SWD Most Popular Plug-Ins

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Streamline Web Design utilizes numerous plug-ins to design the perfect mix of customized functionality to our websites.  While this list is not exhaustive, similar types of websites use similar plug-in solutions.  These are simply some of our most popular:

Custom Functionality:

• After the Deadline – Adds contextual, spell, style, and grammar to the Editor.
• Duplicate Post – Allows users to duplicate a web page and edit the contents to assist in much easier client editing.
• Facebook Page Publish – Automatically publishes new posts and pages to a Facebook profile.
• Sharedaddy or Sociable – Two of the many sharing options for Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon, and hundreds of other social media websites.
• Contact Form 7 & Widget or Gravity Forms – Two options which allow for in depth, custom contact forms.
• MapPress for Google – Used to insert location maps or other maps into the website straight from Google maps.

Search Engine Optimization:

• All in One SEO Pack – Provides detailed customization of SEO content for the website.
• Google Analyticator – Incorporates full statistic reporting into your website admin dashboard.
• Analytics 360 - Integrates Google Analytics & Mail Chimp data into admin dashboard.
• Google XML Sitemaps – Automatically creates full site maps with every post and page.  Sends report to Google and other indexes.
• SEO Friendly Images – Automatically prepares all images for SEO.
• SEO No Duplicate – Eliminates the problem of having more than one copy of each post on a website, which search engines view negatively.
• SEO Smart Links – Automatically creates internal links to your website on other posts with the same words or phrases.
• Tentblogger 404 Repair – Provides notification of errors or missing files to repair.

Media Content:

• NextGen Gallery – Allows for customized display of photographs and images in various ways.
• Viper’s Video Quicktags – Allows click-of-a-button insertion of videos from places like Youtube, Vimeo, Blip.tv, and more.
• Intstagram for WordPress – Inserts an Instagram feed.
• Podcasting Plugin – Allows for simple uploading and creating of podcasts with any type of media.

E-Commerce:

• Cart 66 – One of the very best shopping cart systems and plug-ins.
• WP e-Commerce – Another option for shopping carts.

Security:

• Akismet – Protects blogs and website from SPAM comments.
• WP-Security Scan – Checks for security vulnerabilities throughout the website.
• Secure WordPress – Upgrades security and access to the website admin dashboard.