• 54 usefull shortcodes
• Unlimited Featured Pages
• Unlimited Sidebars
• 8 custom & multipliable widgets
• 4 templates for Portfolio category
• 4 templates for Categories
• 10 Custom Styles + 7 Patterns

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Sociable

This plugin allows you to add a variety of social media buttons viz. Digg, Facebook, del.icio.us etc. to your posts. It also makes the task very easy and the resultant buttons are aesthetically pleasing.

Bookmark Me

This WordPress plugin enables you to add social bookmarking buttons to every post. Anyhow, the differentiating factor of this plugin is that it concentrates on accumulating sites that are Non-English.

Bookmarkify

Social bookmarking links in your posts help your readers to promote your site better and increase the traffic of your site. This plugin allows you to do just that.

ShareThis

This social media marketing plugin is one of the more prolifically used ones amongst the lot. It lets you add the “Share This” button to your articles which allows your readers to easily share your articles on sites or via email.

PingPressFM

Ping.FM is a service that allows you to update more that 30 social networks from one source. This WordPress plugin enables you to submit your posts to this service.

Obsocialbookmarker

This plugin adds user-submission links at the end of each blog-post for a range of social bookmarking sites.

iBegin Share

This completely open source plugin allows you to share and spread your articles with great ease and absolute control.

I Love Social Bookmarking

This WordPress plugin uses a clean drop-down list of appealing icons to allow your readers to submit your content to social media services.

Social Bookmarking RELOADED

This plugin adds various graphic links at the end of your articles that help your visitors share them with great ease.

Social Bookmarks

This plugin gives you a range of 50 bookmarking submission icons to add to your blog.

Social Dropdown

This WordPress plugin enables you to display s-bookmarking options in a dropdown format to reduce the page real-estate they use.

SociBook

This plugin again, in used to add bookmark links to your WordPress blog. It allows you to select the services you want to include and also specify your set of icons.

SocioFluid

It adds the buttons of various popular bookmarking sites to your site. The big and clean icons are the USP.

WP PunchCard

This plugin allows you to install PunchCards to WordPress with great ease.

ComplexLife

It enables lifestreaming of your WordPress Site.

Follow Me

This widget allows you to show all the links to your social media profiles in under one banner.

LifeStream

This plugin displays all your photos, postings and feeds as seen on many other social networking sites.

SezWho

You may make your online business card using this WordPress plugin that would link to your social networking profiles.

Column shortcodes

Change Admin Password

On installation of WordPress, it gives a very wicked kind of password which you are not at all able to memorize, thus the first and the foremost thing is to change the admin password to be memorable.

Taking back up of current theme folder

Back up helps you out if mess up takes place while moving to a new WordPress theme as it restores the old theme.

Rectify the Broken Links

You should ensure to check for the broken links and rectify them on the installation of the new theme because links are very crucial in any website.

Ensure no security loopholes exists

Some of the theme designers encode especially the footer links in such way that the users are not able to remove the sponsors link but the greatest risk involved is that a malicious script might get encoded resulting into disaster for the website.

Correct RSS subscription link should be ensured

Default feed links are available for all the themes. Ensuring correctness of linking of feeds is necessary which can be guaranteed by subscribing to site and watching out for the auto-discovery of available feeds from the RSS Reader.

Listing of Pages in a correct manner

Different themes display the pages in a distinct manner. So it is necessary to make sure that all the pages are listed properly in line with the previous theme.

Reset stats tracking code

Most of the blog owners use stat tracking script like Google Analytics, Woopra, 103bees, etc. This is used by introducing a snippet of code in the header or footer. Whenever a new theme is loaded, it is necessary to reset the stat tracking code as it gets overwritten on installation of new WordPress themes.

Have glance at website through various browsers

In order to ensure zero alignment problem with different browsers, you should take a look of the website using IE, Firefox, Chrome and Safari.

Verify the accuracy of side bar content

There may be unwanted links accompanied with the new theme which should be removed from the sidebar. If the previous theme had some code added manually then it should be given effect in the new theme also.

