A large percentage of internet users now browse the internet using smartphones or tablets.But, websites traditionally designed for the computer screen may not always display properly in the smaller screens of mobile devices. That is why it is so important to ensure that your websites are optimized for mobile devices. After all it is extremely likely that most of your traffic is actually viewing your site on their mobile devices.

So, how do you go about mobile-optimizing your website?

Fortunately, if your website or blog is using WordPress, you can simply use some plugins to achieve almost instant mobile optimization without any coding.
Some of the top WordPress plugins for mobile optimization, are discussed below in no particular order –

1.Any Mobile Theme Switcher
Detects all the Mobile Browsers and loads the mobile theme as per your settings done in admin.

Cost: Free

Where to get it: https://wordpress.org/plugins/any-mobile-theme-switcher/

2.WPtouch
WPtouch automatically coverts your WordPress website to display correctly on mobile devices.
You can customize many aspects of its appearance through its admin panel. It lets you deliver a stylish, user-friendly and fast version of your site to mobile visitors. And you don’t have mess with a single line of code. WPTouch has the “Infinity Cache” feature which uses mobile caching to make your website super fast. The plugin delivers mobile-optimized images based on the device used by scaling images through CSS. More than 5.5 million blogs and sites use WPTouch.

Cost: Free / $49

Where to get it: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wptouch/

3.WordPress Mobile Pack
WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit created specifically to mobile optimize your WordPress website or blog. One of its interesting features is a mobile switcher to select themes based on the type of user that is visiting the site. It includes a selection of mobile themes and extra widgets. It also has device adaptation capabilities. This mobile administration panel included in this pack allows users to write new posts or edit the site.

Cost: Free

Where to get it: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-mobile-pack/

4.JetPack
This is a single plugin from WordPress that is designed to supercharge your website. It has over 33 specific features, aimed to make it more than just a regular plugin. The “Mobile Theme” feature lets you optimize your WordPress site for mobile devices. It has the capability to use contact forms, custom CSS and much more. You can even customize your theme with CSS and PHP coding, if you want to dabble with a bit of coding.

Cost: Free

Where to get it: https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/

5.Mobile App Plugin
MobiLoud helps you convert any WordPress site into a native mobile app for iOS and Android phones and tablets, published to App Store and Google Play for you. Turn your website into an app, send push notifications and connect directly to your users.

Cost: Free

Where to get it: https://wordpress.org/plugins/mobiloud-mobile-app-plugin/

6. Smush Image Compression and Optimization
Resize, optimize, optimise and compress all of your images with the incredibly powerful and 100% free WordPress image smusher, brought to you by the superteam at WPMU DEV!

Cost: Free/ $49

Where to get it: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/

7.Max Mega Menu
Max Mega Menu will automatically convert your existing menu or menus into a mega menu. You can then add any WordPress widget to your menu, restyle your menu using the theme editor and change the menu behaviour using the built in settings. Max Mega Menu is a complete menu management plugin, perfect for taking control of your existing menu and turning it into a user-friendly, accessible and touch ready menu with just a few clicks.

Cost: Free / $99

Where to get it: https://wordpress.org/plugins/megamenu/

If you haven’t yet mobile optimized your wordpress website or blog you can easily do so by using one of these plugins. There is no reason to lose the mobile traffic your way or to frustrate your audience by showing them a website designed for the desktop on their small mobile screens.

And remember, you don’t have to do it by yourself. Your friendly WebSupportTeam can help you set it all up in a snap. Need advanced tweaks and customizations? No sweat. The team has that covered too.

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