While there are a variety of plugins you can play with through WordPress there are only a few that really stand out. WordPress and the plugins that support it have truly transformed this blog’s software into a full CMS system capable of doing nearly any feat you require.

Some plugins, however, that you simply can’t live without. They help you improve your SEO score, keep up-to-date stats of your visitors, and much more. While these aren’t in any particular order we can assure you that you’ll find them extremely helpful.

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With blogging becoming more and more the popular medium for businesses and personal needs, it’s no wonder people are beginning to turn their blogs into a stay at home business. It has even become common and financially viable for many of those same people to give up their 9 to 5 job and enjoy the comforts of working from home. Then there are those who are not able to take that next step. Who cannot devote the time required to running a blog or several blogs, and potentially earn extra income or even become financially free. Ask any blogger, the hardest part of their job is writing content.

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It’s well known that many bloggers are making a living blogging about different topics. Today we’re interviewing one of our clients, Rebecca from ElasticPop.com

We’ve known Rebecca for a little over 3 years, and seen her site grow from a personal hobby blog to something that is now her full time job, working from home and doing what she loves!

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A lot has changed with the release of WordPress Version 3.0, the latest update to the popular blog publishing platform. Its users can expect numerous additions to the blogging software that will greatly improve its functionality and performance. WordPress 3.0 is the result of six months of development by over 200 contributors.

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The WordPress team is working hard on the new WordPress 3.0. It is currently in Beta 1 and can be downloaded by clicking here. This is an early beta, this means there are a few things they’re still finishing. There’s a ton of stuff going on in 3.0, for example:

The merge! WordPress and WordPress MU have merged. This does not mean that you can suddenly start adding a bunch of new blogs from within your regular WordPress Dashboard. If you’re interested in testing the Super Admin stuff associated with multiple sites, you’ll need some simple directions to get started.

The new default theme, Twenty Ten, including the custom background and header options.

Custom Post Type functionality has been beefed up.

Bulk Plugin and Theme Upgrades.

Shortlinks API.

If you are planning to upgrade as soon as it comes out then be sure to make a backup first, just in case things don’t go the way you anticipated. For popular or business blogs it’s recommended to first make a development environment and test it there before upgrading your live blogs!