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If you’re running a WordPress-powered website or blog, then you’re always  searching for a way to innovate and make your site easier to use –for both you  and your visitors.  This is one reason why WordPress plugins are so  unbelievably awesome, because they seem like quick little cheats and hacks that  take little-to-no time to learn, install, and use.

One of the most important parts of the plugins we chose is that all ten of  them can help just about any blog in some way.  Also, we wanted high  functionality, low cost, ease of use, popularity, and simple installation.   To make the cut, they basically have to be foolproof and downright powerful.

Well, it is now the year 2014, and this top-10 list of the year’s best  plugins has arrived.  If you haven’t yet download these plugins, your life  is about to get a whole lot easier…

Here are top 10 WordPress Plugins you should consider using in 2014.

#1: WordPress   by Yoast

With over 7 million downloads to date, that makes this one of the #1  WordPress plugins for its power, ease-of-use, and functionality for optimizing  your posts for search engines.  Basically, the plugin works the way it  sounds: simply download it, install the plugin, and it goes to work getting your  blog or website search engine optimized.  According to the raving customer  reviews, this plugin is not to be overlooked.

#2: WP Google  Drive

Don’t get caught in a sticky situation.  Backing up the files from your  WordPress site is just as essential, as it is easy with this plugin, called WP  Google Drive.  Backup plugins for WordPress are a dime-a-dozen; however,  the fact that this backs up to Google Drive makes it unbelievably simple and  convenient.

#3: Ebyline  WordPress Payments

Ebyline is an industry leader in connecting freelance writers and clients who  need content creation.  Thus it makes sense that they would develop a  plugin that allows clients to pay freelance writers directly from their  WordPress dashboard.  Not only is this convenient, but the plugin even  keeps track of W9 tax information too.  Clever.  Very clever.

#4: Google  Analytics Dashboard

If you need to track your traffic, but don’t want to navigate away from your  WordPress dashboard, then you can do it with this plugin: Google Analytics  Dashboard.  The convenience of this plugin is monumental, giving you a  realtime picture of what your traffic is doing, directly from inside  WordPress.

#5: Shareaholic

If you want one of the best plugins in the history of blogging, you’ll need  to download Shareaholic.  It’s basically a platform, from which you can get  your blog posts noticed, via social networking media.  Not only will this  work with Facebook, but you can also use it with LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest,  and even Google+.  Also, it will provide the usual Facebook buttons, just  so you can increase your blog post’s ‘shareability’.  In addition, its  sleek design cuts down on the clutter, helping your blog get noticed and stand  out.  Few plugins are this powerful.

#6: Thank Me  Later

Have you ever posted a comment on a blog, or provided your email to a site –then receiving an email mere seconds from doing so?  You automatically  think, “Well either that’s the most obsessive blog admin on the web, or this is  an auto-generated email.”  Well, with Thank Me Later, you can make your ‘Thank you,’ emails far more personal through the ability to customize certain  fields, and the best part… you can tell it to send hours after you the  signup.  The beauty of this is the fact that it provides a much more  personal touch to the emails that are programmed to be sent to new commenters  and visitors.

#7: Akismet

Of course, not all comments are generated without ulterior motives.   Having to deal with spam and those annoying ad comments is synonymous with the  success of a blog… until now.

Askimet is a WordPress plugin that will filter junk comments and sift through  the real ones and the spam.  Simply set it and forget it, but you can  moderate all comments if you wish.  Also, your use of Askimet will send  reports and help improve the plugin to provide better filtering.

#8: Contact Form  7

Basically, Contact Form 7 is a WP plugin that provides one of the most  functional, simplest, and easiest contact forms for blogs.  If you’ve  recently filled out a contact form on a blog, then there’s a good chance it was  one powered by Contact Form 7.  Also, do you remember how we talked about  those annoying spammers in #7?  Well, CF7 even works with Askimet, so that  you can rest assured –those spammers aren’t going to abuse your contact  form.

#9: Simple Pull  Quote

If you run any kind of a research-based blog or write about anything  concerning current events, then it is important to be able to quote your  sources.  However, quoted sources are often overlooked by readers.   One great way to keep people reading (even your quotes) is to make the quote ‘stick out’.

Simple Pull Quote is a plugin that simply adds a button to your post  dashboard, which allows you to highlight the text that was pulled from another  source.  The visitor then sees a clear, concise quote that sticks  out.  Simple.

 

 

 

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