Reassess your Plugins usage

Every plugin may not be required. More you use the plugins; more time will be required for loading the website. So reassess your plugins and remove the unwanted ones.

Reset ads code

If plugins are not used by you then the ads code must be put back manually.

Verifying proper working of favicon

Favicon should idyllically match with the current WordPress theme and logo of the blog.

One of the primary sources causing spams is through comments. Spammers have special automated routines built for scouring the internet for similar codes related to the coding of the comment box in a WordPress platform. The next source is through the registration process which is used largely by webmasters before allowing people to comment on their blogs.

The spammers discover the form and become a member of your website thus sending you spam messages. Well, now that we are all aware of the common sources of spam messages, let’s have a close look on all the methods that can be followed for successfully eliminating these spam messages from your WordPress blogs.

Admin Panel options

The admin panel in your WordPress platform offers you a number of options which can be followed for eliminating spasm:

• Enter Settings from your admin panel and then access General. Here you will find a list of options which also includes “Membership” along with a check box “Anyone Can Register”. By simply checking the box you will allow the regular users and spam bots to register into your website.
• From your admin panel, enter Settings and then click on Discussion. Here, find a list of options which will help in controlling the steps needed to follow by the users for commenting on your blog. You can lock your website and stop people from commenting on your website by simply unchecking the box “Allow People To Post Comments on New Articles”.
• Another method through which you can avoid having spams in your website is by entering Discussion in your setting and then select two options made available to you. Firstly, you need to select the option for not allowing people to register on your website and then select the option for “Users must be Registered and logged in to comment”. Selecting the two options will only allow you to control the people adding comments to your website.
• The Discussion section in your blog offers you a range of options through which you can control the number of people commenting on your blog. You can also restrict the spam volume in your website thus allowing only limited spams in your website.

WordPress Plugin

WordPress also offers you a Comment Spam Stopper plugin that prevents the spammer robots from commenting in your blog. The plugin also helps in reducing comment space thus avoiding spams.

CAPTCHA

The next most commonly used method on the web is using CAPTCHA in all your websites and blogs. Most people avoid filling CAPTCHAs as they are tiring and robots are not designed to fill CAPTCHAs which hence helps you avoid spams.

People are in love with twitter as much as they love WordPress. Some people are prolific bloggers and want to publish their updates as tweets and some want to publish their updates as blog posts. Following this great interdependence and as an effort to bring these two highly popular platforms together, developers have come up with a range of plugins to fit into your needs exactly.

Twitter Tools

This plugin is a great asset for people using twitter prolifically. Whenever you publish a blog post, Twitter Tools lets you send automated Tweets to your twitter account thus enables you to efficiently spread the news in your network. Not just that, you can have it the other way round. You can create a daily or a weekly compilation blog post of all that you have Tweeted across that duration.

SexyBookmarks

A standout winner plugin that allows you to share all your posts with a range of social networks like Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon etc, SexyBookmarks is the best. SexyBookmarks looks great with its funky and contemporary design and feels great with its flawless animation.

Twitter LiveBlog

A truly cool plugin, Liveblog lets you to live up to the spirit of live blogging through Twitter. Thus you can tweet prolifically in real time about an ongoing event while the plugin will merge the tweets into a single WordPress theme post. Hence you can your Twitter network buzzing while your blog is updated in real time.

Tweet Cloud

Let people know about your interests using this new plugin. Tweet cloud lets you showcase your thoughts in forms of words or phrases through the Tag Cloud that directs your users to your tweets.

WP Greet Box

The plugin allows you to welcome your visitors on your blog with a special oersonalized message. For instance, if a visitor reached your blog via a click through on something cool you tweeted about, he is welcomed with a personal message that you personalized and branded by Twitter.

Twitter Friends Widget

Now show all your followers and mates at Twitter in your WordPress theme blog exactly as it appears on your Twitter profile account.

Twitter Widget Pro

It is your sidebar widget in your WordPress theme blog. The widget displays your twitter content while keeping its links alive to maintain the interactivity with visitors.

