{"id":521,"date":"2016-12-12T13:12:01","date_gmt":"2016-12-12T13:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.onclickinnovations.com\/?p=521"},"modified":"2016-12-12T13:12:01","modified_gmt":"2016-12-12T13:12:01","slug":"wordpress-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onclickinnovations.com\/blog\/wordpress-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A\u00a0<em>plugin<\/em>\u00a0is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites. \u00a0 Plugins can do anything from add Facebook and G+ buttons to a page, to finding related posts for readers, to adding Google Analytics into all of your WP content. While WordPress offers a ton of features and flexibility, there is still a lot of functionality missing from the core software.\u00a0\u00a0Plugins are used to enhance the functionality of a website. 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