The following is a brief list of common and essential plugins we use when building custom websites on the WordPress platform.

Akismet Plugin – Reduce and eliminate spam

Akismet is a spam-fighting service in that it checks the content of the comment anonymously with an online server, to determine whether it is spam or not.

Over time, un-friendly bots scour the Internet and eventually happen upon your WordPress blog. Spam submissions and automated entries are made to your website. Tools like Akismet help reduce these un-friendly entries.

Get it here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/akismet/

All in One SEO Pack

One of the originals for helping you optimize your website.

Remember, a plugin alone will not optimize your website. Content, linking, structure and much more is always important.

What this plugin will help you with is:

• Page and post keyword meta tags
• Canonical URLs
• Custom web page titles
• 404 error web page formatting
• No-indexing for category, archive and tag web pages
• Additional header and footer information
• and more.

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/

Good over on All in One SEO Pack

Contact Form 7

An essential plugin for lead generation, inquiries and contact forms. There are many contact forms; contact form to email, form to email and database and so forth. This is a simple to install, configure and use plugin. Some of the powerful features include: Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and more.

Download here:

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

If you are simply starting out with WordPress and are looking for a set of plugins to start out with on your website, the ones above are great to experiment with.

Keep in mind, there are literally over 1000+ add-ons and plugins for WordPress, not to mention custom themes and templates.

SiteBuilderOne provides custom WordPress blog development services for websites requiring an additional blog to their existing websites.

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Located in beautiful Abbotsford British Columbia, SiteBuilderOne provides website development and web design services to clients in Mission, Langley, Chilliwack, Aldergrove and throughout the Fraser Valley.

One of the largest cities in BC Canada, the city of Abbotsford is located a half hour drive east of Vancouver with over 120,000 people residing within the local and surrounding areas. Located just minutes from the US border, Abbotsford features a number of important locations, events and destinations:

• Abbotsford International Airport (YXX) for regional and national destinations by airlines such as WestJet, Island Express and Transat Holidays.
• University of Fraser Valley (UFV) with satellite campuses in Chilliwack, Agassiz, Hope, Mission and India.
• Fraser Valley Trade and Exhibition Centre | TRADEX is one of British Columbia’s largest exhibition facility hosts events for various communities, shows and special events.
• Newly built, the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre has hockey games by AHL hockey team Abbotsford Heat, upcomgin concerts by Alan Jackson, ZZ Top, Rena McEntire and a more.
• Abbotsford News provides on-going news and stories on local happenings in Abbotsford, BC. Here you will find community links, photo galleries, business updates and postings about entertainments happenings within the city.

Abbotsford Website Design

Having a website and being listed in local and regional communities is important for any website owner. More consumers, people and potential business customers are using the search engines to search, find and hire companies within their local area. Is your website generating more leads for your business online?

Abbotsford Web Design Company, SiteBuilderOne builds websites with the search engines and the website users in mind. Our websites may look simple, but they get found on the Internet. Most website we have built have content management capabilities (CMS) and have tools built in to the website for potential customers to contact or inquire more about your business products and services.

In addition, we have partnerships with local web page content developers, graphic designers, logo developers, search engine marketers and full service search engine optimization firms that have proven strategies for e-commerce, informational and lead generation websites.

Click to view our website portfolio to get ideas on color schemes, layouts and formatting. To get a better idea on your website requirements, feel free to submit a no-obligation quote request for your new website or website re-design project.

Proud to serve clients throughout the Fraser Valley, SiteBuilderOne hopes to become Abbotsford’s Web Design Company.