It seems that you cannot search the Internet nowadays without finding blogs. There are so many blogs and more are made every hour. WordPress powers over 70 million blogs and almost 25% of brand new websites. Nowadays, there are WordPress blogs about practically everything.

So what is WordPress?

The simplest way that I could describe it is like this. WordPress is software that runs together with a webserver. A default WordPress install is such as a bit such as a prefabricated house. Basic essential function and not so pretty. Yet WordPress has transformed into the platform of choice. It is such as a Swiss army knife with interchangeable blades. If a blogger wants to change appearance or make the WordPress site look crisp and professional, they require only choose and install a WordPress theme. If a blogger wants to add features with their WordPress website chances are they need only find and install the best WordPress plugin. Simple.

So what is a WordPress plugin?

A plugin for WordPress is like increasing the prefab house. Say you will want cupboards, balcony or perhaps a window, you'd add these. In WordPress, plugins go even further, they are able to upgrade, extend or add whole rooms, to the house. Say a blogger wants to add a message list, a shopping cart application, an image gallery, videos or perhaps a forum with their WordPress website, they are able to do this with plugins to create a unique masterpiece.

So so how exactly does one get these WordPress plugins?

The correct question is so how exactly does one find the correct WordPress plugin? There are many ways that this can be done. There's a huge repository of free WordPress plugins. The blogger needs to locate the repository to get people that have a good rating that is being updated regularly to maintain with the latest WordPress versions.

While this may sound good keep this at heart: there are thousands upon thousands to sift through Free WordPress plugins. It would probably take a few years to sift through all which have been already created. Fear not fearless bloggers, there is a less painful approach on the market to find a very good WordPress plugins for the blog. There are websites that'll permit you to bypass every one of the unnecessary plugins on the WordPress plugin directory, and guide one to the ones that you need.

These websites will permit you to search WordPress plugins that'll enhance your blog, and supply you with the viewership that you are looking for. Let's say that you are looking for a plug-in that'll automatically upload your content to the major social networking sites. You would visit these various websites, and perform a search in order to find the WordPress plugin that you need to use. Of course not all plug-ins are aimed at promotion, some are aimed at maintenance. This is a good exemplory instance of a maintenance plugin: a missed post plug-in. So what is a missed post plug-in? Most bloggers post inside their blog once per day, or even several times a day. With many of these posts it is easy for 1 or 2 not to get posted. This plug-in will check every 5 minutes to see if a post has been missed. This plug-in is invaluable for bloggers who're on a restricted posting schedule. It will help in keeping their posts on the right track, and prevent drops in audience.