According to an online survey, Smartphone users around the world spend 85 percent of their mobile time in using apps. And so, no matter how great your WordPress website may function or look, you might not be able to drive good traffic to your site if you don’t have a mobile app. But, developing a mobile app can turn out to be challenging task even when you need to develop a small app (especially for the first time developers or technophobes). Fortunately, there are many great plugins out there that makes the task of turning your site to a mobile app a hassle-free process.
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If you’re searching for a plugin that help convert your site into a complete native app for iOS and Android devices, then Mobiloud plugin is worth a try. The plugin can be installed for free and allows you to design native applications for WordPress with ease, without the need of writing any code. In addition, you can even preview the app and test it on your device. But, you’ll have to invest a little to publish your mobile app on Google play Store or Apple app store.
Key features:
- Help in updating your mobile app content automatically.
- Allows customizing the app using your own custom styling options (like colors, icon, logo, etc.)
- Allows automatic as well as manual push notifications and much more.
Want to turn your WordPress powered blog to a native app without spending a dime? Then, Worona will prove a suitable option. Worona is available in two different parts: the first one is the WordPress plugin (that sends your site content to the app), and the second one is the popular Corona SDK that helps code your native application.
Key Features:
- It works in an easier and faster manner.
- Help build native apps for iOS 7 and Android versions 4.1, 4.2 and 4.4.
- The app built using Worona supports many different extensions including Push Notification, Rate my app, and Enhanced List. This help in enhancing the app functionality.
AppPressor is one of the leading app building tools that converts any WordPress site (like news site, e-commerce site, etc.) into a mobile application having native device features. It even allows compiling your app using the popular PhoneGap app development framework. Once your app is compiled with PhoneGap Build, it is being submitted to the iOS and Android app stores.
Key Features
- Offer tools to customize your app.
- Allow to update your app in real time.
- Provides integration with WordPress features like content, plugins, etc.
- Gives control on hosting the app just like any WordPress site.
This is another free plugin, which helps in converting a WordPress site to a fully-functional mobile app in just a matter of few seconds. Plus it doesn’t require you to have any coding skills. You just need to follow a few simple steps, for converting your site to a mobile application extremely using the plugin intuitive interface.
Key Features:
- Help in publishing your app on app markets such as Windows Phone Market, App-store and Google Play.
- Provide the ability to preview your site as a mobile app on your own device.
- Offer the capability to hide elements of your app from visitors.
- Provide complete professional technical support.
In case you want to mobilize your WordPress site, by creating a HTML5 mobile application for platforms such as Windows Phone, iPhone and Android, then WiziApp is the right choice for you. The best part of this WordPress plugin is that it is free to download.
Key Features:
- It helps in building your own custom app with the help of a user-friendly wizard.
- Allows previewing how your customized app looks in real-time.
- Allows publishing the app on two most important app store, such as: Google Play Store and Apple app store.
This is another great option for transforming your WordPress blog into a mobile application in just 5 minutes.
Key Features:
- Enables you to monitor your app usage using Google Analytics tool for Mobile.
- Let you publish your apps once you’ve created your account on AdWhirl.
- Offers lot of customization options like customizing text color, background and more.
Conclusion
The need for mobile apps is only going to increase in the coming years, and thus it makes sense to prepare your WordPress sites for the mobilegeddon. And the best way to do so requires converting your site into a mobile application. Doing so, will also help you expand your reach to a large number of potential users. If you lack programming skills, but want to transform your WordPress site/blog to a mobile app, then the aforementioned list of plugins can prove useful assets for you.
Nice Article Rick,
You might also want to checkout this plugin as well – https://wordpress.org/plugins/androapp/
It can convert any site to android app in minutes
Here are some of the features
it is all automatic, you can generate your own mobile app anytime you wish(apk link will be sent to your mail box), unlike a preview functionality and than order and than wait for the app for hours or days.
It also support Google AdMob for monetization and push notifications, it sends push notification automatically for every new post(with an option to disable for a post).
It also has inbuilt image sharing on all share intents(whatsapp, facebook, linkedin, twitter etc.), you can pretty much control what you want to share for a post.
And lot more features, which you can see @ http://androapp.mobi/
It is super fast and best part is, even though it is fully packed with features, it is completely free for the first year and charges only $50/year from next year onwards.