Started a new WrordPress blog? Well then here are some tweaks that are very much essential before you proceed further.

  1. Akismet: Have this plugin installed on your blog as it filters samp comments made onto your blog. Akismet is the only plugin which most of WordPress users use and recommend. There are many more plugins which can control spam comments but I recommend you to use this. One of THE best…
  2. Contact form: Use a contact form plugin on your blog. This helps visitors on your sites to be in touch with you regarding your blogs feedback/support or if someone would like to contact you if they are interested in advertising on your blog. You can see mine in action here. I suggest you to use Contact Form 7 or Ajax Contact Form.
  3. Google Stiemap: Very much essential. Just add a link of your sitemap generated by Google Sitemap plugin of your blog either on your top navigation or on your footer. A must do it…
  4. Permalink Structure: Most important. By default the permalink structures are set as page id ( http://www.yoursite.com/?p=123 ). So you need to remove this and add /%postname%/ in your custom structure field. At some cases you also need to edit the .htaccess file to make this tweak work. And also make sure your .htaccess file permissions are set to a minimum of “644″. For more info refer the codex.
  5. All in one SEO: This is a plugin which helps you to tweak your blog with titles, keywords, descriptions and much more. Here’s a caption.

    All in one SEO

    All in one SEO

These are the most important you things/tweaks you need to do as you start a new WordPress blog. But not only these, there are many more plugins that you need to run your WordPress blog easily.

I have made a list of all of them here at Plugins for WordPress that are must.

Happy blogging with WordPress :)

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