{"id":5499,"date":"2020-09-23T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-22T18:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/?p=5499"},"modified":"2021-09-25T15:31:03","modified_gmt":"2021-09-25T10:01:03","slug":"essential-wordpress-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/essential-wordpress-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"10 Essential WordPress Plugins For Every Blogger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In my last blog post, I talked about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/how-to-start-your-blog\/\">how to start a blog<\/a> and here I will suggest you some essential WordPress plugins ti install to take your blogging to the next level.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you are completely new to WordPress plugins, So I am here to explain to you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Basically, a plugin is a piece of software that contains a group of functions that could be coupled with the WordPress Website and thereby expand the functionality or add new features to websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Since the majority of the plugins are available free, they don&#8217;t come with technical support. Be therefore picky while choosing the one for installation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>This post contains affiliate links to tools and services to help you start a blog. If you make a purchase through these links, I\u2019ll receive a small commission at no cost to you. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifegram.org\/affiliate-disclosure\/\">Read the full\u00a0discloser here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">With more than 58 000 plugins available in the market, both free and commercial, some may surpass quality than the others. Therefore, ask yourself few questions before choosing the right one.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">How long has it been updated?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What&#8217;s its compatibility with the latest version?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Are their support questions duly answered?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">What&#8217;s its rating?<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">In this post, I\u2019ll explain to you what WordPress plugins you need for your blogs and how to install a plugin on your blog.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Before we go ahead, if you have not booked your hosting, go and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/track\/lifegram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">book with Bluehost which start at only <strong>$3.95\/month<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0and you will get your domain name free for one year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bluehost.com\/track\/lifegram\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/bluehost-cdn.com\/media\/partner\/images\/lifegram\/760x80\/760x80BW.png\" border=\"0\" \/> <\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"toc_container\" class=\"no_bullets\"><p class=\"toc_title\">Contents<\/p><ul class=\"toc_list\"><li><a href=\"#Must_have_WordPress_plugins_for_your_blog\">Must have WordPress plugins for your blog:<\/a><ul><li><a href=\"#WPForms\">WPForms<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#MonsterInsights_Best_Google_Analytics_Plugin\">MonsterInsights (Best Google Analytics Plugin)<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#All-in-One_SEO\">All-in-One SEO<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#WordFence_Security\">WordFence Security<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Yoast_SEO\">Yoast SEO<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Gravity_Form\">Gravity Form<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#WP-Rocket\">WP-Rocket<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Blog_Vault\">Blog Vault<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#Akismet\">Akismet<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#OptionMonster\">OptionMonster<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n<h2><span id=\"Must_have_WordPress_plugins_for_your_blog\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18pt;\">Must have WordPress plugins for your blog:<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">By now, you\u2019re probably asking:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Which plugins are best for my blog?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Of the plethora of plugins available in the market, the following are the top 10, tried and tested.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">All of these plugins are free to use. For some, you can upgrade to a paid premium version if you need the extra features. But as a beginner, it\u2019s perfectly OK to just use the free version first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"WPForms\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=837827&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=64312&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPForms<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It is a form-builder plugin. All websites need contact forms for establishing contact with their visitors. <a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=837827&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=64312&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WPForms<\/a> is the most friendly and convenient to users for making contact with you. Its drag and drop contact form builder facilitates easy creation of<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Email subscription forms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Contact forms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Payment forms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Online Order forms<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Surveys<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Polls<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Other types of online forms<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Your visitors could get the desired forms just at a few clicks. You can build powerful forms within a few minutes by collating with popular marketing and payment platforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">WPForms have the edge over other form builders such as form-landing pages, conversational forms, geological tracking, User Journey tracking, form abandonment, login forms, custom WordPress user registration, etc. GDPR-friendly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=837827&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=64312&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">You can have a free version of WPForms<\/a> for a simple solution. You should use a Pro version with a powerful version that helps you in growing your business.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=1642011&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=64312&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.shareasale.com\/image\/64312\/wpforms-banner-02-469x602x.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"MonsterInsights_Best_Google_Analytics_Plugin\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=966004&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=69975&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MonsterInsights<\/a> (Best Google Analytics Plugin)<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As this plugin connects your website properly with Google Analytics, you can watch how people find and make use of your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You can see all the important statistics that have importance in your WordPress Dashboard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This enables you to optimize your website for increasing your traffic, revenue, and subscribers. You can get the necessary guidelines for the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Installing Google Analytics in WordPress<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Using Google Analytics for enabling e-commerce tracking<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Tracking of user engagement<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">These guidelines facilitate easy installation and use of the plugins. You can free version of MonsterInsight versions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you want to make your website more attractive and traffic-jammed, opt for the Pro ones according to the features that would enrich your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"All-in-One_SEO\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=1491200&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=94778&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">All-in-One SEO<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Because of its popularity, it is used by over 2 million websites. It offers the most comprehensive solution and comes with features and tools to improve your page SEO. It adds to the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meta tags<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Generation of site maps<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Connection of your site to Google Search Console<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Optimization for social media<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Improvement in SEO rankings.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">WordPress SEO tutorials and guides are available for beginners. You can thus use the plugins even if you have no earlier knowledge about them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You should prefer the commercial version over the free ones for ensuring more traffic. Some commercial versions worth mentioning are WooCommerce SEO, Smart Schema, and Local SEO.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><span id=\"WordFence_Security\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wordfence.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WordFence Security<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As the name suggests, it is the best security and Data Plugins. Although the most popular and adaptable platform, WordPress is the most vulnerable platform for hacking.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">But, security features have been devised to mitigate a substantial amount of hacking risk. WordFence is the best plugin to encounter hackers before they harm your website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The autopilot feature of WordFence provides a great amount of WordPress Security. It puts a firewall for protecting your site from break-ins of login and other sensitive points of common attacks as the first point of security.