Most blogs out there, including Webchicklet.com, currently use the WordPress platform. It is by far the most popular and easy to use blogging platform today. One of the main reasons for its ease of use and popularity is the incredible number of WordPress plugins available for free (or preferably a small donation to the developer, if you are so inclined). These plugins are very easy to install and yet add a ton of additional functionality to WordPress.

Given the sheer volume of WordPress plugins in existence today, it can be difficult for the beginner blogger to figure out which plugins they need. Your first option is to head over to the WordPress Plugin Directory and you can see what is most popular, highest rated or newest, or you can do a keyword search for a plugin topic.

There are currently just under 8,000 plugins to choose from! So it can be a daunting task for the new blogger to decide what plugins will help make their job easier, and which ones will only waste their time. That being said here’s webchicklet’s favorite, can’t live without, most important WordPress Plugins, in no particular.

All in One SEO Pack

The All in One SEO Pack plugin makes a bloggers life easy and ensures that each and every post will be optimized for search engines. This takes the guesswork out of the equation for the newbie blogger. All in One SEO plugin helps with optimizing your page titles and meta tags. Unfortunately it won’t tell you what keywords are the best to use in your posts to rank well in the search results! The good news with this effective plugin: it is configured ready to go upon installation. Of course you should do some research and learn how to tweak it to get even more from it.

Google XML Sitemaps

I love this plugin, and so do 3,018,548 other people! As the name implies, the Google XML sitemap plugin generates a xml sitemap, when you first install it, and then notifies all the main search engines whenever it is updated. You can also tell it to include content from outside your WordPress content!

Google Analyticator

Google Analyticator is a handy little plugin that allows you to add google anaytics to your wordpress blog pages. Google Analytics is a must for any blogger, as you need to know all the stats on your visitors and how they arrived at your wonderful blog!

WP Super Cache

I’m not going to get into the techie details on this one. In very simple terms WP Super Cache will speed up the loading of your pages for your visitors. This is always a very good thing! If you want a more technical explanation on how this is accomplished check the developers plugin page!

Obviously there are others plugins you’re going to want or need, depending on the type of blog you are running . But the key thing is to go with the most important ones for your blog, and then focus on writing the content for your blog and building traffic.  Many times people get so wrapped up in adding every conceivable plugin, they never get around to writing their content! Trust me, it’s easy to fall into that trap.

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