BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS 2019 - ESSENTIAL PLUGINS FOR YOUR WEBSITE #Best Education Page #Online Earning

- In this video

I'm gonna be sharing with you the best

WordPress plugins for 2019.

This is my guide to the essential plugins

for plugins and these are plugins

that I use on pretty much every single website

that I set up.

As I said I think they're pretty much essential

if you wanna get the best from your WordPress website.

Let's get started.

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It's Alex here from WP Eagle.

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to all the plugins that I mention.

Let's jump into the plugins.

I've got 17 plugins I'm gonna be sharing with you today.

They're mostly free.

I think there might be a couple

of premium ones in there too.

You're probably not gonna use every single plugin

on every single site that you set up.

Maybe a few you will use on every single site definitely

because they're essential.

You also wanna keep in mind when you're adding plugins

that the more plugins you add,

the slower your site can run.

Just be careful with the number of plugins running

and only use the plugins that you really really need.

But anyway on that note let's go.

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First plugin I wanna share with you

is a simple little plugin

but it's really useful.

It's called Duplicate Post

and basically it allows you to duplicate your post

and pages and possibly some other stuff too.

I find it really useful when you've got

an existing post that you really like

and it's got a nice layout and format and whatever

and you wanna create another post or page

that's got a similar layout and format.

You can use this plugin,

make a copy of it

and it'll even allow you to create a copy

and kind of make it as a new draught

and then go for it.

Edit the text,

edit the images and you're ready to go.

It's a lot easier sometimes doing

that than starting with a blank screen

completely from scratch.

I use this plugin on pretty much all of my sites

because I just find it really useful

and I'm actually surprised why they haven't added

this functionality to the WordPress core

because it is really useful.

Go check it out.

Duplicate Post.

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The next plugin is for Google Analytics

which is a service I recommend.

If you're not aware of Google Analytics

it allows you to track all the users

and visitors to your website,

see what they're doing,

see where they're coming from,

how many pages have you--

Tonnes of information basically so that you can make

some informed decisions around your website

and your marketing and all that kind of stuff.

Now the thing with Google Analytics,

it can be a little bit tricky

to add to your website.

It involves copying and pasting some code

into the footer or the header

or some stuff like that.

A lot of messing around which

I aint got time for and I'm sure

you haven't got time for either.

So with this plugin which is called MonsterInsights,

it makes it really easy.

You just instal the plugin,

connect it to your Google account,

select your Google Analytics account.

By the way you're gonna need one of those.

They're free to set up.

You can get one over at google.com/analytics

or something like that.

Just google it you'll find it.

You connect it to your analytics account

and basically it does all the rest for you.

You get your tracking up and running

and you can set up some more complicated things

like ecommerce tracking and that kind of stuff.

Just a quick note.

I've had a quick look and I think

for those advanced features you may need

to upgrade to premium.

Hey, whatever.

For the basic tracking it's totally free.

So yeah.

Go check it out.

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The next plugin is a forms plugin.

Most websites need a form.

If you wanna be able to kind of get in touch with you

that kind of stuff,

it's good have a form especially on your contact us page.

I'm gonna recommend a couple of plugins for this

really depending on how much money you've got

and what sort of thing you're looking to do.

For a really easy basic sort of form

I would recommend HappyForms

which is as I said a free form plugin

and really easy to build some cool forms

and add them to your pages and posts.

In fact I've done a full video

on this plugin a little while ago.

I'll put a link to that in the description

and probably serve well somewhere.

If you want a bit more information about HappyForms

and how to use it and all that kind of stuff

do check that out.

A premium plugin that I'm gonna recommend is Gravity Forms

which is a plugin I use a lot.

I've got a developer licence

which is great value because you can then use it

on as many sites as you like.

Now you might want Gravity Forms if you're looking

to do something a little bit more complex.

If you're gonna build a multi-page form

where people have to fill a form

and go to the next page and you get that kind of

status across the top.

It's really good at doing that.

Or maybe you wanna integrate

it with something like MailChimp or Constant Contact

or do some other really funky stuff with your forms.

The good thing about Gravity Forms is

that it's got a whole load of extensions

that are available with a developer licence I think.

And you can just add those gravity forms in it.

It does some really cool technical advanced stuff.

If you've got some complex form requirements

then go for Gravity Forms.

