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Once you quickly get your WordPress blog up and running (see BlueHost hosting review here), you'll want to add on some plug-ins and maybe a theme to increase the base WordPress functionality. Here's our favorites: Best WordPress Theme is Thesis - If you don’t code in PHP or HTML, I would suggest you buy a WordPress theme. They’re not that expensive. Basically a theme builds on top of WordPress and makes it even better and easier to use. I’ve used the Thesis Theme many times and love it. In fact, I'm considering changing this old blog to WordPress and thesis. Thesis allowed me to build this site (and this one) without any specialized coding. It was all point and click or cut and paste. Thesis also is structured for search engine optimization (SEO). This gives your site the best chance of showing up when someone searches in Google. Best WordPress Plugins - Akismet: spam blocker tool to prevent comment spams. Google XML sitemaps: generate google sitemap in XML format. Sociable social bookmarking: add social bookmark link to your blog post.
Advertising manager: manage advertising for your wordpress blog.
Photo Dropper: Include photo from Flickr.
Smart Youtube: Add youtube video content into your wordpress blog site.
Wordpress.com stat: track website stats, robot visits, spam count, and more.
Vote It Up: The best wordpress voting and post rating plugin. Google Analytics for wordpress: add google analytic to your blog and track links. Featured Content Gallery: makes a great rotating picture gallery.
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