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Essential WordPress Plugins

With so many fantastic WordPress plugins available for use on your blog, where do you start ?

Here’s our (ever growing!) list of the essential plugins for your blog:

  • All in one SEO pack – Optimise your site/blog for better search engine listings.
  • Max Banner Ads – Add and track banners on your site, without the need to delve into any code.
  • Cforms – Add functional forms to your site easily
  • Flash Video Player – This video player has many customisable features.
  • NextGEN GalleryAn image gallery plugin, allowing you to create albums and slideshows.
  • WP Google Analytics – Easily add Google Analytics code to your wordpress pages.
  • Wordpress Google Analytics Reports – A handy plugin that displays a snapshot of Google Analytics data from within your wordpress dashboard.
  • Gravity Forms – A form management plugin that allows easy visual creation of forms direct from your wp-admin area. This is a paid plugin, but worth every penny.
  • AntiVirus – AntiVirus for WordPress is a smart and effective solution to protect your blog against exploits and spam injections.

* Please note; we can’t accept responsibility for issues with third party plugins.  Please check version requirements of each plugin prior to instaling and backup your wordpress files & database.

Securing your WordPress site

It is essential that you keep your WordPress installation up to date.  Older versions/releases of WordPress are prone to attack from internet worms and hackers.

The WordPress community have made the upgrade process as simple as possible, now with one-click upgrades, so there’s no excuse !

Read this article on WordPress.org for further insight and wise words: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/09/keep-wordpress-secure/