Writing a blog can be a good way of providing your shoppers with useful product information while also establishing your expertise.
Here is a list of helpful plugins to customize a WordPress blog. There are plugins to manage your content, improve your site speed, optimize your pages, engage your readers, and add ecommerce solutions.
Plugins for a WordPress Blog
Editorial Calendar. This editorial calendar gives you an overview of your blog and your publishing schedule. Drag and drop to move posts, edit posts right in the calendar, and manage your entire blog, including posts from multiple authors.
Editorial Calendar.
YARPP. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (YARPP) displays pages, posts, and custom post types related to the current page, leading readers to other relevant content on your site. Customize settings by post titles, content, tags, categories, and custom taxonomies. YARPP finds related content from across your site.
Yoast SEO. Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the Yoast search-engine-optimization plugin. Yoast SEO analyzes your page and checks the essentials, including keywords, images, tags, and more. Export your settings for multiple blogs.
Jetpack. Jetpack simplifies managing a WordPress site by providing visitor stats, security services, faster images, and more traffic with tools like Related Posts, Publicize, Enhanced Distribution, and Sharing. Jetpack includes other features that help you customize your site including custom CSS, contact forms, notifications and subscriptions, and more.
Jetpack.
Disqus. Disqus is a tool for web comments and discussions. It replaces your WordPress comment system with comments hosted by Disqus. Disqus features comment indexing, spam filtering, subscribe and RSS options, and more.
Google XML Sitemaps. This plugin generates a special XML sitemap which helps search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, and Ask.com to better index your blog. Make it easier for crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently.
Akismet. Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not. Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator.
Akismet.
Membership Pro 2. Turn your blog into a membership site. Provide access to downloads, online content, videos, forums, support, and more through a flexible membership system. Employ set-and-forget automated recurring payments.
WP Smush. Reduce image file sizes, improve performance, and boost your SEO using the free WP Smush.
All In One WP Security & Firewall. Add security and firewall to your site by using a security plugin that enforces many good security practices. It reduces security risk by checking for vulnerabilities and implementing recommended WordPress security practices and techniques.
All In One WP Security & Firewall.
BackUpWordPress. BackUpWordPress will back up your entire site including your database and all your files on a schedule that suits you. No setup required.
Google Analytics by Yoast. The Google Analytics by Yoast plugin for WordPress allows you to track your blog easily and always stays up to date with the newest features in Google Analytics.
ShareThis. Use free sharing tools to implement and increase traffic and engagement on your site. Select your preferred layout and over 80 social channels including Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, and more.
ShareThis.
Safe Redirect Manager. Safe Redirect Manager is a HTTP redirect manager for WordPress. The plugin uses the wp_safe_redirect function, which only allows redirects to whitelisted hosts for security purposes.
Seriously Simple Podcasting. Seriously Simple Podcasting is an easy-to-use podcasting solution for WordPress that is powerful and simple. It uses a native WordPress interface and has minimal settings so as not to distract you from publishing your content.
W3 Total Cache. This plugin is designed to improve user experience and page speed. W3 Total Cache improves the user experience by increasing server performance, reducing the download times, and providing transparent content delivery network integration.
W3 Total Cache.
Gravity Forms. Gravity Forms is a WordPress plugin for contact forms. It allows site owners to create forms to collect information. Gravity Forms can be used for contact forms, WordPress post creation, calculators, employment applications, and more.
Page Builder. Here is a tool to build responsive page layouts with a simple drag-and-drop interface and live editing. Page Builder works with standard WordPress widgets and works with any theme you want. It also features a selection of free themes that work well with Page Builder.
WP Easy PayPal Payment Accept. Here is an basic payment plugin to accept PayPal payment for a service, product, or donation in one click. Create payment buttons on the fly, and embed them anywhere on your site using a shortcode.
WooCommerce. If you need a full ecommerce solution on your blog, here is the popular WooCommerce plugin. Sell physical and digital goods. With premium extensions, you can offer bookings, memberships, and recurring subscriptions. More than 140 region-specific gateways integrate with WooCommerce, including popular choices like Stripe, authorize.Net, and Amazon Payments.
WooCommerce.