What are plugins and what can they do for your WordPress site? | WordPress for beginners

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This video about plugins is part of the free online WordPress for beginners training. Learn more about creating and maintaining a WordPress website in our free online course at https://academy.yoast.com/courses/wordpress-for-beginners/. This course includes reading materials and quizzes.► About this video Plugins can really unlock a lot of the power of WordPress. Plugins are extra pieces of software that you install to add extra features and functionality to your WordPress site. In this video, we discuss what plugins are, what you should pay attention to when selecting plugins, what they can do for your WordPress site, where to find them, and more.👍Did you enjoy this video? Don’t forget to click the like button!#plugins #WordPress #WordPressTutorial #Yoast #YoastSEOacademy #WordPressForBeginners► Items discussed in this video 0:00:02 – Introduction 0:00:20 – What are plugins? 0:01:16 – What should you look out for when selecting and installing plugins? 0:02:36 – What can plugins do for your WordPress site? 0:04:09 – Where can you find WordPress plugins? 0:04:29 – Paid plugins 0:04:47 – The importance of updating your plugins► What should you watch next? Do you want to know more about how to select and install plugins? Check out this video: https://youtu.be/-gGnmnZSMvwOr watch one of our videos about: ‣ Installing WordPress themes: https://youtu.be/ZMZYW1o6yBg ‣ The WordPress Customizer: https://youtu.be/sDvn5IYyC88 ‣ Page builders: https://youtu.be/entS8w4SWUE► About the WordPress for beginners training Whether you want to create your own personal blog, an online store, or a business website – with WordPress, creating your own website is easy as pie. If you know what you’re doing, of course. In this free online WordPress for beginners course, we’ll guide you through every step of setting up, creating, and maintaining your own WordPress website. All content for this course is created by the SEO and WordPress experts at Yoast. They’re the creators of the #1 SEO plugin for WordPress worldwide. Combined, they have over a 100 years of WordPress experience!► Yoast The mission of Yoast is ‘SEO for Everyone’. We want to give everyone the opportunity to rank in the search engines. Our SEO plugin, blog posts, and online courses should enable both large companies as well as small websites to attract the traffic they desire. ‣ Visit Yoast: https://yoast.com/► Yoast SEO academy Yoast SEO academy is the online learning platform for SEO by Yoast. Our online SEO training courses teach you vital SEO skills you can apply at once. All our training courses are developed by world-class SEOs and education experts trusted by the world’s biggest brands. Whether you’re a blogger, developer, online marketeer, or own a business, big or small: we believe in SEO for everyone. ‣ Visit Yoast SEO academy: https://yoast.com/academy/🎓Free online courses by Yoast SEO academy Because our mission is ‘SEO for everyone’, we want to share as much knowledge as we can. That’s why we offer free courses as well. ‣ SEO for beginners: https://yoa.st/seo-for-beginners ‣ WordPress for beginners: https://yoa.st/wordpress-for-beginners ‣ Yoast SEO for WordPress: https://yoa.st/yoast-seo-for-wordpress ‣ WordPress block editor: https://yoa.st/wordpress-block-editor ‣ Structured data for beginners: https://yoa.st/structured-data-for-beginners📚Want access to all Yoast SEO academy courses? If you buy a Premium training subscription, you’ll get access to all Yoast SEO academy courses as well as the Yoast SEO Premium plugin. Our plugin helps you with your SEO and Yoast SEO academy helps you optimize your efforts by offering different SEO training courses. You’ll learn about keyword research, SEO copywriting, site structure, technical SEO, and much more!Why combine the two? Well, in order to outrank your competitors in the search engines, you need technical excellence and a kick-ass content SEO strategy. The Yoast SEO Premium plugin takes care of all the technical aspects of SEO. In addition, our plugin helps you to write SEO-friendly text and to set up an awesome internal linking structure. Our training courses will really help you become an SEO expert! ‣ Get Yoast SEO Premium: https://yoast.com/academy/🤝Connect with Yoast ‣ Subscribe to our channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/yoastcom?sub_confirmation=1 ‣ Subscribe to our newsletter: https://yoast.com/newsletter/ ‣ Follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoast ‣ Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/yoast ‣ Follow us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/yoast/

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