Here's a list of plugins that are compatible with Showit at the time we tested them and may be helpful for Advanced Blog plan users.
Basic Blog Subscription users will not be able to add additional custom WP plugins. For a list of plugins that are included with the Basic Blog Subscription, click here:
Common Plugins for the Advanced Blog
Adding plugins only available through the Advanced Blog Subscription
Advanced Responsive Video Embedder - Maintains correct aspect ratios for YouTube and Vimeo videos embedded in your blog posts ~Showit tutorial
Akismet - Protects against comment spam ~ Showit tutorial
Contact Form 7 - Generate custom contact forms to include in your blog posts. ~Showit tutorial
ConvertKit - Enables ConvertKit integration with lead capturing forms.
Jetpack - A bazillion extra options for marketing and security ~ Showit tutorial
Pinterest Pin It Button on Image Hover and Post - Automatically adds an icon to your blog post images to allow for easy Pinning ~ Showit tutorial
Redirection - Easily manage URL redirects to improve user experience and SEO. ~Showit tutorial
Secondary Title - Adds a custom field for blog post subtitles
Simple Author Box - Adds a responsive author box at the end of your posts, showing the author name, author avatar and author description ~ Showit tutorial
Shortcodes Ultimate - Advanced shortcode management.
Smush - Resizes, optimizes, and compresses images ~ Showit tutorial
Yoast SEO - #1 WordPress SEO plugin ~ Showit tutorial
Great Plugin Options For...
Optimizing Blog Post SEO – The Yoast SEO plugin is ranked one of the top plugins for optimizing your blog posts for SEO. It is also able to generate a sitemap of your current blog posts.
Per-Page Redirects and 404 Redirects – The Redirection plugin allows you to setup individual page redirections and capture 404 errors to redirect them to an active page.
Pinterest Pin It Button on Images – The Pinterest Pin It Button On Image Hover And Post plugin works well on Showit sites. The settings are simple and instantly apply after installing the plugin. If you're looking to use a custom icon you can try the more advanced jQuery Pin It Button plugin.
Image Optimization – Speed up your page loading by setting a maximum image size and let the WP Smush plugin handle resizing your blog images down for speedy loading.
Block Spam Comments – The Antispam Bee plugin does a great job of blocking spam comments without a captcha box bothering actual user.
Responsive Videos – The ARVE Advanced Responsive Video Embedder plugin (free version) will automatically resize Youtube/Vimeo videos that have been embedded by simply pasting the video URL in a blog post.
Author Box on Post – The Simple Author Box plugin will add a responsive author box at the end of your posts, showing the author name, author avatar and author description.
Ecommerce – More information can be found here: Is WooCommerce Supported?
Note: Available plugins may change over time. Plugins are created by third-party developers.
Known Incompatible WordPress Plugins
For Advanced Blog plan users you may be wondering if _____ plugin will or will not work. Here's a good article addressing this: