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WordPress is now a known term to both netizens as well as non-netizens. More than 16.7 percent of Alexa's top 1 million sites use WordPress. Its popularity was further fortified by Forbes as it clearly stated in one of its recent article that one of every six websites is powered by WordPress, which stands to nearly 60 million in total and with almost 100,000 sites getting launched every day, the number is certainly going to increase. With such extensive use and huge popularity, it is almost impossible for people to be unaware of this extremely powerful blogging platform.
The highly beneficial features of WordPress are hold responsible for its immense popularity, and when it comes to features, plug-ins do need a mention. Its plug-in architecture helps developers and users alike as it enables them to extend the capabilities of their websites or blogs. Currently, WordPress houses more than 23,500 plug-ins. However, from the heap of plug-ins, I have picked four of them that can be extremely useful for individuals (who are into blogging) and businesses (that are into services). Let's see what those are.
Google XML Sitemaps
This plug-in generates a special XML sitemap that assists search engines like Google and Bing to index blogs. The sitemap makes it easy for the crawlers to view the complete structure of a site, thereby resulting into its efficient retrieval. Another good thing about the plug-in is that it supports WordPress generated as well as custom URLs. Further, it also does the work of notifying the search engines every time there's a new post. Google XML Sitemaps is compatible with WordPress versions since 2.1. However, it is still not compatible with a new multisite feature present in WordPress 3.0.
All in One SEO Pack
With the search engines getting stricter about their algorithms, there is kind of rage in people to hire SEO professionals just to make their websites compatible with the search engine algorithms. However, with the help of this plug-in, you can optimize your WordPress powered site or blog for search engines. It houses plenty of features like support for Google Analytics, Custom Post Types support, fine tuning navigational links, automatic generation of meta-tags, automatic optimization of titles for search engines and many more. Also, you would be glad to know that this is only plug-in that provides SEO integration.
Widgets Controller
Widgets Controller is a smart plug-in that comes incorporate with smart features and helps you to make your site or blog smarter. This plug-in allows users to manage widgets in their own ways. With just few clicks, you can show or hide your widgets. The good thing is you don't need to know anything about PHP to make these changes. It is extremely easy to install and with the help of the widget, you can place the widgets only on those pages where you wish to have them. It also comes with active category services that help you to manage posts and pages properly.
Testimonial
For all those businesses that provide online services, clients' testimonials play crucial role in fortifying the trust of their potential clients. Testimonial plug-in has been specially designed for such businesses. This imperative tool has unparalleled features that help online businesses to effectively maintain their clients' reviews. The users get the facility of choosing from different layout designs. Users also get an option to specify the number of testimonials that they wish to have on the site. The plug-in also enables group- and tag-wise categorization along with the provision to filter your testimonial by tags and countries.
All these widgets make WordPress customization more effective and efficient. However, if you are a user who wishes to have customized plug-ins with extra features, then you need to hire the services of a reputed WordPress development company because such a company can furnish you with experienced and skilled developers who can understand your requirements and can provide you with profitable solutions.
However, it won't be easy to find a good one as the web world is filled with such firms. Visit PHP Developers, an offshore PHP development company that furnishes you with efficient Custom WordPress CMS development within your budget.
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