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More and more websites are popping up every day, and to keep them relevant, you need to make sure they are as effective as possible. While SEO can seem complicated, not all of your content needs to look great. Because of the variety of features and functionality we have here at Web Design Skills, we’ve rounded up some of the most popular WordPress plugins for adding SEO and optimization features to your site.
Online e-commerce tool
Renegade eSEO gives you powerful SEO, site and conversion tracking, and comparison-scanning tools. In addition to breaking down your competitors and segmenting your best customers, the plugin automatically generates e-mail newsletters for you and allows you to send your email updates to influencers across the world.
Browser plug-in
Hootsuite Browse provides website owners with a very customizable navigation system. Everything from navigation tools to password protection can be added by simply enabling or disabling different extension features.
Tab manager
Tables are the document meta information found on many plugins, but the editor is not always easy to use. The Pagebar provides a tab manager with a customizable sidebar, alongside a vast array of file, image, and page formatting options.
Packetner
Packetner is a very powerful automatic search tool that helps you track your visitors’ behavior and find content you may have missed.
Performance plugins
Vova is a browser plugin that helps you monitor page load times and server-side issues.
Visit
The homepage auto-autocomplete plugin that enables you to automatically Google yourself when you land on a site. Once that’s done, the plugin sends you a quick preview of what the URL will bring you to.
Badges for good
Founded by Jordan Kurland, Badge Junkie gives you the ability to link you with other websites by highlighting your positive actions in the CSS stylesheet. It’s great for boosting your Google PageRank.
The Hacker
It doesn’t matter how far ahead of the game you are, the need to be always trying to get better still exists. The Hacker plugin does exactly that, by making you understand the amount of time and effort each time you click a link, post, or connect to a social media site, and applies a percentage rating to the resulting speed.
Personal assistant
Pozzi is a simple, powerful, and comprehensive plugin that gives you the chance to help others on a very specific level.
Contently Pro
Contently is a network for freelance journalists. The plugin provides a platform for you to apply to freelance work, and you’ll receive a statement regarding why you’re the best candidate for the position.
More plugins and strategies
All of these plugins don’t necessarily deal with SEO on the whole, and most of them are pretty targeted toward specific websites. For instance, The Hacker and Pozzi are specific to individual blogs and magazines while Renegade eSEO is for SEO professionals.
Yet some have evolved over time and have now become general plugins, with many of them providing meta search engine data for over 100 different industry keywords. If you want to know more about this, we highly recommend reading John Green’s book SEO: The Complete Guide to SEO.
Above all, make sure to always do your research when you begin implementing plugins for SEO and optimization for your site. For more tips on how to make your site more SEO-friendly, check out Web Design Skills.