If you just want a simple contact form

then HappyForms will probably do it just fine.

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So the next plugin is for SEO.

Now as WordPress comes when you instal it

is pretty good at SEO.

It does most of the stuff right

because it puts page titles in the right places,

that kind of thing.

But if you want a little bit more control

and you wanna take your SEO to the next level

then you're gonna need a plugin.

The plugin I've been using for quite some time is Yoast SEO.

It's one of the more popular SEO plugins out there.

It's had millions of instals

and I just find it really good.

A couple of things that I really like about it is

it makes it really easy to optimise your content.

You basically add the keywords that you're focusing on

and it will read all your content

and give you some recommendations on how you can improve it.

It also generates a XML sitemap

which you can then submit to Google,

tell Google about the post and pages you've got

on your site,

how often you update them.

All kinds of stuff really and that can really help your SEO

and help you get indexed by Google

and hopefully come up in the search results.

If you'd like to learn more about Yoast SEO

I got some videos on the channel

on how to set it up

and do your sitemaps and all that kind of stuff.

Again you'll find links to all these videos

in the description.

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The next plugin is all around website speed.

Now when it comes to website speed

the main factor is actually gonna

be your hosting funnily enough.

If you wanna find out more about hosting

I've done an in-depth guide around hosting

reviewing loads of different hosting companies,

checking out the speeds,

that kind of stuff.

So if you want the fastest hosting then do check that out.

Again, link in the description and probably in a card.

But if you got the best hosting

but you wanna go even faster

or maybe you've got rubbish hosting and you can't afford

to change and you wanna squeeze

a little bit more speed out of it

then you're gonna want a performance plugin.

And then the one that I'm gonna be recommending today

is called WP Fastest Cache.

It's a free pplugin but there is a premium version available

although I'm not quite sure if

you need the premium version.

I've got both and not seen a lot of difference.

You're pretty fine with the free one.

What this plugin does is it sets up a caching system

on your website.

Now without getting into too much techie stuff

a caching system is generally a good thing to have

because what it will do is create the pages

on your website before a visitor comes to see them

and when the visitor arrives

he can see this page straight away

that's already been generated without WordPress

having to generate the page every single time.

This plugin has also got a load

of other performance enhancing features including GZIP

and optimising your HTML and CSS and JavaScript

all that kind of stuff.

Go check this plugin out.

When you get it instal it,

tick all the boxes and see what effect

it has on your speed.

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So 2019 is gonna be the year of the page builder.

End of last year we had WordPress version five released

and with that came the Gutenberg editor.

Now Gutenberg is sort of a page builder

post builder type of thing.

It's got blocks and you can drag and drop them.

Add elements that kind of stuff.

However,

Gutenberg is a bit basic

and if you want something a little bit more powerful

that allows you to create some really nice pages

and home pages and service pages and landing pages,

you're gonna want Elementor

which is my preferred page builder right now.

There are others available and they're fine as well

like Visual Compser and Cornerstone

but right now I'm just loving Elementor.

It's so easy to use,

so powerful.

You can just drag and drop things onto your pages

and your post.

It comes with a whole load of templates

which they are quite a few included with the free version

but if you want some more you need to upgrade to pro.

I just find it makes web design with WordPress

so much easier and quicker and better.

So if you haven't seen Elementor,

go check it out.

Go and instal it now.

It works best with themes that I think are designed for it

but I'm pretty sure it will work with

any theme that you've got.

Go get it.

Go instal it

I think you're gonna like it.

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The next plugin certainly is an essential one.

You're pretty gonna want to instal this

on every single WordPress website you create.

It's called Updraft and it does backups.

Not really exciting or anything like that

but something that needs to be done

because bad things can happen to your WordPress website.

Things could go wrong when you run an update,

you can break it yourself.

I mean that pretty easy.

I'm breaking websites all the time.

You can get hacked.

There's a lot of bad stuff that can happen

to a WordPress website.

So you want a safety net and that safety net is a backup.

The reason why I've chosen Updraft is

it's really easy to use.

You just instal it and then you can generate a backup

just by clicking a button.

You can save the backups automatically

to remote storage like Dropbox,

Google drive or something like that.

You can also download the backups to your computer

for safekeeping too.

Then when it comes to restoring the site it's pretty easy.

