The Best Wordpress Templates and The Best SEO Plugins??
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Hey guys, I am a newbie and after so many painstaking hours of building my new site using the WIX platform, I just found out that WIX is not SEO friendly
So referring to (copy n pasted) the old post below posted in by Big Bazza back in June 2011, does anyone agree or have any updated information they can assist me with so I can get my new site started ? Cheers
www.studiopress.com - excellent templates and support is first class!
EDIT: These all support WP 3.0 and are SEO friendly too! (They have modified the SEO functionality)
However, the framework also allows you to run Yoast Wordpress SEO - which is generally considered the best SEO plugin for WP. http://yoast.com/wordpress/seo/
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Thanks William. I will go ahead and purchase U-Design theme now.
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Yes, it works with U-Design. I've had no issues with it and recommend both.
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Hi William,
Does the Yoast plugin work with U-Design theme. Also, I was planning to buy U-Design theme, whats your experience with it?
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I agree with Ian - Studiopress / Genesis themes are excellent. I also use U-Design quite a bit: http://themeforest.net/item/udesign-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/253220
Yoast is the only SEO Plugin I'd recommend.
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Definitely use the Yoast SEO plugin for anything regarding WordPress, it handles titles, meta, canonical URL, sitemaps, internal links, and much more.
As for themes, you're better off going with one of the premium providers, studiopress / Genesis framework which you mentioned it good as well as any of the Woothemes. These work well with the Yoast plugin. Themeforest themes may look nice but the code and development will be poor and not up to standard which will cause plugin conflicts and other theme issues.
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I would recommend getting a standalone wordpress install, which then gives you total freedom. You can either commission someone to build you a custom theme (not as expensive as you think) or use Theme forest or the 1000+ free templates.
Hosting should cost you between £30-£60 a year. Most web hosts (including my service) have wordpress instant install. I.e wordpress is installed in 3 clicks and of you go.
Domain name registration £3-£10 for 2 years
Themeforest which limits you from £40
Custom themes from £300 - £1000+ depending on the functionality you want. You can then add any plugin you want. Yoast is excellent. The cost of the theme should once off.
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