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Developing magnetic content for your website on a regular basis is the best way to grow it and keep your visitors coming back for more. Thanks to plugins such as SOUP, you can promote your upcoming posts to build anticipation in your audience. The plugin can display scheduled and draft posts in your sidebar.
SOUP for WordPress is easy to use. Just select the number of upcoming posts to display, change the title of the widget, choose the order for your posts, and you are set. You have the option to hide post date and RSS link. Want to promote your newsletter? No problem.
SOUP also allows you to customize your message for your visitors when you don’t have a post to display. This is a free plugin.
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