You just go to upload the backup files

or just restore them straight from within the plugin.

Makes the whole backup process really easy.

The plugin is free.

I think there may be a premium version

if you need some extra bells and whistles.

If you're not currently doing backups

of your WordPress website then you need

to start doing them today ideally.

Go and instal this plugin,

generate your backup

and you can sleep sound in the knowledge

that your website is gonna be okay.

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The next plugin often gets overlooked.

I think it's been included in pretty much

all of my best plugins guides ever since I started doing

WordPress and YouTube and all that kind of stuff.

The plugin is Akismet.

Generally it's installed by default

when you instal WordPress.

Although I think you need to turn it on

and you do also need to go and get an API key.

What Akismet does is it's get rid

of all that horrible comment spam

that is a bit of a problem with WordPress blogs.

You've probably noticed that on your site

when you start adding content

and you leave your comment forms on

because obviously you want some comments on your content

you start getting loads of weird stuff coming

through that comment form.

Trackbacks,

pingbacks,

other random comments often linking to

dodgy drug sites.

That kind of thing.

You don't want any of that and it's too much

to do it manually going for every single comment

and clicking the spam button.

It's too much.

Akismet does it all for you.

It's powered by servers that look

at all the dodgy messages across all the WordPress websites

so they kind of have a good idea in terms

of which comments are spam or which ones are legit.

I've never seen this plugin spam a legit comment.

So no problem is on that front.

I just instal it on every single site.

In fact I just activate it on every single site

because as I said it's generally installed by default.

It just gets rid of all the spam

and you don't even notice it.

It just does it in the background

and that's how it should be.

If you're not running Akismet

log in to your dashboard now,

turn it on,

get an API key and say goodbye to comment spam.

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Plugin number ten is Redirection.

Now this plugin is really useful

as it allows you to easily create 301 redirects.

If you don't know what a 301 redirect is

it basically allow you to redirect a visitor

from an old URL to a new URL.

This is useful if you are creating a new website for example

and the structure of the site has changed.

You can repoint the old pages to the new pages

posts and products as well.

That way if a visitor follows an old link

from somewhere on the internet

they don't hit your page and get a page not found.

They're seamlessly moved on to the new page

and they don't even notice it.

I can't stress how important 301 redirects are.

If Google comes in and finds

a page not found error 404 page.

Maybe Google followed a link on the internet somewhere,

you're gonna get a bit penalised

and it's gonna start de-indexing

your site and generally play have it with your SEO.

If you do create a new site and change structure

you are gonna wanna use this plugin

to create your 301 redirects.

Other cool features with this plugin are

that if you change the URL on a post

it will automatically create a 301 redirect for you

to the new URL so you don't have to worry about

that kind of thing and visitors

getting lost and getting 404 pages and that kind of thing.

Really good plugin.

It's free

and just really useful.

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The next plugin is one that I use on pretty much every

single WordPress site I create.

It's not very exciting,

not really interesting

but it's useful.

It's called Simple Sitemap

and it allows you to create a sitemap page for your website.

That's what it does.

It does it really well.

It's pretty flexible in terms

of what you can show on the sitemap.

I think that having a sitemap page

is a good thing to have in terms of SEO

and visitor experience.

You can create this page with the plugin.

You can add a little link to it

and to your footer.

It makes your site look all legit and professional.

I think it's really good for Google.

I did a video recently

on how to create the page with this plugin.

Again,

you'll find the link in the description.

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My next essential plugin

is called Easy Social Share Buttons.

I'm afraid this plugin is a premium plugin

but I think it's worth the money.

I use it, again, on pretty much every site that I set up.

It basically allows you to add social sharing buttons

to your post and your pages.

The reason why I love this particular plugin is

that it's got so many options and so many features.

That might sound like a bad thing

and it might like it's a bit overwhelming

but trust me it's not.

It's actually really easy to set up.

The options for flexibility are just great

because depending on the site that you've got

you're gonna wanna add different types of social networks

and maybe you want them down the side of the post

or maybe you want them at the bottom of the post or the top.

It basically gives you all that flexibility

and allows you to add the social buttons

that you want in the style that you want

and in the location that you want.

So highly recommend it.

Go check it out.

I did a video on it quite a while back

so I'm not sure how up to date that is

but again I'll put a link to it in the description.

