There are many WordPress plugins available that are free. With these plugins you can expand your WordPress website to a complete website with extensive functionalities that meet the requirements of your company and your visitors. These functionalities are not standard in WordPress. For example, you can use plugins for statistics, search engine optimization, sharing via social media, protection, backups, security, etc. Below are five WordPress plugins described that should not be missing on any website.
Yoast SEO
Yoast SEO is an essential plugin to optimize your website for search engines like Google. This plugin is seamlessly integrated into WordPress and therefore there are many possibilities. For example, you can optimize every WordPress page by means of a focus keyword. By using the instructions that the Toast plugin gives, you can optimize the page in question for Google. You can also provide page titles and descriptions, so that search engines show exactly these entered texts. You can also improve the readability of your texts by means of the Yoast analysis improver. Not only pages can you optimize for Google but also your products, portfolio items, images, sliders, messages and FAQ items. The standard Yoast plugin is free and you can upgrade it to a premium version where you can also optimize videos or news. Once everything is filled in correctly, you will be found better in Google. In short, this plugin is a must for your website and very user-friendly.
download here the Yoast SEO plugin
Woocommerce
WooCommerce is a free eCommerce plugin that offers you the possibility to sell products in a beautiful and good way to present. The WordPress plugin Woocommerce is built to work seamlessly in the WordPress environment. With this WordPress plugin you can also create an unlimited number of products and categories that also look good on mobile and tablet. You can set various pages as shoppage, category page and shopping basket page.
Woocommerce shortcodes
At Woocommerce you can also use various shortcodes that you can use on various pages such as frequently selling products. This allows you to customize your webshop completely. You can also easily integrate various payment options such as PayPal, iDeal and credit card. There are also many options to expand Woocommerce with various plugins to further expand your webshop, in short, an essential plugin for your webshop.
download here the Woocommerce plugin
WP super cache
Caching is a way to make your website load faster. Improving the loading speed of your website is very important nowadays so important that Google search engine also takes this into account and ranks faster websites better. Every time a user requests a page from your website, the page in question must be completely built and loaded and this takes time. With the plugin W3 Total Cache you can have certain parts of your website cached. This means that that part of the website is stored on the server so that these parts no longer have to be built, but are loaded directly and super fast from the server. By installing the plugin WP Super Cache the loading time of your website can be significantly improved. This is very pleasant for the visitor of your website and good for Google and your Google ranking.
download here the WP Super Cache plugin
Contact Form 7
With Contact Form 7 you can easily and quickly create contact forms and place them in strategic places within your website. You can easily add new fields and customize the email with contact details. You can also create multiple forms. Contact Form 7 also works with shortcodes, which makes it easy to integrate the forms on various pages such as a quote or contact page.
download here the Contact Form 7 plugin
WP all in one security & Firewall
If your website and webshop contain sensitive information, it is very important to provide your website/webshop with sufficient security. The WP All in One security plugin is free and has a user-friendly interface that allows you to set up your security almost immediately. With the security strength meter you can see at a glance how many points you have and whether you are safe enough in a safe zone. By going through the steps and adjusting the settings you get more points, which increases your meter. It is also useful that you can adjust your admin url and that this plugin does not affect the loading time of your website. This plugin also has a firewall.
download here the WP All in one security & firewall plugin