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The next step includes security scans which you can perform to make your site even more attack-proof. It also makes your site free of malware. Besides the free version, the pricing of the pro version starts from $99 per license.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Yoast_SEO\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/?gclid=Cj0KCQjwppSEBhCGARIsANIs4p7w6eKrfYPOz3dXm1_SDwxpsCFlRLIk9uG2T2_wzhmrHFSsL0FE-yUaApjvEALw_wcB\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yoast SEO<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It offers real-time page analysis for optimization of your<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Page Content Images<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meta Descriptions<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Meta Titles<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Keywords<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Through this plugin, you can ask Google not to index a page or set of pages. Additionally, it performs the following functions<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Analysis of readability of your copy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Checking the word contained in your sentences and paragraphs<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Frequent use of passive voice in your content<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Use of transition words or sub-headings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Generation of URLs automatically for which you don&#8217;t get penalized by Google for plagiarized contents<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Creation of readable XML and sitemaps<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Getting finer control over breadcrumbs<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Although free versions are available, commercial versions are more powerful and versatile<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Gravity_Form\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gravityforms.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gravity Form<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This plugin is particularly useful if you need a contact form for your WordPress and you have no earlier experience or knowledge about creating form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It enables you to generate complex contact forms easily and quickly.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It has a user-friendly editor that prompts you for\u00a0the selection of the fields you want<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Configuration of your options and<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Embedment of your WordPress site<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Breaking up your forms into multiple pages<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">A progress bar shows you how far you&#8217;ve progressed in the process. There is also a HubSpot add-on. There is a provision for scheduling forms to appear and disappear at certain points.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You can create your order form with pricing fields. You can also create user-generated WordPress posts on your site. The commercial version is priced at $59.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"WP-Rocket\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-rocket.me\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WP-Rocket<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">As the name suggests, this plugin is particularly suitable if your concern is about your site&#8217;s speed. You can install and configure it just within a few minutes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">After straightway activating, you are enabled to get a boost of speed on your site. Since the plugin&#8217;s crawler simulates a visit for pre-loading the cache, there will be an instant improvement in your website&#8217;s indexing by search engines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>It has the following additional features:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The images on your site get loaded only when your visitor resorts to scrolling down the page and reducing the weight of your HTML, CSS, and JavaScript through minification<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Both these improve your load times further<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Price begins at US$49 and has regular updates.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Blog_Vault\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=1395115&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=90469&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Blog Vault<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This plugin is specially designed to meet any unforeseen eventuality of security breaches.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Catastrophe may strike at any time, thus putting your online data in the most vulnerable position. Therefore, it is essential to keep backups of the same.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This plugin backs up your entire WordPress site, including your files, and database on a suitable time frame and schedule. It has the following features:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It works in low memory shared-memory environments<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Allows multiple managing schedules<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Sends each of the backed-up files emailed to you<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You are enabled to send your backups to the following destinations<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Remote FTP servers<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">DropBox<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Google Drive<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Amazon S3, Rackspace Clouds, DreamObjects, DreamHost, and Microsoft Azure<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You can download it for free.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"Akismet\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/akismet.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Akismet<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">This is particularly designed to manage and eliminate spasm comments. If you are allowing comments on your site, you may have to eliminate many spasm comments.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">You can manage the same by comment moderation to a particular extent. If the comments surpass a certain limit, Akismet will solve your problem.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It automatically checks and filters out all the seemingly spam comments. You don&#8217;t have to set the background to configure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Therefore, you can run this plugin easily. Unfortunately, sometimes it may filter out a false positive spasm. But, identifying the false positives or indicating when it missed a spasm can improve itself over time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">It would help if you had an Akismet API key to download it free. There are free keys for personal blogs. But, you have to subscribe to it for commercial sites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span id=\"OptionMonster\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=601672&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=49337&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=0\">OptionMonster<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=601672&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=49337&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">OptinMonster plugin<\/a> optimizes the conversion of website visitors to email subscribers and sales. It comes with the following features:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Hundreds of templates for creating WordPress pop-ups slide-ins<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Announcement bars<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Full-screen welcome mats to capture the attention of the users\u00a0gamified spin a wheel<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Customization of campaign templates along with their drag and drop builders<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Powerful display targeting allows personalization of the campaign for each user that enables you to show the right message at the right time.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Recovery of abandoned cart sales.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/shareasale.com\/r.cfm?b=1147090&amp;u=2805212&amp;m=49337&amp;urllink=&amp;afftrack=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.shareasale.com\/image\/49337\/OM-Banner1-3.gif\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">The above top 10 WordPress plugins are distinguished out in the 58,000 + plugins because of their popularity among bloggers and e-commerce websites.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">How Do I Install WordPress Plugins?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Installing a plugin on your WordPress website is super easy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">On your left menu click on plugins &gt; add new &gt; and enter a keyword or a plugin name in the search box.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Or if you have already download the plugin, you can upload the .zip file.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">When you click enter you\u2019ll get a list of lots of different plugins. Just look through the list and pick the one you want to install and click \u201cinstall now\u201d!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Wait a few seconds for the plugin to get installed, when it\u2019s done the button will say to <strong>activate<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Just activate the plugin and that&#8217;s it!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">If you enjoyed this post on the best WordPress plugins for blogs, please leave your comment below!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;\">Which WordPress plugins do you use? 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