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The next plugin is a related posts plugin.

This is kind of cool if you wanna add some posts

to the bottom of your existing posts that are related.

Does that make sense?

Anyway I think you get what I mean.

The reason why I like this plugin is

that it's really simple and straightforward

and in fact I use this on wpeagle.com.

If you go take a look at that post.

Scroll down to the bottom.

You'll see it in action.

Basically just add some nice text links

at the bottom of your posts

to other related posts on your site.

Good for your internal linking which is good for SEO.

It just kind of points visitors on to other content

that they might be interested in

and hopefully increases engagement

and page views and all that kind of thing.

One thing to be aware of with related posts plugins is

that they can be really resource intensive

and slow down your site.

The good thing about this one is it doesn't do that.

It's really efficient,

it works really and it's really fast.

Go check it out.

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The next plugin I'm gonna recommend

is actually attached to a service

and that service is Iubenda.

Am I saying that right?

It just never sounds right.

Now what Iubenda offer

is a easy way to create your privacy policy

and your cookie policy and all that kind of stuff.

Basically this plugin then enables you

to easily add those things to your WordPress website.

I'm not gonna talk about this in too much detail

in this video because I got a full video,

in fact I got two full videos

on how to use this service and plugin.

You'll find links to them in the description.

If you're not running a privacy policy

or a cookie policy on your site

then you really should especially if you're in Europe

because those bureaucrats in Europe,

they love coming up with laws where you need

to add all this stuff to your site just

to stay legal.

Go check out the videos if you haven't got

a privacy policy or cookie policy.

Now if you've got a really simple website without

too much going on then you could probably get away

with just using that free version

and create a very simple cookie and privacy policy.

That way if you've got a more advanced website

maybe an ecommerce site,

that kind of thing,

Amazon affiliate site

then you may need to upgrade to the paid version

but it only costs like seven dollars a month or something.

I probably should have looked this up

before I started recording

but it's only a small amount.

Go check them out and go check out

my video tutorials on how to get them all set up.

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The next plugin is useful if you're setting up a new site

or you need to do some work on your site

and you want to kind of take it offline,

stop visitors looking at it while

you're doing some major changes,

that kind of thing.

Plugin is called Maintenance

and it basically does what it says.

It allows you to put up a really cool looking

maintenance screen so that when visitors come

to your site and you're doing some work

or maybe it's a new site that's not quite launched yet

you usually have a nice with your phone numbers

and your social network links.

That kind of stuff.

You can turn it on and off as and when you need it.

Simple, free but really useful.

Go check it.

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There's a lot of plugins in this video,

isn't there?

We're nearly there.

I've only got two more to share with you.

Let's get on with that.

The next plugin is called TablePress.

I don't use this on every single website

because not every single website needs a table.

But if you do need a table then this one is pretty good.

Allows you to easily add your data.

You can import from Excel using CSV files

that kind of stuff.

You can see an action on my WordPress hosting post.

You can find a link in the description to that one.

I mentioned it earlier.

On that post I've got tables with data

and I'm using this plugin.

It has a free version and a premium version.

The basic version allows you

to create basic tables basically.

I said basic a lot there.

It's pretty gonna be fine for most peoples needs.

If you wanna add a few extra bells and whistles,

maybe you wanna make the table more responsive

or add the functionality so

that people can sort the data within the table

then there are few extensions that available.

They're only a few dollars and you can just kind of pick

and choose the ones you need.

It's a really good plugin for tables.

So go check out TablePress.

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Final plugin I wanna share with you today

is called Really Simple SSL.

I've mentioned it a number of times

in my SSL videos.

Most hosting companies nowadays provide you with

a free SSL certificate which is a really good thing to have.

For those of you that don't know,

an SSL certificate allows people to connect

to your site over a secure encrypted connection.

That makes them feel really nice and safe

when they're filling in forms or going for a checkout.

Now even though hosting companies provide you

with a free SSL certificate

you do need to configure your WordPress website in order

to make use of it.

What this plugin does is it does that for you.

You just instal the plugin,

turn it on and job's done.

If you want more information about securing

your site with SSL,

I've done a few videos on this.

You'll find the links in the description.

That brings us to the end of this video.

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I hope you're gonna go and check out some

of those plugins that I mentioned.

I think you should.

I think they're gonna really improve your site.

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