WordPress Plugins

WordPress Plugins

This website is powered by the most recent version of WordPress, the open-source CMS used by companies as The New Yorker, CNN and BBC; The New York Times, Reuters and HBR blogs. A 2015-study indicates that almost 80% of the internet is powered by WordPress.

WordPress Plugins

(English) This is a sample of the WordPress plugins that are currently keeping aardling.com up an running. Feel free to have a look around. There’s a good chance you’ll find something you could use on your own site.

(Dutch) Dit is een deel van de WordPress plugins die op aardling.com de boel draaiende houden. Bekijk ze gerust eens allemaal, de kans is groot dat je iets tegenkomt wat je zelf ook kan gebruiken.

  1. Yoast SEO, brings in a steady supply of new readers
  2. SEO Smart Links, helps navigate between articles
  3. Font Awesome Icons, for navigational hints
  4. Acronyms, explains what those letter-words mean
  5. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin, displays further reading
  6. Broken Link Checker, alerts when sites I link to disappear
  7. MailChimp for WordPress, in case you prefer email alerts
  8. WP Super Cache, makes sure performance is top-notch
  9. Autoptimize, guarantees a 100% performance score
  10. InstantClick, because every millisecond matters

WordPress Versions

WordPress saw its first daylight in 2003. In December 2006, Aardling switched over from Blogger to using WordPress. These are the version we have used so far.