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WordPress has thousands of plugins that you install on your blog for free. These range from very specific plugins that do one thing only, to larger plugins that provide extensive functionality in a certain area. With so many plugins available, it’s hard to know which ones are good, and it’s all too easy to forget one of the really important ones. This list is designed to highlight some of the plugins I found to be particularly useful. Of course, with so many plugins available, it’s by no means an exhaustive list – so I may be writing a follow-up at a later date. If you’d like to see a follow-up, please add a comment and  tell me your top 3 WordPress plugins . Image by ʎpuɐ So, what are the 10 plugins I find essential for my blogs? 1. Tweet Old Post Tweet Old Post allows you to highlight old posts from your blog via a Twitter post. The plugin will post to Twitter every so often, linking to a random post from your archives. This is an excellent way to give old posts a new lease of ...

How to install and develop a website using WordPress: Websites are considered one of the best ways to communicate your ideas, concepts and information to people who are interested in you or your company. The problem till now has been that this medium has required the services of a web developer to all those who are not web developers themselves. Even the slightest tweak to a webpage requires you to spend time learning tools and tricks that you may not really be inclined to learn (especially if you are not a techie). Today software called "content management systems (CMS)" have made it much easier for simple folks to edit and create pages on their websites without the need for a web developer. A CMS is simply any software that allows the creation of a basic webpage template and then publishes all pages in that particular format. The template provides details about how the advertisements should be displayed, the format of the headings and the dimension of the banner etc and al...