Some Useful WordPress Plugins for Your Site

by Vipe Team in WordPress Plugins; Published on 12.01.2020 Last updated on 04.01.2021

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Widgets given by plugins are almost free and are readily available at your beck and call. Widget for WordPress allows adding contents, features, additional materials, and elements to a sidebar. Another simple but succinct work of widgets is to add complex functions easily to your site that will eventually impact the user experience. To make your experience as a WordPress user more pleasing, below are some useful WordPress widgets for you.

1. Google Maps Widget

Google map widget allows for map usage on a site. When the widget is clicked, it shows up in lightbox popup. This widget is sufficient for businesses pages or pages who want to disclose their locations or addresses. You can save your users extra hassle of going through a local browser to check up your address.

2. Social Count Plus

You may have browsed through a number of websites and noticed a sidebar notification of the website social media followers’ count. This talks about the credibility of you and your site. This is exactly what Social count plus does. It shows how many followers you have on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Pinterest and not the number of articles that have been shared over those media.

3. Astra Widget

If your site or blog talks about a product or sales of that product, it would be so professional to have a business location, icon list and some if not all of your social links on your sidebar. This is what Astra widget offers.

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4. RafflePress

Talking about giveaway or contest widget, RafflePress is the best plug. To get massive traffic on your blog or site via existing subscribers or new subscribers, this widget allows for giveaway on pages, posts or sidebar. To help gather traffic through social profiles, a landing page for your giveaway can be created. RafflePress is a paid widget but has its free version called RafflePress Lite

5. WP Call Button

A random user who frequents your site would be happier calling you from your page than through his phone contact. In the era of internet traffic growing, users or readers want easy accessibility and this widget provides just that. The call button could come in a sidebar on a pane or be more like a sticky note that shows up wherever the user scrolls.

WP Call Button doesn’t select numbers to put up but we advise professional business lines are put up since you are dedicating your site for your business.

6. AdSanity

For the best ad management plugin on WordPress, AdSanity is the plug. This widget makes ads assume spaces anywhere on your page and it also automatically displays it on your sidebar. If you plan on using affiliate marketing, Google Adsense or banner ads, AdSanity helps manage your ad space and automatically increase revenue.

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7. Easy Table of Contents

The table of content is popular in books. If you are more interested in a chapter of a book than the other, the table of contents comes to play. This widget allows adding a table of contents to your site, whether you publish short or long articles and this makes users best define what part of a site they need in navigating.

The plugin works automatically when there is a long article or can be manually induced if wanted. The widget is displayed on the sidebar.