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Google Analytics has become the most used analytics solution worldwide for WordPress websites. Knowing what your audience is looking at, what their interests are and how many visitors you receive is important enough to include Google Analytics with your WordPress website.
Many modern free and premium themes include an option for adding your Analytics code so it will be placed automatically in the header or footer of your WordPress website. Although this is very important, you still want to see what is happening on your website and therefore you will need a plugin to make that happen. These are 5 of the best and free Google Analytics plugins available in the WordPress.org catalog.
Google Analyticator
The Google Analyticator plugin will add the necessary Javascript code to enable Google Analytics on your WordPress website. Included with this plugin is a widget which shows the Analytics data on the main dashboard. This plugin has been downloaded over 3.3 million times from the WordPress.org catalog and will help you to monitor the Analytics data.
Thanks to the Google Analyticator plugin there is no need to edit the template codes to begin logging. The plugin adds the Javascript code automatically to your website. There are two widgets included with this plugin: a dashboard widget which will show the Analytics data on the backend and a widget which will show the data on the frontend. Check out the extra features on the plugin website.
Google Analytics by Yoast
The Google Analytics plugin by Yoast is by far the most downloaded Analytics plugin with over 6.7 million downloads from the WordPress.org catalog. The plugin has been developed by Joost de Valk who also developed the famous SEO plugin. This plugin will allow you to track your WordPress website easily so you can stay up to date with the latest Google Analytics data.
The plugin has the simplest setup: just authenticate your Google Analytics, select the website you want to track and you are done. Furthermore there are options to enable demographic and interest reports, allow outbound link and downloads tracking and track internal links.
Google Analytics Dashboard for WP
The Google Analytics Dashboard plugin will use a dashboard widget to display detailed analytics info and statistics about number of visits, visitors, bounce rates, organic searches, pages per visit etc directly on your WordPress dashboard. The plugin will insert the latest tracking code in every page on your WordPress website. The plugin has been downloaded over 1.3 million times from the WordPress.org catalog.
The dashboard widget can show more information which can all be setup in the settings page. You can choose to display the real-time visitors, real-time sources and display the top 24 pages or referrers and searches. There are settings to add statistics in Pie Charts, maps of the world and normal statistics on backend and frontend. Check out all the features on the plugin page.
BestWebSoft Google Analytics
The BestWebSoft Google Analytics plugin allows you to retrieve basic stats from Google Analytics and will add the necessary tracking code to your WordPress website. The plugin will establish a connection with Google Analytics which allows you to show basic information in tables or line charts in the settings area in the admin dashboard.
There are many data you can choose to display amongst them total number of visitors, visits, bounce-rate, average visit duration, total number of page views etc.
NK Google Analytics
If you need Google Analytics on your WordPress website and don’t want to add the code yourself, this plugin can help you. NK Google Analytics will add the necessary Javascript code to your websites to enable Google Analytics to start tracking your website.
The plugin supports Classic, Universal and Remarketing Google Analytics tracking codes and inserts them in the header of footer from your WordPress website. There is no tracking for admin users who are logged-in. Setup of the NK Google Analytics plugin is simple and easy by just adding your Google Analytics ID and click “Save changes”.
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Every now and then WordPress users have to set their website in a maintenance or under construction mode and surely everybody wants to do this in a glamourous and beautiful way. Luckily there are a lot of excellent free WordPress plugins which can take of this. If you are still working on a new WP site, a Coming Soon plugin is also very handy to use to let people know you will soon be online. Let’s take a look at five of the best maintenance and coming soon plugins.
Maintenance
This Maintenance plugin is very simple, easy to setup but still very nice to look at. It offers some useful options like logo upload, colors setup, background options and the possibility of a nice looking login screen. The Maintenance plugin is currently in version 2.4 and has been downloaded over 330.000 times and has a rating of 4.4 out of 5 stars.
