{"id":24380,"date":"2020-02-03T16:07:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-03T22:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?p=24380"},"modified":"2020-02-05T13:11:50","modified_gmt":"2020-02-05T19:11:50","slug":"top-5-must-have-wordpress-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/top-5-must-have-wordpress-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"My Picks for Top 5 &#8220;Must Have&#8221; WordPress Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This article is part of HostGator\u2019s Web Pros Series. In this series, we feature articles from our team of experts here at HostGator. 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I believe about 75% of these plugins are relevant to any website.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So, here are my picks for the <strong>top 5 WordPress plugins to maximize and optimize your WordPress website'\u00a6<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">1. Yoast SEO<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/\">Yoast<\/a> is the most popular SEO plugin on the market. Yoast simplifies the task of configuring your SEO settings and crafting your metadata. With the Yoast plugin, it\u2019s very simple to change the page title and metadescription for every page, directly within the editor of each post.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like it because I don\u2019t have to remember the latest standards for metadescription length. As I\u2019m typing a metadescription, Yoast 'highlights'\u009d the text in red, yellow, or green so I know the correct length and how well I\u2019m doing on a writing the page description.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yoast has both a free and a premium version. The free version of Yoast is very robust. In fact, we use the free version on the HostGator blog.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But, if you want a little more help, the premium version is only $89 per year and comes with extra insights such as keyword exports and internal linking suggestions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My opinion? You\u2019ll get along just fine with the free version and a little SEO education. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-5-steps-to-seo-success\/\">Check out our free intro-to-SEO webinar<\/a> to get started.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">2. 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