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SEO WordPress Plugins that Actually Work!
1. AIOSEO (All in One SEO) by All IN One SEO Team
If you are using WordPress and haven’t already found one or two plug-ins that are going to ease your stress and make your head all warm and tingly, then we have a few recommendations you might consider prior to designing your first website. Now, that stated, we are a cleaning company, however, many of our recommendations do serve all who venture into the world of WordPress site building. We start by offering a comprehensive list below along with why we recommend these tools of SEO to you.
AIOSEO Plugin (homepage)
2. Elementor (PRO) by Elementor.com
There are many page building plug-ins but this one is ours! Metaphorically speaking. If you design website, you’ve probably come across Elementor… and you likely have your favorite, however, if you have not yet endeavored to design a website, then Elementor is worth a look. Elementor offers several features in its free version, and we could have probably built our website with the free version alone, but the paid version offers so much more in the way of versatility and widgets. It’s no wonder 14M+ website builders and designers choose Elementor and Elementor Pro as their go to for website design.
Elementor Plugin (homepage)
3. Wordfence Security by Wordfence
Are you looking for an end-to-end security solution for your WordPress site? Wordfence is the global leader in WordPress security. The plug-in is simple to use, and they take care of you. Wordfence free version provide you endpoint web application firewall protection and ‘Threat Defense Feed’ with a limited delay, while their premium single-site $199.00 version offers real-time firewall rule, country blocking, and over the active blocking of over 40k malicious IPs, as well as premium support. That price covers you for the year… but I don’t think you can put a price on good security.
4. Cloudflare by Cloudflare, inc.
If having premium security seems lacking, you can pair it with Cloudflare’s WordPress plug-in and make your website impenetrable. With one click you can integrate your Cloudflare plug-in with your Cloudflare account and ensure that your site security is covered two-fold. This amazing combination allows for site speeds up to 60% faster than with stand-alone security plug-ins. This is because Cloudflare has its own CDN (Content Distribution Network) and allows every connection to be shielded against all sorts of malware and attacks. You can never be too safe.
5. Trustindex.io by Trustindex.io
Customer reviews can sometimes be so hard to come by. You must not only remember to ask for a review, but you also must carry around an NFC card or QR code and hope the customer doesn’t give you a weird look when you ask them to tap or scan it. This is where Trustindex.io comes in handy. Like ‘Trustpilot’ and other automated review platforms Trustindex.io is a plug-in that allows for you to capture reviews from other platforms such as Google Business Profile or Yelp and displays them on your site. One of the major advantages that sets Trustindex.io apart from its competitors is that it actually works. They offer several ways of capturing reviews and several ways of displaying them on your site. Not only that, but they have also made it so seamless that all you must do is copy and paste in the links to your business profiles and Trustindex.io does the rest. Worried your staff hasn’t asked for a review lately, try emailing them for one and rest assured you’ll know who’s good for it and who isn’t. Never miss a review opportunity again… We highly recommend Trustindex.io for anyone who requires reviews to grow their business and capture more leads. (We should also mention that Trustindex.io also leave AI responses on your behalf so you don’t have to worry about taking the time or energy to reply to each review yourself, the plug-in does it automatically for you… how cool is that!
6. Seraphinite Accelerator by Seraphinite Solutions
Over coming page speed issues is a constant struggle for WordPress site designers. Slow page loading can cause a less then desirable feel to your professional website. The solution is to download a plug-in like Seraphinite Accelerator. There are a few plug-ins on the market like it such as Nitropack, however, most cost an arm and a leg and have some pretty hefty code that may cause your site to break over time. Rooting out the issue is not always easy either. We recommend Seraphinite Accelerator because it not only offers a real solution to this problem, it offers it for free. The free version does come with a promotional banner displayed at the bottom of each page however, but for a small purchase, and we mean small (packages ranging from 30-days to 2-years) you can have this banner removed and gain access to other more practical features all while speeding up your pages and improving your overall site load times. This comes in handy when trying to sell your site as professionally developed… even if you did design it yourself.
Conclusion...
Here at NightWish Media LLC we believe in supporting small and local businesses. We also strongly believe in supporting veteran owned businesses. Our legal department would like you to acknowledge that we do not receive any support from the abovementioned companies or their plug-ins. None of the abovementioned companies are responsible for providing monetary compensation or financial incentives for any of the kind words offered by NightWish Media LLC or for any recommendations of any plug-in or service mentioned in this blog. We simply do it because we care and in hopes that this may someday increase the ranking of our page.
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