Maintenance is a easy to configure and customize coming soon or under construction plugin which can be used by just switching on a button. The plugin allows site administrators to close their website for maintenance, enable “503 Service temporarily unavailable” and setup a temporary page with authorization so site admins can still see the website whilst it is blocked for the rest of the world.
There is a easy setup where you can customize colors, logo, full background images, background blur, add titles, headline and text and configure colors, fonts, icons etc. There is also a user login with validation which opens in a nice looking sidepanel with or without the option of the Admin bar when logged in. Overall a very nice and easy to setup plugin which also comes in a pro version on Codecanyon with many more features.
Ultimate Maintenance Mode
The Ultimate Maintenance mode plugin is a bit different than other plugins because of the way it works. The plugin, which has been downloaded over 220.000 times in the Worpress.org catalog, takes a actual screenshot of the site where it is used on and uses this as a background of the maintenance screen. On top there is a overlay window explaining the site is down for maintenance.
The plugin allows working on a website in the background whilst visitors see a maintenance page which can be customized by the admin. There is an ability to add custom headline, message and background image as well. Search engines receive a 503 http status so they know the site is down temporarily. There is a Premium version of this plugin with extended options.
Ultimate Coming Soon Page
The Ultimate Coming Soon Page plugin can be used for both maintenance and coming soon statuses whilst working on a WordPress website. This plugin developed by SeedProd comes in a pro version and a free version which has been dowloaded over 900.000 times in the WordPress.org catalog. The plugin receives a rating of 4.7 out of 5 stars which is very good.
The Ultimate Coming Soon Page plugin a simple yet flexible and works well with any WordPress theme. Anyone who is not logged in to the site admin will see the coming soon page while the logged in users can work quietly on the website. There are a lot of benefits using this handy plugin like a completely customizable look including background, colors, images, logo, fonts and also collect Emails with Feedburner. There is also a pro version of this very useful plugin which gives even more flexibility and options to stand out of the crowd.
underConstruction
This very simple plugin does what it must do … put your WordPress site in a maintenance mode. The maintenance screen is shown to all people who are not logged in to the admin and it is really useful for site development without much hassle, options, setups etc. Although underConstruction is a very basic and simple plugin, it has been downloaded over 700.000 times from the Worpress.org catalog.
The underConstruction plugin is very simple to setup simply because there are not so many features. You can activate and deactivate the maintenance mode, setup a HTTP status code like 200 or 503, tweak the display options with or without text and HTTP code and write a Page Title, header Text and Body Text which will be displayed over a black background. Simple and effective plugin.
WP Maintenance Mode
The WP Maintenance Mode plugin does what it’s title says, put your WordPress site in maintenance mode. It will add a nicely looking and completely customizable maintenance page or coming soon page with user admin rights and full access to back- and front end. The plugin has been downloaded 1.4 million times and receives a rating of 4.3 out of 5 stars.
This very useful and flexible plugin will allow you to add a subscription form, countdown timer, contact form, social media icons, SEO options, backgrounds, colors, texts and many other features. The plugin can be used both for maintenance mode or coming soon mode and works also on WordPress multisite and is completely responsive so it looks nice on all screen sizes.
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Automaticc’s Jetpack plugin is a very useful plugin which can certainly add something extra to your WordPress website. Although the plugin itself is continuously updates and new features are being added every month, the Jetpack plugin exists of 34 modules of which many are automatically activated after plugin install. This eventually could slow down your WordPress site if you don’t deactivate the modules you are not using.
So, if you do want to enjoy the benefeits of the Jetpack plugin but do not want to install the plugin because of the many modules you won’t be using and/or porsinle websites speed issues, there are some great alternatives in the WordPress.org cataloge. Let’s take a look at 5 of them.
Jetpack Lite
This plugin has been developed by Samuel Aguilera as a fork of the original Jetpack plugin. The Jetpack Lite plugin completly removes all Jetpack modules except for the Stats and Wp.me Shortlinks modules. In earlier versions it was not necessary to install the Jetpack plugin but in the recent versions of the Jetpack Lite plugin the Jetpack plugin is also required.
