WordPress Plugins add value to the sites in terms of features and services. Let’s look at 10 WP plugins without which WordPress would be incomplete. Beginning from below, we’ve mentioned base features of each in various categories such as marketing, ecommerce, gallery,etc. This shall help you choose better from 29,000 and plus plugins available on WordPress!

2. Want A
Contact
Form On
Your Blog?

3. Trying To
Export A Blog
To WordPres?

4. Want To
Get A
Theme
Check?

5. Well,
There Is
Something
For
Everyone!

6. WordPress is the best blogging platform (and so much more) that
one can have. It‟s usability and productivity can be attributed to
third party developers who create versatile apps...

7. “But Without
Plugins…
…WordPress
Is
An Incomplete
Story”

8. We‟ve
identified
10 WP plugins
that can greatly
Impact your
blog!

9. “As a regular blogger, I want to ensure my site is up and
working at all times, and hence schedule maintenance tasks
every once in a while. What‟s a good plugin I can use to tell
folks „I‟ll be back soon‟?”
10
WP Maintenance Mode
With this wonderful app, you can now communicate to your
visitors that the maintenance mode is ‘ON’. It allows you to get
creative and choose from a variety of page designs. So, throw
those boring maintenance messages aside and get quirky!

10. “I have a humungous archive of site pages that my visitors
(and search engines) can‟t trace. Solution?”
09
Google XML Sitemaps
Google XML Sitemaps - a part of Google Webmaster Tools not only perform efficacious indexing but also offer complete
navigability via a simple sitemap.

11. “I‟m a children‟s book author and a columnist, who also
maintains a regular blog. My readers often wish to contact
me via email. How should I go about this?”
08
Contact Form 7
Want people to get in touch with you? This excellent plugin is
your best bet! From managing multiple contact forms to
supporting CAPTCHA and Ajax, it’s highly versatile.
The plugin describes itself as ‘Just another contact form plugin simple, flexible’. And you can take their word for it!

12. “I get a hell lot of spam comments and often feel frustrated for
not being able to choose an apt plugin. Any suggestions?”
07
Wordfence Security
We bet the security of your weblog can get you real down! But
not if you have an enterprise class security plugin! With a
rather fiery firewall, virus scanning and real-time traffic
geolocation, you are assured of an apt security apparatus!

13. “Monetizing my popular bakery blog has been a lifelong dream
and I plan on selling my home-made cookies online. How can I
best create an online store?”
06
WooCommerce
Trying to woo in the money? Try WooCommerce - A powerful
ecommerce plugin that lets you sell anything, beautifully!
When you create an online store, it gives you the option of
working with multiple themes. You can bundle payment
gateways and shipping methods together to make your
ecommerce a breeze!

14. “I‟ve used many SEO-based plugins, but not yet found one to
my satisfaction. What should be my next option?”
05
All In One SEO Pack
This is a wonderful plugin if you’re looking at maximizing your
SEO potential. It optimizes your blog for various search
engines (Google, Yahoo, etc) and even generates META tags
automatically! The plugin supports CMS style WordPress
installations and provides Google Analytics support.

15. “I‟m an amateur sound engineer, experimenting with hosting
my own music. What plugin would best cater to my needs?”
04
Blubrry PowerPress
Podcasting Plugin
If you enjoy recording audio files, Podcasting Plugin does a
great job in bringing your audio files from the desktop to the
website. It also has a fantastic player so that visitors can hear
your music on the page itself, that is without being redirected
to iTunes or some other program. Cheers to zero friction
music!

16. “I love to know what‟s going on in the minds of my site visitors
through a small “people‟s” poll. What‟s a good plugin to
maximize interactions?”
03
DW Question &
Answer
Love organizing polls and asking questions to visitors?
Encourage them to submit, search and filter questions. Make
your blog lively and interactive by enabling comments (and
replying to them).

17. “I‟m a multi-linguist blogger and need a plugin that will help me
with certain translations. Any pick?”
02
TinyMCE Advanced
This is a great plugin for all budding bloggers! It supports
editing, helps create tables and edit in-line CSS styles. One of
it’s most attractive features is the language translation options
for French, German, Italian and plenty others!

18. ..And The Cherry On Top Is.

19. “As an avid photographer, I‟ve always wanted to share the
overwhelming collection of photographs I‟ve collected over the
years. However, I‟ve failed to find a plugin for my gallery that
I‟m comfortable using, in terms of simplicity...”
01
NextGEN Gallery
Want to show the world your precious ‘Kodak Moments’?
NextGEN Gallery is a fabulous platform for uploading and
managing images. It enables their smooth transfer from
desktop to website. And in case you do get stuck, the plugin
has a lively, supportive community to help you out.

20. Just one
more
step to
getting
it right...

21. While
plugins
can be
highly
advantageous..
Awesome
WordPress Hosting
holds the key!

22. Well, simply because no amount of plugins will help you if your web
host has constant downtime or very slow internet speeds.
Do your research and choose the right host!

23. So, while an
entire
„shoal‟ of
plugins
keep swarming
by, these remain