No matter what anyone says you can no longer ignore your mobile customers. If you do not have plugins to manage mobile traffic then you are likely losing about 40% of your customers. These are ten mobile plugins you should seriously consider to power your site. They range from the simplest theme switcher to full-blown services for GPS mapping and monetizing through ads and app development.
Mobile Domain Download
When a mobile visitor calls your domain this plugin will redirect them automatically and invisibly to a subdomain designed for mobile devices. It also facilitates creation of a Mobile XML Sitemap. Make sure you create that subdomain first.
Features:
- redirects mobile devices to a mobile version of your site
- generates Mobile XML Sitemap
WordPress Mobile Pack Download
Here is a pack of tools to get you started mobilizing your site. Although it detects mobile devices, it does not force them to visit the mobile version of your site. The mobile switcher only recommends it, but leaves the choice up to the visitor. Bookmarking your site is easy for visitors with reader enabled devices that can handle the included barcode widget.
Features:
- suggests mobile version for mobile devices
- cleans mobile theme and advanced theme as well
- images scale to match
- pages split smartly
- mobile ad widget
- analytics through PercentMobile
WPtap Mobile Detector Download
Micro-adjust your site’s ability to serve up mobile versions. This plugin allows you to redirect users of different devices to different mobile versions of your site. It gives you a unique version for every mobile device type, if you so choose.
Features:
- serves different sites to different mobile devices
- allows visitors to tie different themes to different mobile devices they use
Any Mobile Theme Switcher Download
This is a simple plugin that does one thing and does it perfectly. You can link different themes to each type of mobile browser that exists.
Features:
- serves a different theme to each mobile browser that exists
IamMobiled Mobile Download
Not only does this plugin serve up a special theme for mobile users, it includes two nice themes, Blue Heart and Fantasia. Visitors can leave comments and search the site’s content. The themes are more than adequate for most people’s sites.
Features:
- optimizes images
- serves a special mobile theme
- includes Blue Heart and Fantasia mobile themes
- allows visitors to leave comments
- allows visitors to search site content
- three simple tabs: home, all sites, and one custom
- Admob enabled for monetizing your mobile site
Mobile Gallery Download
What a beautiful work of art! Add a slideshow that fills the screen and has easy navigation. This plugin integrates the PhotoSwipe library. If the free version does not provide enough flexibility, check out their pro version. If photos play a big role on your site, this could be worth the money.
Features:
- set number of columns
- set links to image or attachment page
- manage the order
- simple navigation
- fullscreen slideshow
Weever Apps – Mobile Web Apps Download
Enable all the features of a native app on iPhone. Android, Blackberry Touch, and iPad for your website. You can use their free version or the pro version for GPS mobile apps and mobile coupons, among a few advanced features. The subscription is a bit steep, so unless you really believe in this plugin and you desperately need the pro specs, I would either stay with the free version or look at another plugin.
Features:
- share your app on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+
- plugin photos, videos, calendar, forms, and feeds
- automatic mobile redirect
- setup landing pages, including a specialized slideshow
JoeMobi app maker Download
Convert your site into a mobile app and submit it to app stores. You do not need to have any knowledge of programming. This is useful for your visitors who are used to using their phones in certain ways with apps that are not typically available for a website’s features. Upgrade to their Extra Joe service to be able to monetize your app with AdMob.
Features:
- build app from website without programming knowledge
- publish app to app store
- share app through social media
Mobile Smart Download
Control what content gets included in the version served up to your visitors. This plugin detects the tier level of mobile device and through conditional content inclusion you maintain complete control over how your site looks to each visitor. Image rescaling happens on the fly as well.
Features:
- automatic image rescaling to match device
- tier detection of mobile device
- automatic or manual switching of website between various mobile versions and desktop version
MobStac WordPress Mobile Download
The fast page load times are worth this plugin. It supports multiple themes and more than 5,000 mobile devices. It alo plays well with caching plugins, such as W3 Total Cache, WP Super Cache. This is a simple and elegant plugin.
Features:
- theme switching per mobile device
- fast page loads
- caching plugins compatibility
This branch of plugins has barely seen any unique development. The creative juices of programmers are stagnant. Almost everything centers around theme switching. So we recommend choosing one very flexible plugin for this. The problem is that many have split out the meat and potatoes into paid services. At least there has been some development to easily convert your site into a native app for the major mobile devices. This leaves the special features of that mobile device intact even for your website.
With a bit of caution and planning you could have your mobile site up in no time and turning it into another income stream. That 40% you had been losing will now become your customers. Publish your site as an app in an app store, with one of the plugins and expand your marketing exposure even further. You do no even have to mess with graphics, since most of the plugins convert the main site’s graphics to an appropriate size for the visitor’s mobile device.
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