Although this might not seem too logical to most WordPress users, the original plugin is used in case of updates but aside of the Stats and Shortlinks modules no other modules are loaded by Jetpack so its aves memory and resources on your WordPress site. So, if you only want the Stats module activated, the Jetpack Lite plugin is a great alternative.
Slim Jetpack
Although Jetpack is a great collection of plugins there are WordPress who don’t like to link and connect to an WordPress.com account, necessary for some modules to vene work on o self hosted WordPress website. The developers behind the Jetpack Slim plugin wanted most of the modules of the original Jetpack plugin but without the initial WP.com login.
With the Jetpack Slim plugin you can still make use of most modules in the original Jetpack plugin but, as the developers already mention on the plugin page, their version is incompatible with the original version because of a lot of API functions which had to be removed.
Therefore if you want to use the Slim Jetpack you will have to delete the original Jetpack plugin. If you want the much acclaimed Jetpack Stats module then you will have to go with one of the alternatives earlier mentioned or with the original Jetpack plugin. The stast module requiers a connection with a WordPress.com account.
Gallery Carousel Without Jetpack
The gallery carousel in the Jetpack plugin is a very nice feature but there are WordPress users out there who do want to use the Jetpack Carousel but without be forced to install the Jetpack plugin and connect to WordPress.com. The guys at WPbeginner forked the Carousel module from the original Jetpack plugin and released it for everybody to use freely.
THe carousel feature of Jetpack transforms the standard built-in WordPress galleries into an immersive full-screen experience with comments and metadata. So if you want to make your typicl WordPress photo gallery stand out, simply use this Jetpack fork and jQuery Gallery Carousel plugin without installation of the Jetpack plugin.
JP Widget Visibility
One of the great features of Jetpack is the Widget Visibility module. With the Widget Visibility module you can control which pages your widgets appear on. Sometimes you don’t want certain widgets to be visible on all pages throughout your theme so with this module activated you can choose the visibility.THis is definitely a feature which many WordPress website owners can use.
To prevent installing the Jetpack plugin, you can choose the JP Widget Visibility plugin as well. It does exactly the same thing but without the whole Jetpack install. Just expand the widget and click the Visibility button next to the Save button. Then you can choose the visibility options so you can hide widgets on certain pages. Sometimes this can be very useful on your site.
NB There are many other Jetpack stand alone plugins from JP like the JP Markdown, JP Gravatar Hovercards, JP Omnisearch and JP Custom CSS.
Jetpack Sharing (JP Sharing)
Adding Social Share buttons to your posts and pages is essential nowadays and the Jetpack plugin has the Sharing module incorporated. Although many themes have a Social Share possibility, it is still nice to know you can also include this manually. If you don’t want to use the Jetpack plugin you have the possibility of activating the JP Sharing plugin.
This plugin – formerly known as Jetpack Sharing – has been rebranded to JP Sharing and was one of the first forks of a Jetpack module. With this plugin activated you can enjoy the same features as the original Jetpack module but without installing all Jetpack’s modules. With JP Sharing you can place your typical Social Sharing buttons underneath your posts and/or pages. What you don’t get with this plugin is the much acclaimed Publicize option, unfortunately.
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When you want to start your own blog or website based on WordPress there is always one question you have to ask yourself: Is it better to go with WordPress.com or with WordPress.org? What are the differences and/or pros and cons of the one compared to the other. It can be a bit confusing, especially if you are new to the WordPress scene. Let us explain some differences to guide you to the best option for your website needs.
One major difference has to be mentioned before we start: free Vs paid. WordPress.com is a free service where you just have to create an account and start blogging. WordPress.com is hosted externally on a server while with WordPress.org you will have to contract a hosting company yourself. Although the WordPress.org software is FREE of charge, webhosting and a domain are not. This is already one of the biggest differences to start with.
