Top 10 Best WordPress Plugins that Make Your Blog Badass
What are the best wordpress plugins? If you guys are brand new to the idea of blogging, a wordpress plugin is simply just an add-on that you can put into your blog. There are all sorts of various plugins at your disposal. But only a really handful of wordpress plugins are actually USEFUL to converting more of your readers into buyers, email opt-ins or loyal readers.
Also, you can use the best wordpress plugins to make your blogs more entertaining effortlessly!
So what are the best wordpress plugins?
Let us get into the thick of it as they say… Now these are not just fluff stuff that will slow your blog down. These are actually the #1 things that can grow traffic to your blog and make your blog 200-500% better than where it currently sits if you’re flying-solo without any at all.
Time to dive in!
Top 10 Best WordPress Plugins
Use these top 10 best wordpress plugins to your full advantage. Because I am telling you right now, that these things have the ability to make or break your blog. Honestly, I am telling you the truth!
This post you’re reading right now is a testament to the power and the reason WHY these are the best wordpress plugins. It has received literally over 700 views in just mere days from me posting this post (Obviously I am editing it right now!) on my blog when my blog typically at the time was only getting 20-30 hits a day!
Pretty snazzy right?
So Again… the Top 10 Best WordPress Plugins Are…
1. Facebook Share
This was the original facebook share button. A lot of blogs have gone away with this blog in favor for the “like” button on the blog. I say BOTH are important. Here is why the old facebook share button makes our little best wordpress plugins list.
It allows social proof to be seen a lot quicker and more dramatically displayed. As we know, readers are more enticed if they see that a lot of people are sharing an article or a piece of content. So by having that at the top, allows us to display the number of how many times we have been shared on facebook. Also the “like” plugin ruins a lot of the head space in your blog.
Which is why I include it at the bottom of my blog versus the top.
The FB share button is still super effective and highly recommended!
2. Tweetmeme
This plugin is pretty much exactly the same as facebook share, which you can probably tell is why it made my our best wordpress plugins list. The only obvious difference is that it is for twitter not for facebook!
I am not a HUGE fan of twitter as any of you who follow me already know. I rarely use it, though I should, but a lot our readers do use twitter and absolutely love it. So allow them to spread the love across their 140-character-long diaries.
3. Facebook Like Button
I love the Like button, I include it at the end of every blog post.
The cool thing is it will tell you everyone who liked it, and sometimes it’ll be someone the reader is friends with or respects if they are heavy in your niche. Which causes them to respect you and your content even more, and make it more likely to share your stuff with the world.
4. Commentluv Plugin
Let us be honest. Majority of people reading a blog, especially in the make money niches and network marketing niches, have something they want to sell too. To reward these people for commenting on our blogs, we become a “Dofollow” blog and allow their latest blog post to appear on our own blog. This allows them to do a little bit better advertising of their content when they comment to enrich our own blog communities.
Since communities drive relationships and relationships drives profits, it is an obvious how this made the best wordpress plugins list.
I love the commentluv plugin, cause it builds really good backlink juice, which for you SEO nuts is awesome.
I actually have people hiring and outsourcing people to come and comment on this blog. No idea how many, but I am sure the fact I have the commentluv plugin is a big reason why! (Other than my AMAZING content!)
5. All In One SEO Pack
Even though it is constantly wanting to update itself which is semi-annoying, this is an awesome plugin for SEO junkies and any real-time blogger. Because it allows you to put in all the SEO info you need at one go. Put it in and you’re done.
This is a requirement if you want be successful with SEO on a blog as far as I am concerned, and really easy to use.
6. Google Analyticator
This plugin is a behind-the-scenes deal, but basically using this tool you can quick updates on traffic coming to your blog. What is even cooler is going into the back office they have and you can see exactly where everyone is coming from. Whether predominantly from facebook, or from the search engines. Of course, the biggest traffic source you want is called “Direct”.
Meaning people actually just come on the internet and type in your blog into the address bar! Because those are the people who are loyal fans and like what you have to say.
