The way your your WordPress blog looks and works depends a lot on the plugins you use. A plugin can do wonders from boosting your page loading speed to preventing spam comments on your blog. I am a WordPress user since quite a while now and I have faced many difficulties with popular WordPress plugins and add-ons and I keep facing the same even now. This post contains some good, easy and free alternatives to the popular plugins WordPress users use.
The first plugin almost every WordPress user installs works to prevent spam comments on blog posts. The default anti-spam plugin included in WordPress is Akismet. Akismet is the most used anti-spam plugin till date and will remain. Some problem users face with this plugin is that they have to pay for it if they are using it for their business and they have to register an API key to use Akismet. Antispam bee is an easy and free alternative. No registration is required to use this plugin and its totally free. It also gives a good track information about spam on your blog.
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WP SlimStat is a good plugin to keep a record of people and bots visiting your WordPress site. The favorite plugins for stats for users are WordPress.com stats and Google Analytics. Both of these plugins require registration. WP SlimStat does the job without any registration. This plugin gives you a very interactive interface with real-time tracking of page views and visitors. You can even track your facebook likes and tweets with this plugin, and of course it provides all the features its competitors do.
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nrelate Flyout is a plugin which shows the related posts to a post a visitor is reading in a 'flyout' box. The popular plugin to show related posts remains Simplereach Slide but users report nrelate to be a better option. It has better algorithms for finding related posts and it is easy to customize. Adding such a plugin can increase your page views and the time a user spend on your site.
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The most popular plugin for search engine optimization on WordPress is All in one SEO pack which is a paid plugin if used professionally. Yoast provides much more features such as search snippet preview, XML sitemap, page analysis and more.
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AdBrite is a free ad publishing and monetizing service which is a way easy than Google Adsense. When you apply for Adsense, you have to give a link to your site and your site is verified by Google before you can serve their ads on it. In many cases, Google rejects sites for many reasons. AdBrite does not require any verification for serving ads and they have similar ad layouts as AdSense. AdBrite serves contextual ads and they even serve ads from other services when they are more beneficial and therefore AdSense users can also use AdBrite.
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So these were the five alternative WordPress plugins and add ons you can use when you cannot go with the trending ones. These are easy and free of cost. If you liked this post, please explore more on this Site. Thank you for reading.
Antispam Bee
The first plugin almost every WordPress user installs works to prevent spam comments on blog posts. The default anti-spam plugin included in WordPress is Akismet. Akismet is the most used anti-spam plugin till date and will remain. Some problem users face with this plugin is that they have to pay for it if they are using it for their business and they have to register an API key to use Akismet. Antispam bee is an easy and free alternative. No registration is required to use this plugin and its totally free. It also gives a good track information about spam on your blog.
Plugin Directory | Official Site | Download
WP SlimStat
WP SlimStat is a good plugin to keep a record of people and bots visiting your WordPress site. The favorite plugins for stats for users are WordPress.com stats and Google Analytics. Both of these plugins require registration. WP SlimStat does the job without any registration. This plugin gives you a very interactive interface with real-time tracking of page views and visitors. You can even track your facebook likes and tweets with this plugin, and of course it provides all the features its competitors do.
Plugin Directory | Download
nrelate Flyout
nrelate Flyout is a plugin which shows the related posts to a post a visitor is reading in a 'flyout' box. The popular plugin to show related posts remains Simplereach Slide but users report nrelate to be a better option. It has better algorithms for finding related posts and it is easy to customize. Adding such a plugin can increase your page views and the time a user spend on your site.
Plugin Directory | Official Site | Download
WordPress SEO by Yoast
The most popular plugin for search engine optimization on WordPress is All in one SEO pack which is a paid plugin if used professionally. Yoast provides much more features such as search snippet preview, XML sitemap, page analysis and more.
Plugin Directory | Official Site | Download
AdBrite
AdBrite is a free ad publishing and monetizing service which is a way easy than Google Adsense. When you apply for Adsense, you have to give a link to your site and your site is verified by Google before you can serve their ads on it. In many cases, Google rejects sites for many reasons. AdBrite does not require any verification for serving ads and they have similar ad layouts as AdSense. AdBrite serves contextual ads and they even serve ads from other services when they are more beneficial and therefore AdSense users can also use AdBrite.
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So these were the five alternative WordPress plugins and add ons you can use when you cannot go with the trending ones. These are easy and free of cost. If you liked this post, please explore more on this Site. Thank you for reading.
I just confused with your post title, by reading it I though that you will share simple hacks to achieve the functionality of the plugins without actually using them... :((((
ReplyDeleteAlternatives to popular plugins are plugins which are easier to use and cheaper in price. Thanks for suggesting an article anyway. We'll surely write on this in near future. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks a lot for the plugin, I have searched it for a long time!! :)
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