There are dozens of plugins you should probably be using in WordPress. However, if you're a beginner, it all starts with the most important three plugins. Here are the three you should get started with immediately.

<h2>Jetpack by WordPress</h2>

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The <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/">Jetpack plugin</a> provides plenty of very powerful features giving you the ability to do multiple things with one plugin. You can share content on social sites, customize your site better, add in infinite scrolling, tiled galleries, contact forms, sidebar widgets and so much more. This is a great plugin for those looking for a bit of an all-in-one plugin for WordPress.

With Jetpack, you can also use shortcode to embed video, add in spelling and grammar checks and use many other tools. This plugin also gives you the ability to interact better on mobile devices. This can be a difficult thing, but not with Jetpack.

<h2>WordPress SEO by Yoast</h2>

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If you plan to use SEO as part of your marketing, the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/">WordPress SEO by Yoast plugin</a> is vital to your success. This plugin will give you the best possible SEO, if you use it properly. This is a flexible plugin with plenty of very positive reviews.

With this plugin from Yoast, you will be able to add more SEO functionality with the XML Sitemaps, RSS optimization, social media integration and more. If you want great SEO, this is the plugin for you.

<h2>WooCommerce</h2>

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Not every beginner needs the <a href="https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/">WooCommerce plugin</a>, but if you plan to create an online store, this is a must-have plugin. It will give you all kinds of styles, tools and options you can use for designing your online store interface and more. 

The plugin makes it easy to accept payments from PayPal, credit cards and even cash on delivery. You can set shipping options, tax and so much more. There are plenty of additional tools you can add to the plugin to make it even more powerful.

If you are using WordPress, these three plugins will quickly become your best friends. They can all give you something you cannot get from other plugins and they are all highly rated by WordPress users.