Themes
One of the benefits of WordPress.org is the fact you will install all the software on your own/contracted server which will be linked to your domain. You own your stuff which will give you more flexibility and security. This is also important when you choose a theme. These can be free or Premium themes which could be bought on Themeforest for instance. You can modify, customize and do anything with your theme to match the looks with your business or wishes.
On WordPress.com you are limited to free themes which exist in the WordPress theme catalog. These themes cannot be modified so you won’t be able to add codes and/or modify CSS for a different look. There are however some Premium themes available on WordPress.com but still the modification posibilities are nothing compared to the selfhosted WordPress.org.
Plugins
Besides themes, plugins are also a very important part of your WordPress installation. There are thousands of free plugins to be found in the WordPress.org catalog and these can easily be installed from within the theme’s dashboard and plugin section. There are also thousands of Premium plugins which can really add value to your own WordPress.org website, for instance on Codecanyon or WPMU.org.
On WordPress.com there are no third party plugins allowed which will make your website more basic and less flexible. Still, WordPress.com comes with a lot of built-in plugins but nothing compared to WordPress.org where you can upload any free, paid or custom plugins.
Costs
As mentioned before, the WordPress discussion also has to focus on free Vs paid. With a WordPress.org installation and website you will need to contract a webhosting company and have your own domain name. There are many companies who will offer you the best deals but there are always monthly and/or yearly fees to be paid. Although the WordPress core software is free of charge, Premium themes and plugins are not. You can always use free themes and plugins but be careful what you download and install, check codes and errors and make sure the theme developers know their business.
WordPress.com blogs are free of charge but again they come with their limitations. With your free account you have up to 3GB storage space for texts and images. If you want more storage space you can upgrade to 13GB for $100 per year including your own custom domain name and advanced customization but without Premium themes included. There is also an upgrade of $300 per year which includes unlimited space and 50+ Premium themes.
Maintenance
Your WordPress.org blog, personal or business website needs constant maintenace, meaning you have to upgrade themes, plugins and even WordPress core files when a new version is released. You also have to monitor your comments and check your spam regularly and of course make sure you are hack-free. You can do all of this yourself if you are familiar with WordPress but if you are not you will have to pay someone to do this for you. Themes and plugins are continuously upgraded and daily checks will be necessary.
With WordPress.com you don’t have to worry about anything. The WordPress staff takes care of all the maintenance including updates of themes, WP Core files, optimization etc.
Backups
Making regular backups of your WordPress.org based website is VERY important. Luckily most hosting providers schedule this on a daily basis and if something will go wrong or get lost, you can always contact them for your backup. Making your own backups is still very much recommended since updating themes, plugins and WP core files can easily mess up your site. There are various services who can take care of scheduled backups or you can use free or premium plugins and even do it manually by downloading all the website’s files to your dekstop.
With your WordPress.com website you will not need to worry about backups since the WordPress team will take care of this. Nothing will get lost or disconfigured.
So … which one will it be
As you can see there are pros and cons of using WordPress.org or WordPress.com and it is up to you to choose the right platform. WordPress.org gives you much more flexibility, customization and extension posibilities but there are also costs involved for domainname, webshosting, themes, plugins and maintenance.
With WordPress.com your site will become part of the WordPress.com community which is good for your appearence in the search engine results but WordPress.com sites give you less flexibility and customization posibilities and your website will look the same as others. For your personal blog this could be a good choice but you will probably make the switch from .com to .org in the future if you get familiar with WordPress and the powers of your own hosted website.
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Sometimes you have more than just one WordPress website to manage and switching back and forth, logging in and out and checking all websites one by one for updates can be a time consuming and annoying thing. Thanks to a number of services and websites, managing multiple WordPress websites can be less challenging.
There are various ways of managing multiple WordPress websites which offer plugin, theme and WP core updates and notifications, possibility of backing up websites, moderating comments, see analytics and much more. Some of these services are performed on stand alone websites, others have to be hosted on your own server or work with plugins.
