25 Most Useful WordPress Widgets for Your Site

WordPress allows you to easily customize your site layout through widgets. There are many WordPress plugins and themes that allow different kinds of widgets. In this video, we will show you the 25 most useful WordPress widgets for your site. If you liked this video, then please Like and consider subscribing to our channel for more WordPress videos. Text version of this tutorial: http://www.wpbeginner.com/showcase/25-most-useful-wordpress-widgets-for-your-site/ Check us out on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wpbeginner Follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/wpbeginner Join our circle on Google+: https://plus.google.com/+wpbeginner/ Checkout our website for more WordPress Tutorials http://www.wpbeginner.com/ Summary of this Tutorial: #1 is recent posts widget with thumbnails. By default wordpress comes with recent posts, but this widget lets you add a featured image for each of the recent posts and makes it more inviting for the reader. #2 is the category posts widget which lets you show the most recent posts by category. #3 is simple social icons. this widget lets you add social icons easily to your sidebar area. #4 is teh google maps widget. with lets you add a map to your site and when the user clicks on it, a larger map opens in a lightbox popup. #5 is social count plug which lets you show how many followers each of your socia media accounts have which is a great social proof for your site. #6 is the image widget which lets you add images to your widget area using the media uploader instead of remembering html code. #7 is the custom taxonomies menu widget which lets you display custom taxonomies in the sidebar of a wordpress site. #8 is compact archives with is a beautiful way to show your monthly archives on your site. #9 is the authors widget which lets you display a list of all your authors on your site. #10 is the youtube channel gallery which shows all your latest youtube videos from your channel on your site. #11 optinmonster is a lead