Your Favorite WordPress Plugin?

What really makes WordPress stand out from similar Content Management Systems? Is it the easy-to-use admin panel? What about all the free themes for it? Does it stand out because it’s free? Or is it because of the huge selection of free plugins available to the public? It’s definitely those plugins!

Plugins allow users to extend WordPress’ capability beyond most people’s expectations. In the end, WordPress is worthless without plugins. According to WordPress.org, “plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress.”

Still not convinced that plugins are essential to WordPress? As a test, disable all your plugins for a week and see how your WordPress powered site runs. A good percentage of you won’t last a day!

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History of WordPress Series: Part 1

Where has WordPress been and where did it come from? In the following post, I’ll be telling you about the History of WordPress.

I will begin with the first version of WordPress right up to version 1.2.2. So go put the kettle on, get comfortable and get ready for WPCandy’s first history lesson!

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