Other useful information are things like understanding bounce rates, and the most frequented pages on your blog. Don’t get lost in the numbers, but do understand what they are saying about your blog so you can adjust and optimize everything.
7. Google XML Sitemaps
Also a powerful SEO plugin. This automatically creates a sitemap on your blog which helps with SEO. Basically the sitemap organizes everything more neatly and makes the Google spiders and gods go through your content and index it quicker and better. (Which means higher rankings on the search engines).
One reason why this best wordpress plugins post even got so viral in the first place was due in a large part to the Google XML sitemaps feature.
8. WP Ezinearticles
I really like this, no idea how helpful it TRULY is, but I believe it is worth to have on your blog even if you’re not big into article marketing. Basically what it does is creates a little box in your wordpress “Add new post” section. When you are done writing your post, you can click the “submit” button and it will automatically send your blog post to Ezinearticles as a submitted article all in the span of a few seconds.
Saves a lot of hassle if you enjoy submitting articles like me.
Now Ezinearticles is not as powerful as it use to be due to the Google algorithm change, however this still makes the grade as one of the best wordpress plugins around today.
9. ThatMLMBeat Beat It Button
I just started using this myself, it is a plugin similar to tweetmeme only instead of twitter it shares your content on ThatMLMBeat. A website community focused on blogging specifically in the mlm/network marketing and internet marketing niches. Everytime someone clicks on it, your post will get bumped up into the top and front page of their community.
Which is pretty awesome targeted traffic for most of us in this niche! You do need a ThatMLMBeat account, but that’s for free unless you want the premium. Highly recommend it and definitely stands out as one of the best wordpress plugins around if you are inside the internet marketing or network marketing niches.
10. SSG Google WordPress Audio Player
I LOVE this thing. This is probably my favroite on the best wordpress plugins list, if not THE BEST wordpress plugn on this list in my opinion.
You see, I hate doing videos but I love doing audios. (You know got that hot Alaskan silky voice haha) and doing interviews.
I actually have a small library of interviews with many six-figure income earners in our profession I have been waiting to whip out and never had a chance to till I found my hosting solution. See I was messing with Amazons3 and all this other crap I couldn’t figure out, till my friend Brandon Connell told me about this plugin.
It hosts all of your audio on your blog for free and it will also embed an actual audio player inside your blog post instead of your reader having to open up a new window for your audio (for free). Super useful.
Advice on the Best WordPress Plugins…
Please do not look at this as a definitive list. I love blogging, but it is a constantly changing and evolving world. There is new plugins coming out all the time. And some plugins I know of that I use that I didn’t mention here (but will soon in another post) used for different purposes. These are the basics, the stuff I believe every network marketing blog if not at least blog itself should have.
The greatest piece of advice I can give you on using and finding the best wordpress plugins is network with other active bloggers. Constantly be on the search for them. Developers are always coming out with new and cool things that you can use. So keep your eyes OPEN.
That way you will ALWAYS have the best wordpress plugins on your blog, and make your audience very happy and giddy to promote you all over the internet-worlds that-be. Goodluck and good wordpress plugin hunting/installing.
To life,
-Gregory Elfrink
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Hey Gregory!
Thanks for the shout out! And great list of other plugins too!
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Thanks George!
Always good to see you around my blog. Going have to keep talking about you to keep you coming back! haha.
Hmmm… Seems like I have a few more toys to add to my collection. Im gonna give em a look and see. That article plug-in seems to be a rather handy tool rather than having to go from one site to another. I was thinking about starting more article marketing up really soon. That audio plug-in seems rather nice when I’m not feeling like being in front of the camera. Thanks for sharing this.
Steven Dean
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You did say you wanted to make your blog better. Maybe I got inspired by that to write this haha. Just been discovering some really cool plugins lately and it has been fantastic, thought I’d share it with a crowd
This is an awesome list of plugins. I am going to have to install that Ezine plugin because I usually submit there anyway, so that would save a lot of time.
Thanks for the info.
Ryan Martin
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Hey Ryan no problem.
