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Essential Plugins for your WordPress Real Estate Blog
Jay Thompson – PhoenixRealEstateGuy.com
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Not a plugin, but the most important thing you can add to your real estate blog is… An IDX search solution
IDX – Internet Data eXchange. The “MLS” on your website
Choices vary by MLS Not all IDX solutions work in all MLS’s
Not all IDX solutions are created equal Test with actual home searchers
Most likely, you will need a “no sidebar” template
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What is a plugin? A piece of code that adds functionality to your
blog. Don’t freak out on “code”
Some plugins conflict with each other. Add one at a time, and test
Some plugins only work with specific versions of WP
The vast majority are free. Some are not. Be careful, some are poorly coded and not
supported well.
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Anti-spam Akismet
Included in standard WP install. Need WP.com API WP-SpamFree
Compliments Akismet. Stops many spambots Bad Behavior
Similar to SpamFree. Plays well with Akismet. Captcha’s
Can be annoying to users
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Contact Form Gravity Forms
*Not* free ($39 for single site) Flexible, easy, sidebar compatible Free add-on tracks page form
submitted from. Referrer info for Gravity Forms
Cforms II Powerful, but can be complicated.
Plethora of other options
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Social Bookmarking
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Way for readers to share your articles on social sites.
Sexy Bookmarks
ReTweet and Facebook Share buttons
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Subscribe to Comments
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Subscribe to Comments Allows commenters to get emails of others
comments Set so not enabled by default
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Email & Print Post
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WP-Email and WP-Print Surprised how much email link is used.
Some analytics provided. Exercise caution – Big Brotherish
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Subliminal Message
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Please contribute if you can:
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Mobile Themes
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WordPress Mobile Edition WordPress Mobile Pack Wptouch iPhone Theme
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Cache Plugins
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Reduce server load and speed up sites W3 Total Cache WP Super Cache
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Increase time on site plugins
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Recent Posts Recent Comments Similar Posts Random Posts Popular Posts
All available at http://rmarsh.com/plugins/
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Encourage Commenting
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CommentLuv
“DoFollow” Numerous options
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Nerdy Plugins
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Executable PHP Widget – php code in sidebars Google XML Sitemaps – helps SE’s crawl site Feedburner Feedsmith – Track RSS subscribers Feedlist – converts RSS to HTML FLV Embed – embed video directly TS Custom Widgets – different widgets on
pages/posts WP DB Backup – back up your database, a
MUST have
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Product Specific Plugins
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dsIDXpress Must be a Diverse Solutions IDX subscriber
Altos Connect Widget Must be Altos Research Pro subscriber
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Finding Plugins
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See something cool? Ask! WordPress Plugin Directory Google – “Cool plugins” “Essential plugins”
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Thanks!
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Presentation posted on Slideshare: http://www.slideshare.net/PhoenixREGuy
Please, help my friend Dan Keitz http://DanKeitz.com