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Announcements WordPress 4.7.1 https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/wordpress-com-lightroom/ YearInWP.com Is there a plugin for that? With more than 48,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, it’s hard to find the perfect one. Each week, I will highlight an interesting plugin form the repository. For more great plugins, download my 50 Most Useful Plugins eBook. Weight Loss Tracker allows registered users of your website to track their weight and relevant body measurements. History can be displayed in both tables & charts. Your Website Engineer Update This week, I removed Yoast SEO and configured WP SEO as my SEO plugin. I’d been frustrated with all the constant updates by Yoast lately and WP SEO is the same plugin that’s used on WordPress VIP sites. Here’s the SQL script I used to transfer the title and meta data from Yoast to WP SEO: UPDATE wp_r1vyrymwld_postmeta SET `meta_key` = REPLACE (`meta_key`, '_yoast_wpseo_title', '_meta_title'); UPDATE wp_r1vyrymwld_postmeta SET `meta_key` = REPLACE (`meta_key`, '_yoast_wpseo_metadesc', '_meta_description'); Items for Your Home Page in 2017 Value Proposition (what you can do for them) Intuitive Navigation that’s simple Contact information, including social outlets Highlights from your Blog Client testimonials (success indicators) Original, High Quality Images Overview of Services / Features Awards, Certifications or Associations A call to action Phone number (if applicable) Google Analytics Resources Thank You! Thank you to those who use my affiliate links. As you know I make a small commission when someone uses my link and I want to say thank you to the following people. For all my recommended resources, go to my Resources Page Call To Action Take some time this week to see what items you need to add to your website. View on YourWebsiteEngineer.com