and appealing to visitors.

10. Soliloquy

Soliloquy is a WordPress plugin that allows you to create sliders on WordPress pages. Ideal for displaying announcements, content, and even product images, Soliloquy is widely regarded as one of the best WordPress plugins for sliders out there.

11. Buffer

Buffer is a simple social sharing platform that allows you to share content and schedule posts easily. Valuable for any marketer who wants time-savings and increased flexibility, Buffer is the perfect sharing plugin for all industries.

12. Bloom

Bloom is a powerful and elegant email opt-in plugin for WordPress that allows you to design, send, and manage your marketing emails. What makes Bloom so popular is the fact that the platform allows marketers to choose where they place the opt-in form, which serves to enhance the beauty and customization of a given site.

13. Broken Link Checker

Broken links can ruin the SEO of your site, so it’s important to catch and fix them as they appear. Broken Link Checker allows you to do just this and makes improving your site’s SEO easier than ever before.

WordPress Plugins To Enhance Your Site

There’s no doubt that WordPress is one of the most powerful website platforms in the world, but the thousands of WordPress plugins available only serve to make it more functional than it’s ever been before. Whether you’re looking to streamline your email opt-in process or improve the SEO of your page, these 13 WordPress plugins are ideal for improving your WordPress site across the board.

If you need further help improving or altering your WordPress site, don’t hesitate to contact Thrive Internet Marketing. Specialists in the WordPress platform, we specialize in WordPress website design and management that will help your brand reach its goals. Contact us today to learn more or to get a consultation for your site!

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About Christy Martin

With a background in business ownership and development, Christy has spent time working in traditional and digital marketing, as well as print and digital media production. She now works with Thrive as a Social Media Specialist and digital content developer. Following her passions, she specializes in subjects regarding small business, entrepreneurship, and digital marketing.

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