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Top 10 plugins to use wordpress as a cms

In continuation to my previous post, here are the Top 10 plugins you may need [depending on the requirements] to customize wordpress into a full fledged CMS website.

Essential

  1. Search Everything – By default, WordPress search is limited to only posts, with this plugin, pages as well as posts both will be searchable.
  2. Google Sitemap Generator – creates XML sitemap for search engines
  3. All in One SEO Pack – Optimizes your site for Search Engines (Search Engine Optimization)
  4. WP Super Cache - A very fast caching engine that produces static html files and loads them quickly.
  5. WP-DB-Backup – Easily backup your core WordPress database tables. You can also schedule automated backups.

Add – on Features

  1. Cforms II – can be used to create custom forms for contact, quotation, feedback etc.
  2. WordPress Navigation List Plugin NAVT – Create, organize and manage custom menus and navigation lists by logically grouping your pages, categories, users via a drag’n drop interface.
  3. Newsletter Plugin – Send periodic newsletters to keep the visitors updated with all the latest happenings.
  4. NextGen Gallery – A picture gallery plugin which can be used as a photo gallery or can be easily customized into a product catelogue or a portfolio.
  5. FAQ-Tastic – To add FAQ section on your website.

Did I miss any?

Top 5 reasons for using wordpress as CMS

  1. Now a days, many are using wordpress as a blog and are quite familiar with it, this is the first reason for choosing WordPress as a CMS as well.
  2. It has “Pages” which makes it easy to create static pages and assemble them on a main navigation menu similar to normal websites.
  3. The “posts” can either be used as news section or blog or any other section that you want to update on a regular basis.
  4. Lots of “Themes” are available which give a CMS kinda look rather than a blog, and it is also very easy to create your own theme in wordpress.
  5. With a very few Plugins, it is very easy to extend the functionality of wordpress as a CMS.

Have you used wordpress as a CMS [Content Management System] ?