Web Design Essentials – Free WordPress Plugins
The beginning of a WordPress website is an intimidating beast, featuring only bare dashboard at the start. The following free plugins are essential tools we use every day at Quantifi Digital to bring websites from a blank slate to a work of art.
Yoast SEO
Yoast SEO is one of the most common, essential plugins for WordPress. It allows you to optimize your pages in a few easy steps. Simply devise a focus keyword and use SEO best practices to ensure your page is “in the green!”
Insert Headers and Footers
Nearly every website uses trackers to collect data. Insert Headers and Footers allows you to easily place your tracking codes globally onto your site. We use it for everything from Google Analytics to Facebook Connect.
Contact Form 7
Allowing your target audience to reach out is an important goal of a brand’s website. Contact Form 7 is a robust, easy-to-use contact form plugin with many add-ons and customizable options.
BONUS PLUGIN – FLAMINGO
Flamingo backs up form entries (like contact or sign-up forms) to your WordPress database providing you with all the form-fills you’ve received.
WooCommerce
WooCommerce is difficult to master, but it is an essential part of any e-commerce website. Build storefronts and product lists all within the WooCommerce interface.
Duplicate Post
Whether you’re working from a pre-built theme or developing your own site, you are going to want to duplicate pages as “templates.” Duplicate Post allows you to do this in one click.
These free plugins will help almost any website you’re working on, but stay tuned for some premium plugins. If you or your company is thinking about building a website, contact Quantifi Digital today!