Twitter Tracker

This side-bar widget for WordPress allows you to mention a Twitter search and later display corresponding search results for adding related content to your post.

Twittley Button

Sign up for the new feature Twittley using your twitter identification. The plugin allows you to broadcast your message on Twittley website thus giving you a larger exposure.

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However, there are quite a few questions that you should consider before installing any of these plugins into your website:

1. Does your plugin get updated? (usually, plugins don’t need to be updated)
2. Does it require accessing the external websites during the loading process? (Related sites or share this type plugins)
3. Is the plugin author professional with a dependable experience? Are they here to stay?

If you have the answer to these primary questions, you might as well have the answer to your question of whether or not you really need to install the list of plugins into your website. There are WordPress plugins that are excellent and do great tasks. But on the contrary, there are several problems that are created by the installation of these plugins. For instance, did you ever notice any PHP errors on your website or simply discovered that your website’s performance is slower than earlier? Well if so, then the reason behind these problems is the installation of many plugins in your website.

Check the number of WordPress plugins

Plugins can be notorious and in many situations harmful to your website or blogs. Generally, most webmasters end up adding most of the newly launched plugins due to their attractive features without much considering its future problems. Hence, if you really wish to enhance the performance of your website, the first step should be to check the number of WordPress plugins installed in your website. Another big mistake that can be probably made is of adding further plugins to your website. Once you already have several plugins in your website, adding more will further slow down the processing and also increase the number of errors in them.

Keep a watch on the functions plugins perform

Apart from the list of plugins installed, you should also keep a watch on the functions they perform. From the entire list of plugins, you will surely find a series that can be deactivated or even deleted from the website. In order to help you select the most important ones for your website, here are two plugins found very commonly in all websites that can be replaced for better performance.

AdSense Plugins

Presenting AdSense is a very simple task with various options unless you wish to place the AdSense units in your article or other specific places. Instead, you can simply code the Adsense location in your template and thus get rid of the plugin from the website.

Google Analytics Plugins

Another unnecessary plugin used extensively in websites. You can simply open the footer.php and later add the required code before ending the body tag. This is a simple one minute job which is much easier than activating a WordPress plugin in your website. However, you should be careful when changing your WordPress theme as you will have to follow this same process all over again.

Using WordPress plugins is an easy solution to various requirements usually asked by users and followers. However, an extensive use of the plugins can also have a terrible effect on the entire WordPress system. A highly extensive use of plugins in your WordPress based website can cause unnecessary clashes between the other plugins. It can disrupt the smooth look of your WordPress theme or also the entire WordPress system. Knowing about the ill-effects of the extensive use of plugins, another question must have surely popped up in your mind.

Which are the best plugins I can use in my WordPress powered website?

Well, the plugins offered by WordPress are all specifically designed only to help the users feel comfortable when surfing the WordPress websites. Also, none of the plugins are designated as white or black plugins which will help the users to select the best plugins for their websites. In reality, users install plugins based on their respective needs. Hence, it gets important that you wisely select the best plugins for your website.

Many a times, improper activation or deactivation of the plugins can also cause clashes in your WordPress powered system. Hence it is really important that you secure your WordPress system from such operational malfunctioning. To help you keep a check on that, here are a few tips that you can follow for the better working of your website blog.

Check the WP options table

When dealing with WP plugins, always keep a watch on the WP options table. The table stores all types of information and links related to your plugins. The table stores data every time you activate or deactivate a plugin in your blog. Any unwanted storage of content in the table may cause your blog a terrible crash.

Activate plugins only after reading the current reviews

WordPress offers you more than 6000 plugins for your weblog. However in order to select the best plugins, always take the help of the reviews section to analyze their use in making your blog user-friendly and fast.

Never edit an already activated plugin

WordPress offers you a free hand to edit all your plugins. However, prior to editing your activated plugins, make sure that you deactivate them to avoid later crashes.

Update your plugins with its latest version

Securing your WordPress blog should always be your prime requirement and hence, you should always update it with the latest version of WordPress and its relative plugins.