All services have one thing in common: There is a main dashboard where you can manage all your connected WordPress websites and there is a plugin which has to be installed on the separate websites which you want to manage. This plugin makes the connection between your WordPress site and the main multitasking dashboard. Let’s take a look at the 5 most popular and most used services at this moment.
ManageWp
ManageWp is perhaps the most used and well known WordPress management service online at this moment. ManageWp has been developed by WordPress plugin developer Vladimir Prelovac. The main interface of ManageWp is modern and easy to understand.
On the left are the connected WordPress websites listed and in the middle you see the updates available of plugins, wp-core and themes.Also in the middle you have the possibility to delete post revisions and remove spam comments. On the right panel you can see Quick Access buttons and site analytics, if connected. All items/tabs can be moved from left to right or the middle so you can create your private dashboard.
There are various plans available but all of them allow connecting 5 WordPress websites for free which is great for those WordPress developers or users who have 5 or less sites. Premium plans start at $0.80 per website/month for individual bloggers, $2.40 per website/month for small businesses, marketers and web developers or $4.80 per website/month for larger businesses and web marketing companies. With the premium plans come additional features like backup and restore functionalities.
InfiniteWp
InfiniteWp is a FREE application that you can install on your very own server. This application manages all of your day to day WordPress tasks like upgrading plugins, themes and Wp-core files. InfiniteWp will create one master login after which you can add WordPress websites by downloading and installing the extra plugin on each website you want to connect.
With InfiniteWp you can bulk install favourite plugins and perform updates for all existing plugins. You can also use this application to backup and restore websites. InfiniteWp is a free application but the basic version lacks some features which can be found at other similar services. Also, setting up InfiniteWp can be sometimes difficult since your server/hosting must meet some requirements.
There are premium add-ons which will give your InfiniteWp application some extra features like website cloning and scheduled backups but unfortunately these are not the most cheap ones. Managing comments can cost you $49, Install/clone websites $99 and scheduled backups $69. Still, if you only need some basic functionalities and want your multi-Wordpress service hosted on your own server, InfiniteWp is a good alternative.
WP Remote
With WP Remote you can monitor an unlimited number of WordPress websites for free. You can easily update WP-core files, plugins and themes with a single click and even download a snapshot (backup) of your website. All this can be done through your dashboard on the WP Remote website. There are some premium plans available as well.
Main WP
In contrary to other WordPress services, Main WP is a plugin which you have to install on an existing WordPress website. After you have downloaded the Main WP Dashboard plugin and installed it, you have to download Main WP Child plugins to install on the individual websites you want to connect.
Main WP will let you control and manage up to 5 websites free of charge with no limitations on the premium features. If you want to connect and manage upto 25 websites you have to pay $24 a month, upto 100 websites $49 a month and unlimited websites for $79 a month. Additional functionality can be added with extensions, free and premium versions.
Ithemes Sync
Ithemes Sync is another great WordPress maintenance plugin which will allow you to manage multiple separate WordPress installations under one dashboard. The plugin is developed by the same people who developed the popular BackupBuddy at iThemes.
To install and setup the iThemes Sync you first have to download the plugin from the iThemes website after login or setup an iThemes account. With the standard version of the plugin you can manage and sync 10 WordPress websites for free. If you need/want more you can switch to the 25 site plan for $50 per year, 50 site plan for $90 per year or the 100 site plan for $170 per year.
After you have downloaded the plugin you will be asked to sync it with all other WordPress websites you want to manage by installing the same plugin on all individual sites to make the connection to your iThemes Sync.
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Speed is everything nowadays. If your website is not fast enough and your pages take a long time to load, visitors tend to leave since by nature people are impatient. Small delays in opening images or video can make people abandon your website which is of course not your purpose. In other words, a slow website will not make you popular and will not attract many visitors.
Since people don’t want to wait and even Google looks at the speed of your site to give it it’s page ranking, you have to know how your website scores. Luckily there is a great free tool which you can use to know the loading time of your website. On Pingdom you can test your WordPress driven site by entering the URL of your site which will then test and give you your current loading time.
