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Wednesday 25 March 2015

WordPress website to mobile and Plugins

What is a WordPress Plugin?

A plugin on WordPress is simply a program, or programs, that are used to complement the core installation of WordPress. In other words, a plugin enhances a user’s experience on WordPress because it handles certain things that WordPress couldn’t, such as improve SEO, monitor comments for spam, or pretty much anything that can improve your site based on its specific needs.
It’s been said that plugins were the product of developers who wanted to get the most out of WordPress without having to completely alter the original WordPress code. This simple idea of providing users with an extra add-on quickly took off and developers went all out in coming up with useful plugins. Today, there are around 30,000 WordPress plugins, which begs the next question, – which plugins should you use?
Well, that’s entirely up to you. It all depends on what you’re looking to get out of your website. And, that’s the great thing about having so many plugins and your disposable – you’re bound to find one that’s perfect for you site.
However, we can point get you on the right path by sharing the 10 most popular WordPress plugins currently available, according to WordPress.org. As an added bonus, we’ll also discuss what makes them so popular among WordPress users.

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JetPack

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A single plugin that can supercharge your website and give you a lot more than just a mobile responsive design. With over 33 specific features, Jetpack aims to be more than just a plugin; it wants to be the package you can’t do without.
Along with “Mobile Theme” – the feature you can use to optimize your WordPress site for mobile devices– there’s the ability of using contact forms, custom CSS, transforming your image galleries with Carousel, and much more. You can further customize your theme if you’re familiar with CSS and bit PHP coding.
JetPack also has site verification tools, “photon” for accelerating your site speed, and a direct integration with your Google+ page.
Ideal For: This plugin is good for you if you are looking free solution to make your WP based site mobile friendly.
Download JetPack Plugin

WPtouch Mobile Plugin

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You just can’t ignore a plugin used by more than 5.5 million blogs. WPTouch Pro is a mobile response focused suite with a full-blown WPTouch Theme, which is about times times faster than responsive sites with touch enhancements (ready for multi-screen), and a crisp retina interface.
The WPTouch Plugin features “Infinity Cache” to make your website blazing fast using mobile caching. Images are scaled via CSS and the plugin delivers mobile-optimized images according to the device. WPTouch uses extensions (much like add-ons within a plugin) to help render separate content for mobile devices, along with the images and faster rendition mentioned above.
WPTouch Pro : Starting at $49
They also offer a premium version available with lot more options. You can check detail list of features and different pricing plans.
Ideal For: Those who are looking to give a unique user experience to desktop and mobile users. This plugin has an add-on (enable server-side optimization) that allows you to supply templates specifically designed for mobile devices by detecting a mobile device is accessing your site.
Requires: WPTouch requires WordPress version 3.6 or higher.
Download WPTouch Plugin

WP Mobile Detector

WP Mobile Detector
What if you aren’t sure whether your users are still on mobile or not? How can you possible cater to every page load request not knowing where the request originates? That’s about half of the world’s mobile user base, according to Gartner. WP Mobile Detector helps you with just that.
The plugin automatically detects the device accessing your WordPress website and loads a compatible mobile theme, depending on the device. It features advanced analytics, covers more than 5000+ mobile phones, formats content to suit mobile devices, and also comes with seven pre-installed mobile themes.
Ideal For: WP Mobile Detector is best choice for you if you have a non-smartphone audience. This plugin will detect whether request coming from a smart phone OR a standard mobile phone and loads a compatible mobile theme for even standard mobile phone users.
WP Mobile Detector PRO v2.6 : $50
The premium version of WP Mobile Detector PRO allows users to build a custom mobile theme with inbuilt mobile theme editor!
Download WP Mobile Detector Plugin

WordPress Mobile Pack 2.0

WordPress Mobile Pack 2.0
What if you want to take user experience up a notch and make your WordPress website look and feel like an app?
The WordPress Mobile Pack 2.0 allows you to package and deliver your existing content across platforms, operating systems, and devices. The plugin allows cross-platform access, a responsive user interface, a ready-made theme with six abstract covers, and post sync. It also allows you to customize appearance (including colors and fonts).
The theme also integrates into analytics and features a “full-screen” mode for those who want to access your “appified” theme on desktop.
Requires: WPtouch requires WordPress version 3.5 or higher.
Download WordPress Mobile Pack 2.0 Plugin

WP Mobile Edition

WP Mobile Edition
Pure mobile sites are even better than responsive design. WP Mobile Edition helps you to turn your existing.

