WordPress

WordPress is one of the most flexible publishing platforms available on the internet today.  More and more people are turning to WordPress to use for their blogging platform as well as improving their SEO rankings.

WP logoWordPress focuses on aesthetics, and userbility.  As web developers, we took the decision to adopt this software  quite recently and haven’t looked back since.  We now use it for many blogs and content driven websites as there is so much flexibility.  It has banks of plugins, themes and tutorials that can turn your blog into whatever you want it to be.  They’re available for the beginner right through to the more experienced user.

Whatever your business, whatever your online strategy, to become a part of the social media evolution, we recommend you get on board with WordPress.  For anyone who has anything to say, say it with WordPress.

LA Marketing’s Top Wordpress Plugins

Working in WordPress all the time, we come across a number of plugins that help us achieve perfect working websites.  When we can’t find the plugin we want, we’ll write our own, see our calendar plugin below – bourne out of our customers requirements.

1. GRAND Flash Album Gallery

Photo gallery that displays images in a slide show.

  • Smart looking
  • Flexibility with colours
  • Easy to upload images to – great for end user (client)
  • Can have as many galleries on the site as you want

Used on www.whitehorsetints.co.uk

2.  ADVANCED TEXT WIDGET

HTML widget allows use you add custom PHP code, rather than just HTML

  • Flexibility of the Title, unlike the standard  ‘Text’ widget
  • Used on many of our websites, replacing the ‘Text’ widget

Used on www.orchardpark.biz

3.  LAMD Multiple Booking Calendar

Bespoke plugin developed by Dave (the Stig) for our clients who have holiday property homes rented out, and wish to show availability dates on their sites.

  • Perfect for displaying availability
  • Easy to understand colour codes
  • Can add as many properties to the plugin as needed

Used on www.villasinprovence.net, www.deepestdorset.co.uk

4.  LAMD HTML Calendar

Bespoke plugin developed by Dave (the Stig) for our clients to show event dates in a Calendar format.

  • Looks very modern/clean
  • Easy to control using html
  • Admin side is easy to understand

Perfect date reminder

Used on www.orchardpark.biz