Although experts say a plugin overkill on your website can slow down your loading time, there are also some great plugins which will do the opposite, they will make your website faster. Let’s take a look at 5 very useful free WordPress plugins to help you speed up things a bit.
WP Super Cache
The WP Super Cache is the most popular plugin available in the WordPress.org catalog and it has been downloaded over 6.6 million times. The plugin was developed with the help of the WordPress.org creators Automaticc which will give you some information about how well this plugin works.
The plugin is easy to setup and works out-of-the-box if you wish. There are also some additional settings if you need more features and tweaks. The WP Super Cache promises the user to deliver static files of your pages/posts to over 99% of your visitors by using mod_rewrite, PHP or legacy caching.
What this plugin basically does is creating static html files from your dynamic WordPress website. After this html file is generated, the webserver will serve that file instead of processing the heavier PHP scripts. This way visitors who are not logged in, who did not left a comment of who did not read a password protected post/page will see your pages way quicker
For more tweaking and setting possibilities, check the WP Super Cache page and information.
W3 Total Cache
Another great Cache plugin is the much acclaimed W3 Total Cache plugin. This plugin was developed by Frederick Townes and has been downloaded from the WordPress.org catalog over 4.2 million times. The plugin is highly recommended by web hosts companies like Page.ly, Dreamhost, MediaTemple, GoDaddy and HostGator.
According to the information, W3 Total Cache is the only WordPress Performance Optimization framework designed to improve user experience and overall page speed. The plugin will improve the speed of your website by generating static html files of your blog posts or pages which will be showed to your visitors.
BJ Lazy Load
Another plugin which will speed up your WordPress website is BJ Lazy Load. This plugin will lazy load all images which can be found on your website making sure they only get downloaded if visible to the readers/viewers.
By default WordPress downloads all images upon page load which can slow down your website if there are many images involved or images of high resolution. When your website will use lazy loading it prioritizes all the content above the so called “first fold”. In other words, the content the visitor will see first gets loaded first. Instead of loading the whole content, this plugin makes use of placeholders so images are only loaded when they become visible to the viewer.
WP Smush.it
Another image related plugin is WP Smush.it. This plugin will optimize your images by stripping away all metadata and removing unused colors from indexed images. The result will be images with smaller file sizes so they will load quicker, all this without noticeable loss of image quality.
The mistake a lot of beginners with WordPress make is uploading their images without retouching and modifying them first. This results in upload of high resolution images which will slow down your website performances. Instead of uploading the original images, you could reduce their file sizes and crop sizes with a free online tool like Pixlr Express. If you upload your images already in the correct size will also be much more efficient.
WordPress comes with a build in image editor allowing you to crop images to a desired size but the original file size can still cause problems and will remain on your server. WP Smuch.it compresses your image which is a great solution, even if you already use cropped and modified images.
Plugin Organizer
Although too many plugins are not always good for your website speed, sometimes you just need or want certain plugins to be active. Some of these plugins you will only use on a particular page or post but will get loaded on every single page/post which in essence is not necessary. A slow load time of your website is sometimes attributed to your plugins so organizing them makes sense.
By default WordPress will load the plugins on every single file related with your website, whether you use it on this page or not. Plugin Organizer can override the urge of WordPress by loading each plugin on every page/post. You can decide on which pages or posts you want certain plugins to be loaded. You can do this by a simple checkbox system which is easy enough to use.
With this plugin you can also prioritize the plugin load order by adding a drag and drop function to the plugin section of your dashboard. Plugins which are important can be moved up and plugins which are less important can be moved down. You can even make groups and organize related plugins to simplify the task of organizing your plugins.
WP-Optimize
Everything of your WordPress website is stored in your database where you can find all your posts, pages and settings. By default WordPress generates so called revisions of your content which makes generating posts and pages easier. Every autosaved revision takes up space in your database which evently can slow down your website.