1. Jetpack by WordPress.com

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If you’re looking to give your self-hosted WordPress site a little boost, than look no further. This is an easy to install plugin that is frequently updated. More importantly, however, is that because Jetpack has so many features you may be able to reduce the number of plugins.
What features does Jetpack include? Here’s just a several of the 30 features:
  • Through Notifications in the Toolbar you can Monitor and manage your site’s activity.
  • There are Email subscriptions for your blog’s posts, as well as your post’s comments.
  • A social networking enabled comment system.
  • The CSS editor allows you to customize your site design without modifying your theme.
  • A mobile theme will automatically streamline your site for visitors on all mobile devices.
  • After the Deadline, which is a proofreading service that can improve your spelling, style, and grammar.

2. Contact Form 7

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Contact Form 7 may claim to be “just another contact form plugin,” but clearly it’s attracting WordPress users after being downloaded over 17 million times. Perhaps the popularity of this plugin is the fact that it’s extremely flexible and can help you manage multiple sites. It can also support Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA and Akismet spam filtering.
Many users of the Contact Form 7 plugin have claimed that it’s the best contact form because of its unique design, great support consistent updates and easy installation and implementation.

3. Google XML Sitemaps

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As you know, getting ranked by the top searches, such as Google and Bing, is a big deal for any website. However, it can get challenging and tricky to have search engines index your blog. Thanks to this plugin, that’s no longer a concern.
The Google XML Sitemaps plugin basically crawls your entire website, which means that it can generate a sitemap making it easier for search engines to index your site. It’s fast, lightweight and an essential plugin for your SEO campaign.

4. WordPress SEO by Yoast

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According to blogger extraordinaire Jeff Bullas, this is the top WordPress plugin you should be using, especially for your SEO efforts. Some of the incredible features on this popular, customer-favorite and must-have plugin include:
  • Premium Support
  • Page Analysis
  • Automatically Optimizes and Inserts Meta Tag and Link Elements
  • Advanced XML Sitemaps
  • RSS Optimization
  • Social Media Integration
  • Compatible with Multiple Sites
  • Can Improve Previous Plugins
  • Available in 24 Different Languages

5. Akismet

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If you’re worried about possible spam being left in your comments, then Akismet is a plugin that you should definitely download. The plugin checks all of the comments left on your blog or website and determines if they are spam or not by running the comment through the Akismet web service. If it is spam, you will receive a notification.
So far, close to 21 million people have enjoyed the Akismet plugin and its features ranging from comment status history, highlighted links, having access to the number of approved comments and being able to view Spam and Unspam reports.

6. NextGEN Gallery

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With over 10 million downloads this plugin isn’t just one of the most popular of all-time, it’s the most popular gallery plugin ever. On top of being incredibly easy to use, the NextGEN Gallery plugin features the following features:
  • Powerful Engine to Upload and Manage Images
  • Ability to Batch Upload
  • Import Meta Data
  • Ability to Edit Thumbnails
  • Can Quickly Add Watermarks
  • Group Galleries into Albums
  • Slideshow of Thumbnail Styles
  • Mobile Friendly

7. WooCommerce – excelling eCommerce

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Looking to transition your website into an eCommorce store? Than here is another popular plugin that deserves your download. Why? Because it’s flexible and powerful plugin that contains the following:
  • Easily View Sales, Reviews, Stock Level, & Other Vital Statistics
  • Customizable Online Store Design
  • Access to Popular Payment Gateways and Shipping Methods
  • Wide Variety of Free and Premium Extensions

8. MailPoet Newsletters

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Newsletters are a major consideration when running a blog or website. So, wouldn’t it be convenient to have just one plugin where you can create newsletters, post notifications, and setup autoresponders? We thought so, too – which is why the MailPoet Newsletters plugin is a WordPress favorite.
Are here just several of the numerous features offered by this outstanding plugin:
  • Drag & Drop Newsletter Editor
  • Latest Posts Sent Automatically
  • 30 Different Themes to Chose From
  • Stats like Opens, Click, Unsubscribes
  • Newsletter Appears the Same in Gmail, iPhone, Android, Outlook, Yahoo, etc.
  • Import Subscribers in Two Steps
  • Available in 30 Languages

9. WordPress Importer


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One rather big concern for WordPress users, or anyone who happens to have a website, is the possibility of having to migrate your site. Whatever the reasons for having to move all of you content over, it can be a stressful event that can leave you up at night by worrying how you’re going to import your posts, pages, comments, tags, custom fields and categories.
Thankfully, there’s a plugin that should put your mind to ease. The WordPress Importer has presumably saved the lives of 8 million plus WordPress users by giving them an importer that does the job, at least for most users. There may be some glitches with this plugin, but it seems to be effective enough because of its popularity.

10. Wordfence Security

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Two other concerns for WordPress users are the security and speed of their site. Thanks to the Wordfence Security plugin, those issues should be revolved. This free plugin offers a number of stellar features that will keep your site in tip-top shape. They include:
  • Falcon Engine, the fastest WordPress caching engine
  • Blocking of Known Attackers in Real-Time
  • Multi-Site Capable
  • Blocks Malicious Networks
  • Scans Core Files

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