What Are Wordpress Plug-ins?
Wordpress is a free open source blog posting software application that can be used by individuals and organizations alike to post content to the web without requiring the skills of a html programmer. Wordpress plugins are developed by individuals to add additional functionality to the existing Wordpress CMS. There are countless existing Wordpress plug-ins and new ones being developed on an ongoing basis. Plugins for Wordpress are very easy to install and can be uninstalled with relative ease from the administration console. You do not require a great deal of technical expertise to take advantage of this enhanced functionality.
Plug-ins are used to enhance the features of the interface and to perform behind the scenes administration tasks. Common tasks performed by Wordpress plug ins include:
statistics measurement, video insertion, meat-tag optimization and Google sitemap generation. The individuals responsible for creating the plug-ins usually have a dedicated webpage to explain the functionality of the add in, including a supporting help file. You can find websites on the internet which are dedicated exclusively to individuals plug-ins. Some central repository based website also have plug-ins listed according to categories. The official Wordpress site is an example of this.
Some Examples of Wordpress Plug ins:
All In One SEO Pack: This plug-in allows you define and generate meta-tags, automatically optimize your titles, specify new ones and avoid the indexing of duplicate content. This assists you with preparing your page structure for search engine rankings. Askimet: This is a handy add-in that checks your blog comments against the askimet web service to see if the comments fit a spam profile or not. You need to have a Wordpress API key to take advantage of this. General Stats: This Wordpress plug-in counts the number of users, comments, words contained in posts, pages and categories. Link Summarizer: This plug-in provides a full account of all the links referred to in your post. You can prevent links from showing in the summary by specifying the required expression for links that shouldn't show up. Video Pop Plug-in: This plug-in allows you to create links that open videos in a popup window. Take advantage of visual display for content presentation. You can find more Wordpress plug-ins regularly added at the official Wordpress website. They also have a forum which you can refer to for news, information and help with installation or functionality issues. Some individual Wordpress developers will provide email support or answer through blog post comments.
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