Since you don’t want to dive into your MYSQL Database everytime to delete these revisions and other junk files, you can use the WP-Optimize plugin instead. This plugin will help you declutter and clean up your database tables in a number of ways. You can enable/disable trackbacks for all published posts, enable/disable comments, remove revisions and trashed comments, clean up other metadata and pingbacks etc.
WP Optimize is a simple but very effective and useful plugin to extensively clean up your WordPress database and optimize it without doing manual queries in your PhpMyAdmin.
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When you have created your post or page and want to get as many readers as possible, you need to share your content with your social networks. Many WordPress website owners still do this the old fashioned way by adding the links manually in the several different social networks, something pages like Facebook actually prefer. There are a little more advanced users who will use services like Hootsuite or even create IFTTTrecipes to get the word out.
For those of you who like to use a plugin to auto-post your content to the connected social networks, you are in luck. There are some very useful and easy free and premiumplugins you can use to spread the word.
Mind you though, most plugins let you share your content with the popular social networks Facebook and Twitter but not all of them allow you to share with Google+. Reason for this is Google has not yet released third party API to everyone, just WordPress.com and Buffer (and Hootsuite) can make use of the Google+ share API.
Jetpack Publicize module
Many of the WordPress website owners already have the powerful Jetpack plugin installed and configured with the modules they like. But did you know with the Publicize module you can auto-post your content directly to Twitter, facebook, LinkedIn, Tumblr and even Google+? The best part is, the Publicize module does this in the most easy way possible.
You can connect your site with one of the mentioned social networks by following 3 easy steps: Go to Settings and Sharing in your dashboard, click on Connect next to the social network you want to connect to and Log in to that social network site and authorize the connection and choose where you want to send new content to.
Once installed and approved you will see a Publicize section in the Publish box on your post writing screen. You will see the connected social networks here and you can edit this list if you want to exclude a particular social network.
The great thing is, Publicize allows auto-posting to Google+. It is one of the few services which allows posting to profiles and pages without a hassle. Definitely worth a try if you do not want difficult setups. Only downfall is the fact that posts are posted on social media like they were posted by and links to WordPress.com.
NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster (SNAP)
The NextScripts Social Networks Auto-Poster plugin is by far the most extensive and perhaps the best auto-poster plugin available at this time. With NexScipts you can auto-share your content with over 18 social networks like Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Delicious, LinkedIn, Tumblr and WordPress.com. Furthermore you can auto-post to Google+, Pinterest, Reddit, Flipboard etc. by using the third party API library which comes included in the SNAP Pro version of this plugin.
Setting up the various social networks will take you some time and involves creating applications in Twitter and facebook but once done you can enjoy the power of SNAP (haha, remember that song). The plugin will generate 100% white label posts which makes the content look like you posted it directly on the social networks. You also have the possibility to import the Facebook comments as WordPress comments or auto-import replies and mentions from Twitter as WordPress comments. Check all the details and features on the plugin page.
Social Auto Poster (premium)
The Social Auto-Poster plugin lets you automatically post all your content to various social networks such as facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, FriendFeed and BufferApp (but not Google+). With this premium plugin, which is on sale for $28 on Codecanyon, the whole process is completely automated. There are many settings available and the plugin also works with WooCommerce and other e-Commerce plugins.
WP to Buffer
If you like using the services of the BufferApp but do not want to share each new post manually, you can use the WP to Buffer plugin. This simple plugin will send updates to your Buffer account for scheduled publishing to social networks which you have connected in the BufferApp. This way you only have to set up one account in the WP to Buffer plugin but can still sent your content to the various social networks.
The plugin settings allow you to select sending updates to Buffer for posts, pages or custom post types or all. You can choose if these have to be sent to Buffer when published, updated or both or neither. There is also an option to override the default settings in the writing post screen by choosing if you want to share or not. Although the free version works great, there is also a premium version with some more features and support.
Social Media Auto Publish
The Social Media Auto Publish plugin is a simple plugin which let you share your WordPress content automatically with Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn (but not Google+). These are the only social networks which are possible now with this plugin but in future updates there will be others.
