10 WordPress plugins which makes development swift and easy

Pratik Singh
3 min readApr 27, 2017

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1. Forms:

Forms are an integral part of any website. If you go by traditional ways, you need to code the form in HTML, style it using CSS, and link it to database using PHP to collect form data. Oh! That’s a hell lot of technologies which requires years of learning and practice. But you don’t have worry, Ninja forms — A free form creation tool for WordPress comes to rescue, it is an easy to integrate plugin for all your form needs. Absolutely no need to write even a single line of code.

2. Search Engine Optimization:

Every website wants to get listed on the first page when someone searches for a similar keyword or content related to your website. Doing SEO manually requires huge technical knowledge and skills. But WordPress supports a plugin which does the job for you, Yoast SEO enables user to efficiently supply related keywords and also suggests keywords based on the research.

3. Backup:

Worried about losing your data and user base? No need to worry, BackupBuddy provides the most reliable and easiest way to backup and restore your WordPress sites with just a few clicks.

4. Spam comments:

Everybody hates spammers! To avoid spammers on your posts and blogs, best way is to install the plugin — Askimet which is an advanced anti-spam service to fight the latest and dirtiest tactics embraced by the world’s most proficient spammers.

5. Customize the look and feel of your theme:

Yeah you heard that right, you can now customize your theme without writing code. CSS Hero is a WordPress plugin which allows you to customize any WordPress theme without writing a single line of code.

6. Child Theme:

It is not advised to make changes to your theme’s CSS files directly, instead creating a child theme and making required changes to the child theme is recommended. To create a child theme you can use the plugin One-Click child theme which makes the process look easy.

7. WooCommerce:

WooCommerce is a free e-commerce plugin that allows you to sell anything, beautifully. Built to integrate seamlessly with WordPress, WooCommerce is the world’s favorite e-commerce solution that gives both store owners and developers complete control.
With endless flexibility and access to hundreds of free and premium WordPress extensions, WooCommerce now powers 30% of all online stores — more than any other platform. It is the one stop solution for all your e-commerce needs.

8. Social media sharing:

Monarch by ElegentThemes is a social media plugin for WordPress which is a premium in real sense and deserves your attention. It comes with over 20 social sharing networks to display on your website. Add and arrange any number of available networks as you like it.

9. Lead generation:

Looking for lead generation, Bloom is an email opt-in and lead generation plugin for WordPress which can bring you loads of subscribers and fans.

10. Duplicate pages:

Ever felt the need to make pages based on similar context and design, no need to worry Duplicate page enables you to create exactly similar pages and posts with a single click.

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