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If you’re an affiliate marketer who blogs with WordPress you know the importance of having the right WordPress plugins. The right plugins will help with the performance of your website and simply make your life easier as a WordPress blogger.
If you don’t know, a WordPress plugin basically adds to the functionality of WordPress and lets you do things you wouldn’t be able to do with a fresh installation of WordPress.
Anyways…
Here are the top WordPress plugins for 2018.
Askimet – This plugin is used by millions of WordPress bloggers. Use it and you won’t have to worry about comment and trackback spam.
Disqus – Real popular commenting system for marketers who have a blog audience. Definitely better than the commenting system you get by default.
Yoast SEO – Best SEO plugin for WordPress bloggers. Yoast SEO will help you optimize your blog posts for the keywords you’re targeting. It will help SEO optimize your Blog Titles, Meta Descriptions,Keyword Density,Images and other factors affecting your on-page SEO. 
WPtouch – This plugin will mobile optimize your WordPress blog with a few simple clicks of your mouse. If your website isn’t optimized for mobile you’re living in the stone ages. Get this plugin ASAP!
Social Locker – This social plugin will ask people to “pay” with a Facebook Like or Tweet to get access to upgraded content,discounts,downloads,etc. You can see Social Locker in action by checking out this blog post right here
Smush Image Compression – This nifty little plugin will increase your page load time by compressing all of your images. Fast page load time equals good rankings on Google and Bing!
Revive Old Posts – Automatically share your old content on social media with this awesome plugin. Gotta love automation!
Jetpack by WordPress.com – If you love geeking out on stats and analytics you’ll love this plugin. Jetpack lets you know how many visitors your posts are getting and what outbound affiliate links are being clicked on,all inside your WordPress dashboard!
Google Analytics for WordPress – This WordPress plugin makes it real easy to add Google Analytics to your blog.
All In One Schema Rich Snippets – This plugin will add rich snippets to your blog posts. A rich snippet is basically a short summary of your post in the search results of Google, Yahoo & Bing. You can format your post’s short summary with star ratings, author photo, image, etc.
Click To Tweet – This social plugin allows you to easily create tweetable content for your readers. Use quotes inside the body of your blog post to highlight your content for the reader and make it simple for them to share on Twitter.
Pretty Links – This plugin lets you mask your affiliate links using your own domain. It even tracks how many clicks you get. Perfect for creating your own branded affiliate links!
Table of Contents Plus – This plugin will let you create a table of contents for your blog post. Perfect for internet marketers who create ultimate guides.
W3 Total Cache – This plugin will help your blog posts load faster which helps with your SEO. This plugin is a must have and is used by big companies like AT&T and Mashable.
What WordPress plugins do you use? Let us know in the comments below!
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