The iAssistant is an AssistU trained virtual assistant who also writes instructional ebooks about WordPress plugins.
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WP Plugins-How to Choose?
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WordPress is a great CMS and enables newbies to have their own website with a few simple clicks. Then it gets complicated, because we always want to change and tweak and put our own unique style to our very own website. We change the theme and lose all our content. Or maybe it’s not lost, just misplaced, so we have to find it and put it where it’s supposed to be.
Anyone ever been there? That’s why I use WP themes from iThemes, their great tech support! I haven’t lost as much content since I’ve used their templates. And when I do, someone’s there to help me quickly find it and get my website back up.
But the biggy, the one WP modification we make, that can do more damage than anything else is a plugin installation. That’s because plugins are pieces of code, and once installed, they can “break” the code in your template. The only way to save your website is to delete the offending plugin. Some plugins are malicious and leave code on your website that can only be deleted by a professional.
Over the next year, I’m doing a series of blog posts about some of the more popular WordPress plugins, and I’ll include screen shots. One of the problems I’ve encountered with installing WP plugins is that after putting hours of research into getting the plugin installed and working correctly, it’s just not what I need, or it doesn’t fit well with the rest of my site, or it is just more trouble than it’s worth. So, I delete it and go looking for another.
With that in mind, my blog posts will be designed to ease your pain in your quest for that perfect WordPress plugin that will work symbiotically with your website and give you a site that builds your following and promotes your business!
Is there a WP plugin you’d like to know more about? Please leave that information in a comment on this post.
Stay tuned!
Subscribe2 WordPress Plugin
Posted by: | CommentsAbout a month ago, I wrote a 40 page guide to the Subscribe2 WordPress plugin, and I certainly learned a lot! They say that you never really know something until you can teach it to someone else. So true. As I explored Subscrib2, I discovered that the plugin can send a reminder email to any unconfirmed subscription requests. It can be used to send a one-time email to any and all of your subscribers.
Look how easy it is to manage your subscribers. 
You can enter new email addresses manually or import them from a .csv file. You can search all subscribers or just one category. The original date of signup is listed beside each subscriber, and you can bulk manage subscribers. All this on just one page!
If you want to learn more about the Subscribe2 plugin, visit Matt’s site. If you need help using the plugin, my handy guide can gives you everything you need to get it up and running.
