Go ahead and log into your WP dashboard go down on the left and click plugins Then: add new Then: search Then: enter each plugin name given below example: Easy Privacy Policy Then click: Install Then: configure setting I know... I Know... a lot of steps, :-) If your new to using a wordpress blog or need some lessons on get the most out of your "wp blog", then I recommend The SEO Course below by Brian Johnson. This course helped me out when I was new to Blogging. http://fullcircle-marketing.net/seopress ******Must Have WP Plugin's******** Akismet – comes installed with your WordPress by default. All you have to do is get an API Key to activate it. It prevents your blog from comment spam. All-in-One SEO – This is an ultimate necessity for your blog if you want to have any chance of ranking high in search engines. All-in-One-SEO Pack allows you to add unique meta description, keywords, and titles to each page of your blog and blog posts. Easy Privacy Policy - is a wordpress plugin that provides a very simple way of adding a privacy policy into an existing wordpress blog. It will automatically generate a Privacy Page, complete with default configurable content that you may then edit inline before modifying the page on your blog. Contact Form 7 – When running a blog you need to allow your users to contact you. This is the best free contact form plugin to this date. It makes everything easy. Google XML Sitemap – This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and Ask.com to better index your blog. With such a sitemap, it’s much easier for the crawlers to see the complete structure of your site and retrieve it more efficiently. Additionally it notifies all major search engines every time you create a post about the new content. WordPress Database Backup – This plugin lets you make backup for your blog as often as you need. 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