With this plugin you can publish your content to Facebook and include an image, attach posts or share link and do the same for Twitter and LinkedIn. You can filter items to be published based on categories or custom post types and even enable and disable sharing.
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It is great to have your own WordPress website and post news, articles and/or images for your readers. Your content will look good on your WordPress website and perhaps even mobile phones and tablets but what about the Social Media networks? How will your content look when this is shared by you or your readers on Facebook, Google+, Twitter etc.
Will the images have the right dimensions? Will the excerpt show correctly? Pairing your WordPress website with social networks is important enough to invest some time in optimizing your content for Social Media. Luckily there are some great and useful pluginsto be found in the WordPress.org catalog.
WordPress Social Sharing Optimization
With the WPSSO plugin you will make sure social websites present your content correctly. It really does not matter how your content will be shared, through buttons, browser add-ons or pasted URL’s, your content will always look great and easy to read. With the advanced social management included in this plugin you have control over the information social websites need.
The WordPress Social Sharing Optimization (WPSSO) plugin not only led you have control over the information but it will also improve Google Search ranking, social engagement and click-through-rates on popular social networks like Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Tumblr and many more.
With this plugin there is no need to add extra sharing buttons so if your WordPress website already has great looking sharing buttons, the way the shared content will look on the social networks is controlled by this great plugin. The WPSSO plugin can be used by itself or in combination with any of your favorite social sharing buttons. Although the free version of this plugin will do everything you need, there are extra features with the PRO version which can be purchased for $30. Check the plugin page for extra details.
WordPress SEO by Yoast
Many WordPress website owners already have the WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin installed for Search Engine Optimization purposes so your content will be shown correctly in Google, Bing and other search engines. The plugin also has a functionality for creating XML Sitemaps which will help content optimization even further.
The SEO plugin by Yoast also has a feature for optimization for Social Media which will guarantee your shared content looks great on social networks like Facebook, Twitter and Google+ (and lots more). The plugin will use the Facebook Open Graph which helps you to tell Facebook what type of content you share, what the locale is, what the canonical URL of the page is, the name of the site, what the page is about and which images should be shown in Facebook. For Twitter is will use the Twitter cards and Google+ actually will accept all Open Graph information.
WPSocial
The WPSocial plugin will help you with the social SEO for your WordPress website to optimize your content for a real social boost in Google rankings. The WPSocial plugin will add Facebook Open Graph, Twitter Cards and Google Rich Snippets to your website. According to the developers WPSocial is the only plugin which include ALL the different types of microdata which are supported by Google.
The WPSocial plugin can work together with the SEO plugin you have already been using such as WordPress SEO by Yoast, All in One SEO and any other SEO plugin. The plugin will add all the proper meta tags from existing content so there is actually no need for a manual setup. The free version can be downloaded from the WordPress.org catalog but to get even more feuatures you can always go PRO for $47.
WP Facebook Open Graph Protocol
The WP Facebook Open Graph Protocol plugin will add proper Facebook Open Graph Meta tags and values to your WordPress website so when links are shared it will look great. Although the name of the plugin will let you think it will only work for Facebook, it will actually optimize your content for all social networks like Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn etc.
Besides optimizing the text of the shared content, the WPFBOGP plugin will also take care of the image handling. The plugin normally looks for a featured image. If there is no featured image another image from the content will be pulled. If that isn’t there either then it will use the default image which you can set in the settings page.
The plugin will use the title and meta description from any SEO plugin you have installed so your content will be shared the same way as it will be found in Google. Check out the details on the plugin page.
WP Open Graph
The WP Open Graph plugin allows you to add Facebook Open Graph protocol to your WordPress website. With this plugin you can add meta data to any post/page/content type and edit it easily. WP Open Graph will automatically extract data from other SEOplugins such as All in One SEO and WordPress SEO by Yoast. The featured images will be used in the social shared content and if not available a default image will be presented.
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