Plugin or Spam

The content stored in the WP options table is never in the readable format. But using the wp-options manager plugin, you can read the content which includes images and unnecessary links left by the plugin authors.

Hence make sure that you select the plugins appropriately for your weblog.

Security Plugins for WordPress

Like many other challenges securing WordPress is also a tough task. However it is possible to protect your new WordPress-based website. In order to make your WordPress theme based website more secure, there are several plugins that I will like to list and also explain a few key ones.

Limit Login Attempts

A very useful plugin for securing your website. The plugin simply blocks a user from entering your website for twenty odd minutes if he/she enters the wrong password more than thrice. The plugin is called as “Limit Login Attempts”.

Semisecure Login

If you still wish to increase the Login security to your website, then Semisecure is your choice. Using a simple public key for encrypting the client password, the plugin increases website security.

Sabre

The other useful plugin is that of “Sabre”. The plugin keeps fake users logins away from your website.

Secure WordPress

The name itself explains that this plugin has been made to protect your website. It secures your installation using a few functions. The plugin hides the details of your WordPress version from the various non-administrators.

Bad Behaviour

This plugin checks through the visitor’s IP address against a database called Project Honey Pot for possible spammers. If in case the visitor is malicious, it will soon block the IP from getting through your website.

Optional Methods

It is advisable to use all the above mentioned methods in order to secure your website. But, it is also important to keep certain other optional methods in mind while securing your website. A few other methods include:

Empty file index.html / index.php

By default, the WordPress system comes with an exposed directory thus allowing all viewers to see the various plugins used in the website. Thus, by uploading an empty index.php or empty index.html within the base plugin directory this can problem can be sorted.

Limiting Access to website Admin

You can always limit the access of various IP addresses to your website admin by using the .htaccess file. This is a basic server level file that restricts user access by interacting with the server even before interacting with the web browser.

Changing admin account

In the WordPress system, “admin” is by default your website account. Once a user knows this, he just needs to crack your password to enter your website admin. Hence, changing the admin account is the best way to secure your website.

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Search engine optimization or SEO is a very common term used to describe optimization of websites for the search engines. However, the main aim being to attract a higher traffic to your website. Following these tips will help you maximize your search engine results and making your site truly exceptional on the web.

Optimizing the Blog Titles

In the default condition, WordPress places the title of the blog before the actual post title. Make sure that your blog title is precise and supports your content. Usually, most of the search engines display only about 50-60 characters of your entire titles tag. Hence always ensure that you mention the blog title prior to the other title requirements. Make use of the All in One SEO plugin for the best title format.

Rewriting your URLs Using Permalinks

Setting descriptive URLs can help your WordPress SEO. Using permalinks to your URLs can improve your webpage search engine optimization by presenting your pages, archive URLs and posts directly on the web. Changing the default WordPress URLs will only make your post URL more readable and also generating some traffic. It is assumed that the URLs do matter when indexing your webpage.

Use Breadcrumbs

Breadcrumbs in a website play an important role in helping the users to navigate the webpages in a website. Using breadcrumbs can be a great benefit to your WordPress website. It is the use of post based keywords and the links in the breadcrumbs that matter the most. Readers will feel it easy to navigate through the website which will also help the search engines to understand the entire website structure.

Using Good Quality Content

When a search engine enters your site, it ignores the CSS styles used to create the page display. Search engines never evaluate your site on how pretty it seems but majorly on the words used in the content. Hence you should use effective keywords for search engines which would hence help your website in availing a higher rank in the search engine results

Link to Related Posts

Linking related posts is another favorite method for the search engines to successfully find your webpage on the web. This will help your users to find your related webpage content from one single post. You can use the specific plugin for finding all the related posts.

Generating an XML Sitemap

An XML sitemap is an overall listing of all the posts and pages of the website. The sitemap aids all search engine crawlers view the readable structure of your WordPress website. This can be done using various WordPress plugins.

Avoiding Duplicate Content with robots.txt

In the WordPress system it is very much possible to find duplicate content due to multiple pages such as tag pages, category pages, author pages, etc. This can be avoided by creating the robots.txt file.