3 WordPress Plugins to Enhance the Design of Your Blog
WordPress has made it possible for even a layman with only a basic knowledge of computers and the internet to launch a fully functional website that can compete with any other website in terms of design and site features. This is primarily due to the fact that the content management system is open source. With a powerful community actively looking to develop the platform as well as develop quality themes and plugins to use with the WordPress platform, WordPress has without a doubt revolutionized website management and development.
Surprisingly, even with the hordes of themes available online, sometimes it can be a challenge to find the perfect theme you are looking for in terms of colors, design and features. In fact, the perfect theme may not even exist. Our advice would be to look for the ideal color scheme, design and find a plugin If you are looking for additional plugins. Here are 5 useful plugins that will add design related features to your website to get you started.
A Featured Posts section is now found in virtually every large scale website. Displaying a featured post using different styling and emphasis will shift the focus of your visitors to this particular article resulting in increased page views and feedback. If you wrote up what you consider a great article, the Featured Posts option can be used to ensure all your visitors are aware of it. You can also use the Featured Posts option to increase page views. The plugin is one of quite a number of others that can be found in the WordPress plugin database.
This is another feature that webmasters tend to look for in themes. An About the Author section on a website adds credibility and a sense of professionalism to the content and the website itself resulting in visitors being more engaged and receptive. The Clemens’ about the Author plugin is fairly simple to use and displays a frame below each post with details about the author along with an image retrieved from Gravatar using the author’s email address.
The use of Ajax has become increasingly popular in recent times and rightfully so. Ajax allows loading information on a page without leaving the page resulting in dynamic content. The result is a lightweight, quick website that will keep readers engaged and browsing your site at a faster rate. Ajax functionality is available on a relatively few select themes out-of-box, however Ajax For All will attempt to convert virtually any theme in to an ajax powered website. Bear in mind that the plugin may not work with all themes.
These are three highly useful and advanced features that may only be occasionally found in themes, however using the aforementioned plugins; they can be seamlessly applied to any theme.
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