Glad you liked the plugin list. A lot of them are pretty common knowledge, but the ezine one and the audio player were truly a blessing to find. Cause I do so much article marketing it really does save a bunch of time haha.
Hey Gregory, excellent post! I was trying to find the MLM Beat plugin, but I can’t seem to locate it. Is it on MLM Beat, or can I find it by doing a plugin search in wordpress?
Also, with the Ezine Articles plugin, does it allow you to edit the post at all before you submit, or it just allows you to submit a duplicate copy?
Jamie Gaymon recently posted..MLM Success Secrets Decoded Part 5-What Does Amy Winehouse Have to Do With Network Marketing
Yo Jamie!
In order to get the Beat Plugin you have to have an account on ThatMLMBeat first. On their website you download the plugin and then upload it to your wordpresss.
With the Ezine Articles plugin it doesn’t allow you to edit the article it just submits it. So my advice would be to write the article like how you would for Ezine, before putting any pictures or html or formatting in the article, submit it and then come back to your post for all the fancy dancy editing.
Hey buddy:)
I do have an MLM Beat account, I will keep looking for the plugin.
Ah, gotcha. Thanks!
Jamie Gaymon recently posted..MLM Success Secrets Decoded Part 5-What Does Amy Winehouse Have to Do With Network Marketing
Hi Jamie!
We should be doing the official release next week, right now it’s only been tested by a members, but seeing as you are one already, here we go!
http://thatmlmbeat.com/welcome-to-the-beat-plugin/
Let me know if you need any help with it!
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George, thanks so much! I actually already loaded it onto my blog (I work fast, LOL), but now I’m trying to figure out how to move it from the bottom of my blog posts to the top, because it looks like the only options I have are left and right?
Any help would be most appreciated
Jamie
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That’s the only 2 options available right now I’m afraid.
Will only do that in a future release, but cant put any estimates on when that would be.
George Fourie recently posted..Weekly MLM News- Xowii and Evolv Health Merge Into New MLM Powerhouse
George, thanks I appreciate the help.
Greg, any ideas? Your button shows up at the top of your post, can you help me out?
Jamie Gaymon recently posted..MLM Success Secrets Decoded Part 5-What Does Amy Winehouse Have to Do With Network Marketing
Whoa, I read wrong! So it is at the bottom and needs to be at the top? Hmm, let’s chat here in the group:
http://thatmlmbeat.com/groups/the-beat-plugin/
George Fourie recently posted..Weekly MLM News- Xowii and Evolv Health Merge Into New MLM Powerhouse
Yo Jamie glad you figured it out
When I did it the option was there for the top option.
Sounds like you and George got it going on though haha.
Hope you figure it out bro!
Hey Greg!
This list makes my mouth water. Modern Aboriginal Mama’s still on Blogger, but when I can have a self-hosted blog, I’ll be coming back to this post for all the awesome plug-ins to be using. You would’ve laughed to see how excited I was that Blogger supported CommentLuv, lol.
Delena
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Oh man!
You should definitely get wordpress Delena. I love it, way better than blogger in my opinion.
To me wordpress is the king of all blogging. Can’t beat it ; )
Hello Greg, I have bookmarked your post! It’s real help for someone who wants to start using wordpress heavily like myself. I’m on to reading your other posts, I’ve spotted a few interesting titles
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Greg,
Wow…this was a great blog post. I’m definitely going to check out ThatMLMBeat. That just really sounds interesting. Thanks!
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Definitely do! ThatMLMBeat is pretty cool. Great community of bloggersand mainly in the network marketing niche too.
Hey Great
Thanks for sharing these plugins. I just added a couple of them from your list. I’m always looking to improve my page.
Take Care
Sherman
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Yo Sherman!
Glad you got value out of it man! Yeah, always keep looking to improve your blog! It is an never ending task and always rewarding one when you find an awesome plugin!
Thanks very much! I just love WordPress and I’m always looking at ways to improve the experience for people. I appreciate your help, keep up the great work! Peter
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