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Perhaps the most powerful element of WordPress – and likely one of the primary reasons it’s the most widely-used blogging platform in the world – is the diverse selection of plugins available to its writers. One might consider that…
When I first started writing, the very concept of Search Engine Optimization sort of made my head spin. I didn’t understand it, and I didn’t really know why I needed it. “I’m a writer,” I thought. “I’m here to…