If you are new to the world of WordPress, then you obviously want to send traffic to your blog. Of course, there are some posts that will resonate more with your viewers than others. Thus, one of the most important things you can do for your WordPress blog would be to introduce a plug-in. Utilizing a good plug-in or two is a great way to allow for WordPress ADA compliance as well. So, here are four excellent options for plug-ins:
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Top 10
One of the most popular free options at WordPress would have to be “Top 10”. This plugin comes in handy because it will let you display the most popular posts and categorize them by either the daily traffic option or by overall traffic. The best thing about the Top 10 plugin is that it will not only work with regular blog posts but also with a tremendous amount of custom blog types as well. You will have plenty of control over several elements, including thumbnails, excerpts, views, and even the publish date. When you couple this with the fact that Top 10 has the ability to clean out your database after 90 days.
Stylish Popular Posts
The name “Stylish Popular Posts” is pretty self-explanatory. This is a plug-in that will assist you in displaying your most popular post in an easy and efficient manner. Additionally, it will go far beyond just the traditional thumbnail and title list that you would get in other plugins. Instead, you will have the ability to create nice overlays, with examples where you can get some really nice meme-style looks. The best thing about Stylish Popular is that you can add the widget where you want the plugin to appear and Viola! You’re done.
WP Tab Widget
The WP Tab Widget will definitely give you a nice experience. This is also yet another unique plug-in simply because of the fact that it will let you choose between several different tabs, including popular content, recent content, comments, and tags. In a nutshell, the WP Tab Widget is a great option if you are looking for an alternative that will keep the tabbed approach as prominent as possible. You will have the ability to choose the tabs you want available, and you can also include thumbnails, excerpts, or post dates. You also can change the order of the tabs at your leisure.
Display Posts
Finally, another good option would be Display Posts, which is available from well-known WordPress developer Bill Erickson. Display Posts is great because it just isn’t displayed on popular posts. The advantage of this plug-in is that it will let you use two different criteria, including social shares or word count. This plugin will come with a number of shortcode parameters that will give you the ability to target posts from various different categories, authors, and other parameters as well.
Of course, when it comes to plugins, it always pays to do as much research as possible. Even in this case, knowledge is always power.
