So you’re ready to build a website? WordPress is a great, free, tool to house all the information for your website in one dynamic place. The database houses all your information making managing your domain, security and private information simple. In fact, WordPress powers over 40% of all websites on the internet… that’s one in four websites- no wonder it’s so easy!
One you have set up your WordPress but you’ll need to add some additional plugins to develop a professional, accessible and beautiful website to place all your information seamlessly on your pages. There are over 58,000+ WordPress plugins that you can choose from. This makes it extremely overwhelming for new users to find the right plugin for their website. No worries- you’ve came to the right place.
Having key resources on your WordPress website can help you grow your online business. In this blog post, I’ll share my top picks of the must have WordPress plugins for your website in 2021.
Elementor
Elementor is a instant page builder with no limits of design. Elementor features a drag and drop block feature that allows you to see instant results of the page your building rather then typing out CSS or HTML. This plugin has saved me SO MUCH TIME. The plugin is designed beautifully with an optional advanced design features for your website designers. The blocks are pre designed with built in HTML and CSS to achieve perfect placement every time.
Elementor offers a free version that allows access to 100+ full page templates that can be customized to your brand. But if your like myself, keep the creative energy going by combining over +300 Blocks to create your own unique website experience.
Unlike any plugin I’ve worked with in the past, Elementor has deiminated the field in working with other plugins to enforce a seamless experience for your customers visiting your website. Some of my favorite Elementor addons include: Essential Addons for Elementor, Happy Addons for Elementor and ElementsKit Elementor Addons. These will give you even more possibilities for page layouts that will be automatically added to your Elementor Library when activated.
Elementor also offers a Pro version that allows you to have an extensive library of black, and most importantly a theme builder. When building a website- consistency is key. Keeping track of the fonts, color codes and px sizes can be a nightmare. Elementor Pro offers a theme builder that keeps track of all of this for you! You can check it out here.
Envato Elements
Envato Elements works as one of the best creative asset libraries in the market. The library houses anything and everything from stock video, music, graphics, presentation templates, photos, custom fonts and more! Talk about an all in one package…
Often times when I’m building a website clients have given me photos taken off iPhones and are looking for their websites to look professional and clean- which is very hard to do with messy photography!
Envato’s library has saved me and my clients so much money and time in creating professional websites with great assets, with licensing!
Envato Elements starts at $16.50/month – but trust me when I tell you, its worth the money! Not to mention- you can use this on multiple websites!
Yoast SEO
Do you ever wonder why your business doesn’t show up on Google? That means you need to work on your SEO! Search Engine Optimization is critical for gaining future customers and driving them to your business’ website. Yoast SEO reads all of the data you have on each page and searches for keywords that you need on your website. They check the readability on your content, have bilingual support, shows you a google preview of each page and even gives you tips and tricks on how to improve your analytics for each page.
I’ve used Yoast SEO on every client’s website to assist them in strategizing a better analytical report for traffic that comes from Google versus Facebook or other posts and it’s been so helpful!
Yoast SEO is a free plugin but does offer a pro version to offer even more insight and assistance with your SEO. Check it out here!
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Elementor is a instant page builder with no limits of design. Elementor features a drag and drop block feature that allows you to see instant results of the page your building rather then typing out CSS or HTML. This plugin has saved me SO MUCH TIME. The plugin is designed beautifully with an optional advanced design features for your website designers. The blocks are pre designed with built in HTML and CSS to achieve perfect placement every time.
Woo Commerce
Elementor is a instant page builder with no limits of design. Elementor features a drag and drop block feature that allows you to see instant results of the page your building rather then typing out CSS or HTML. This plugin has saved me SO MUCH TIME. The plugin is designed beautifully with an optional advanced design features for your website designers. The blocks are pre designed with built in HTML and CSS to achieve perfect placement every time.
A website contains a lot of content and is a big job- and most people don’t realize it until they are deep in the hole! Hopefully with these plugins they will assist you in your website creation journey. If you would like further information on website development make sure you reach out to me for a free consultation!