# Our Favorite Marketing WordPress Plugins of 2018\| Ep\. \#617

**URL:** https://www.singlegrain.com/episodes/marketing-school/our-favorite-marketing-wordpress-plugins-of-2018-ep-617/  
**Published:** 2018-04-09  
**Author:** Selena Templeton  
**Summary:** In episode \#617, Eric and Neil count out their favorite WordPress plugins\. Tune in to hear what plugins you should be using to optimize your posts\. TIME\-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: \[00:27\]\.\.\.  

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In episode #617, Eric and Neil count out their favorite WordPress plugins. Tune in to hear what plugins you should be using to optimize your posts.

**TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES:**

- \[00:27\] Today’s Topic: _Our Favorite Marketing WordPress Plugins of 2018_
- \[00:35\] [YouTube Subscribe Bar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/subscribe-bar-youtube/) allows you to embed videos and include a subscribe button. However, the subscribe button will subscribe viewers to your channel instead of the channel from which the video was posted.
- \[01:13\] [Yoast SEO Plugin](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/) has an XML sitemap generator. They create XML sitemaps the correct way, whereas other plugins do not.
- \[01:37\] Tools like [Pretty Links](https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/) help to shorten links and make them more visually appealing.
- \[02:05\] Exit Pop Ups works well with [Hello Bar](https://www.hellobar.com/) and Neil likes it because you can make your background an animated GIF. Animated GIFs tend to up your subscribers.
- \[02:27\] [Wordable](https://www.wordable.io/) allows you to write a post in Google Sheets and then push it directly to WordPress.
- \[03:18\] [Gravity Forms](https://www.gravityforms.com/) is a great way to do integrations and collect payments. You can hook it in with [Woocommerce](https://woocommerce.com/) or [Zapier](https://zapier.com/).
- \[03:52\] [WP Embed Code Generator](https://wordpress.org/plugins/embed-code-generator/), which is great for creating embed codes for your infographics, so other people can use them.
- \[04:09\] A Blogging Checklist is an oldie, but a goodie. The checklist is an easy form for everyone to follow. It’s a dummy-proof solution.
- \[04:46\] That’s all for today!
- \[04:49\] Go to [Singlegrain.com/Giveway](https://www.singlegrain.com/giveaway) for a special marketing tool giveaway!

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