Mobilize Your WordPress Site with Plugins
We’ve become a mobile culture. We are tied to our devices like umbilical cords. So it goes without saying there will be more mobile users as we move forward – at astounding rates! Take for example the following from the Mobile Marketing Association:
“One in Four U.S. Adult Consumers Plans To Access Mobile Websites Daily Next Year”
Other key points…
- Among those who said they would visit sites with their mobile devices, 69 percent expect to visit weather sites. Sixty percent expect to visit mobile search sites, while at least half plan to visit news or social networking sites.
- Hispanic mobile users are more likely to visit music sites, and Asian users are more likely to visit shopping sites.
- Mobile users are most interested in entering search terms in search engines to access mobile Web sites. Half are interested or willing to type the URL from memory or access a site through bookmarking. One in five are willing or interested in accessing mobile sites by clicking on an ad seen on another site.
- Mobile users say they would be much more likely to visit a mobile site if the site is free, loads quickly and is simple to view and navigate.
You can read the full article here.
Make Your WordPress Site Mobile with Plugins
While I don’t think every site needs to be “mobilized” or that folks will visit every site on a mobile device. It is worth serious consideration. If you feel your market would use your site on their mobile devices — or that you could increase market share or participation by going mobile, here is a list of WordPress Mobile Plugins to help you on your journey:
- WordPress Mobile Edition: WordPress Mobile Edition is a plugin that shows an interface designed for a mobile device when visitors come to your site on a mobile device.
Mobile browsers are automatically detected, the list of mobile browsers can be customized on the settings page.
- WordPress Mobile Pack: The WordPress Mobile Pack is a complete toolkit to help mobilize your WordPress site and blog.
- Wapple Architect Mobile Plugin for WordPress: Wapple Architect Mobile Plugin for WordPress is a plugin that allows you to mobilize your blog in minutes.
- WPtouch: A simple, powerful and elegant mobile theme for your website. WPtouch automatically transforms your WordPress blog into an iPhone application. The plugin also includes the ability for visitors to switch between WPtouch view and your site’s regular theme.
Do your visitors want to access your site from their mobile devices?
At your service,
Judith
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Hello Judith,
Of the 4 mobile plug-ins listed above do you have a preference for one?
Great blog!
Marc
Hey, Marc:
I like WPTouch, but the others are good too — it really depends on what you want to accomplish. I recommend you load each one up and play to see which is easiest for you to use and caters to your target market.
Hi Judith, I need a little information. I have been hearing about “Mobile Marketing. Is that the same as putting a “Mobile plugin” on your site? If not, do you know anything about “mobile marketing? How is it different from the mobile plugin.
Also how can get information on “Mobile marketing”
Thanks for your help in advance
Hey, Gigi:
A Mobile plugin helps your site render/display on a mobile platform. While mobile marketing would include having a site that is viewable on your targeted mobile devices, “mobile marketing” means advertising specifically created for those platforms.
A good overview can be found at the Mobile Marketing Wiki.
HTH!