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By: Lee Cole

Lee Cole — Sat, 22 Jan 2011 21:56:07 +0000

Instead of All-in-one, how about Joost’s SEO plugin for SEO? I’ve been experimenting with that lately on one blog. So far so good. It gives you a lot more control, but you have to know more about what you’re doing than with All-in-one.
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By: Alexis

Alexis — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 15:38:13 +0000

@Paul – I’ve also heard good things about Gravity Forms, as well as seen it in action. I’ll probably use it when they get it to integrate with Aweber. Thanks for suggesting it!

By: paul

paul — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 13:41:42 +0000

I would add Gravity Forms. It’s not free, but it allows to create complex web forms with simple point and click.I use it for creating design questionnaires, client feedback forms, contact forms,… the possibilities are endless.

By the way, if anyone needs a custom WordPress theme, feel free to contact me via my site.
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By: Chris Anderson

Chris Anderson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 03:14:04 +0000

Agreed, thank you Latara for pointing those out.

Here is another one I use if you are going to have a blog with your freelance website. Subscribe to comments. This will let people subscribe to the comments so that they can follow the conversation.

I use contact 7 for my contact form. I’m sure it works just as well though.

Also, just a heads up: I’ve heard that the WWSGD plugin can hurt your search engine rankings, but only if it placed before your post. Apparently when they index your site they read the first parts of your content, which if you had that plugin on top of your content, it would be what the plugin says. So every time you make a post it just says the same thing for every post and page preview instead of the actual content in your post.

Oh and I would also recommend the wp-Typography plugin. It basically makes your content nice and pretty to read by keeping the content in a nice form. Instead of having a jagged edge it aligns everything so it’s nice and even and has proper breaks. Kind of like a book.

I agree that you shouldn’t get too many plugins, as they can slow down your blog. But there is also a plugin for that as well. It’s called WP Super Cache. It speeds up your blog by cache(ing?) certain parts of your blog so that it loads faster.

Okay… I think I’m done now.
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By: Alexis

Alexis — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:08:10 +0000

Thank you, Latara! You’re my go-to girl for WordPress, as you know. I’ll certainly check out Log In Lockdown and WP Security Scan. Scary what can happen to your site sometimes.

To everybody reading this: listen to Latara!

By: LaTara Ham-Ying

LaTara Ham-Ying — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 19:02:20 +0000

This is a great list Lexi. There are a few security plugs ins like Log In Lockdown and WP Security Scan that are great for keeping the hackers out. I just recently found about these plugins and will be adding them to all my sites this weekend.

With the plugins listed, a freelancer will have a very enjoyable experience with their WordPress blog.

I do suggest however, that you not overload your blogs/blogsites with plugins and update regularly. This keeps your blogs from running slow and your site from going bonkers on you

Great stuff!
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