A familiar guest writer today…Melissa Tamur!
If you use WordPress for your website or blog, it’s a good idea to explore the available plugins. Plugins enhance the WordPress experience and can allow you to integrate other important services to expand and publicize your posts.
1) Twitter Widget Pro
Integrate your Twitter feed seamlessly into your blog. Control the timestamp on tweets and decide whether or not to display user avatars. Want high visibility for your tweets? Support for multiple Twitter feeds is included, and Twitter Widget Pro allows you to post your feeds on numerous pages across your site.
2) Simple Facebook Connect
Add multiple levels of Facebook Connect functionality to your site. Publish posts directly to your Facebook profile or Page without having to leave your WordPress dashboard. This plugin also allows you to add a Fan Box widget or Like button; integrate your Facebook stream, status, and activity feeds; and display upcoming events or fan counts. You can even add support for logging in and commenting directly with your Facebook account.
3) Sociable
Get your posts out there with Sociable! Support for 99 different social bookmarking sites lets your users share your blog or site all over the web. With Sociable, you can display as many or as few social bookmarking options as you wish, including a button to allow users to share posts via e-mail. If you can’t find the site you want, it can be added directly to the plugin code with ease.
4) Find Me On
Connecting with visitors and readers is more important than ever as social networking grows. Find Me On works with up to 73 social networks. By displaying your profile icons in the sidebar of your site, it allows people to find you, friend you, or contact you no matter where you are. Support for more networks is being added all the time, so if you don’t see your favorite social networking site, you can contact the developer and request that it be added.
5) Advertising Manager
If you use ad networks to generate revenue or support your site, this widget lets you control up to 15 of them from one place, including Google Adsense. Advertising Manger makes it simple to import and manage your ads. Place ads in your sidebar; integrate them into your post templates; or limit the types of ads that are displayed depending on a post’s author, tags, category, and more.
These plugins can help expand your WordPress site and publicize your blog across the web. The ability to control all of your social networking and advertising in one place makes it easier to connect with users and build a strong following.
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