20 January 2012
The very idea of using WordPress gives us enormous joy not just because it is free and user-friendly, more than that it rekindles our thoughts and gives new life to our creativity quotient. All these credentials of WordPress can be contributed to its momentous plugins that add charisma to the all-time favorite blogging software and unsurpassed CMS, the WordPress. Plugins can be defined as ‘a set of software components that links up defined capabilities to a bigger software application’. It highly aids in customizing unique functions of an application.

The very idea of using WordPress gives us enormous joy not just because it is free and user-friendly, more than that it rekindles our thoughts and gives new life to our creativity quotient. All these credentials of WordPress can be contributed to its momentous plugins that add charisma to the all-time favorite blogging software and unsurpassed CMS, the WordPress. Plugins can be defined as ‘a set of software components that links up defined capabilities to a bigger software application’. It highly aids in customizing unique functions of an application. WordPress plugins take us to a different world filled with amusement and a whole lot of minute marvelous establishments. Transforming your dreams into reality is just a matter of minutes with these persuasive plugins and its honorable host, WordPress.

2011 would have been exceptional for many and close to heart for a few. Whatever the kind of memories may be, this New Year Eve is the precise time to reflect and relish about a whole lot of things that inspired you in many ways and for the populace involved in the internet world, thinking of the top 5 WordPress plugins used in 2011 is a special thing to go with. There are plenty of WordPress plugins available and the choice depends on the requirements of an individual. The most renowned WordPress plugins for the year 2011 are:

1. HeadSpace: SEO has dominated the internet market with its action power-play. Yes! Your search engine rankings, traffic to your site, potential customers, business prospects, returns and business progress depends on a reliable Search Engine Optimization mechanism. HeadSpace is that kind of thoughtful plugin that takes complete care of your WordPress SEO. It can also be called as an ‘All-in-one’ SEO tool. It gives you an opportunity to take your site to the top of the tough competition and helps in fetching higher search engine rankings for your website. Here goes a great news for the content lovers that you can stop worrying on your SEO stuff and start sowing your valuable time on your yielding content.

2. Bad Behaviour: The greatest threat for a blogger is the menace given by ‘Spam’. What will these people call a plugin if it wipes away their ‘Spam’ worries? Won’t they call it a ‘Life-saver’ or a ‘Ready redeemer’? Yes, that is what most of the users of ‘Bad Behaviour’ plugin call it. It helps in blocking link-spam and the bots that are employed to convey it. It also has the inbuilt benefits like cleaner site loads and low site loads along with the dominant function of analyzing and observing the software used by the Spammer and his method of delivery. This plugin also has the potential to put an end to a hit even it has not dealt with that specific spam previously.

3. W3 Total Cache: This is one of the most highly used plugin in 2011 mainly because of its ability to load pages at an extremely faster pace and it saves the inert versions of your site and it needs very less processing of CPU than using WordPress wholly.

4. WP e-commerce: The name of this plugin would have given an idea of what it is all about. Yes! WP e-commerce is an impressive plug-in that assists you with a completely featured shopping cart application. This application is a boon to textile manufacturers, booksellers, artists, leather companies and generally for all business men and it aids in selling your products online at ease.

5. Add To Any: Any business is based on communication and it is the backbone of human race. No one can deny that Social media is the most excellent way to reach your target audience and attain your dreams rapidly. ‘Add To Any’ is such a spectacular plugin that aids in placing a share icon for your preferred social network medium on every blog post that you publish through WordPress. You also have the freedom and privilege to choose from more than hundreds of bookmarking sites and social networks like Twitter, Facebook, StumbleUpon etc.

Apart from these plugins, there are also other plugins that were used extensively in 2011. They are All-in-one SEO pack, Login Lockdown, Word Press Super Cache, Akismet, Google XML Sitemaps, Gravity Forms, WP-DBManager, MaxBlog Press Affiliate Ninja and SEO Smart Links. Let’s wait for the surprises that WordPress plugins would garland us with in the forthcoming year 2012. Happy New Year!