WordPress is probably the best way to build a website or blog. As an out-of-the-box content management system, however, it lacks a few essential things.

Thankfully, WordPress is the most expandable platform on earth and the number of options and features you can add is seemingly limitless.

Compiled below are the eight most essential WordPress plugins to enhance your blog that you should add today.

Contact Form 7

According to a 2015 marketing report, the second most important thing to blog visitors – coming in just under the actual content of your blog – is your contact information. In fact, 44% of surfers stated that they would leave a website if it did not contain a contact form.

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