25 wordpress plugins to complement your site
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Anthony Hortin @maddisondesigns maddisondesigns.com
25 WordPress Plugins to Complement your Site
About meDesigner/Developer @ Maddison Designs
WordPress Theme & Plugin Developer
WordPress Theme & Plugin Directory contributor
Provides support on official WordPress Support Forum
Created Easy WP Guide (over 140K downloads)
Co-Organiser Melbourne WordPress WordCamp 2013
Co-Organiser for monthly WP Melbourne WordPress Meetups
Plugins are ways to extend and add to the functionality that already exists in WordPress.
The core of WordPress is designed to be lean and lightweight, to maximize flexibility and minimize code bloat. Plugins then offer custom functions and features so that
each user can tailor their site to their specific needs.
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WordFence Security “Wordfence Security is a free enterprise class security and performance plugin that makes your site up to 50 times faster and more secure.”
Real-Time blocking of known attackers Scans for Heartbleed vulnerability and many known backdoors Scans for malware and phishing URL’s Scans core files, theme & plugins against WordPress.org Rate limit or block security threats like aggressive crawlers, scrapers & bots See real-time site traffic Falcon caching engine Free plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence
Security
Alternatives iThemes Security - https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-wp-security
All In One WP Security & Firewall - https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall
WP Super Cache “A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.”
Generates static HTML files to improve speed Easy to set up and very fast Works with WooCommerce when dynamic files are required (eg. cart/checkout) Compresses pages Free plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache
Caching
Alternatives W3 Total Cache - https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache
WordFence Security - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence
WordPress SEO by Yoast “Improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using Yoast's WordPress SEO plugin.”
Helps you write better content View search engine preview rendering of your content Page analysis Generates XML Sitemaps Built-in breadcrumbs functionality Social integration Free plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo
SEO
Alternatives All in One SEO Pack - https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack
SEO Ultimate - https://wordpress.org/plugins/seo-ultimate
BackupBuddy “The best way to back up (and move) a WordPress site.”
Database or full backups Offsite storage (Stash, Amazon S3, Dropbox, Rackspace Cloud, FTP, email) Schedule backups 1GB of free BackupBuddy Stash storage Ability to exclude files & tables Easily migrate sites between domain names (incl. URL replacement) Email notifications Paid plugin
https://ithemes.com/purchase/backupbuddy
Backup
Alternatives VaultPress - https://vaultpress.com
WordPress Backup to Dropbox - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox
WooCommerce “WooCommerce is a powerful, extendable eCommerce plugin that helps you sell anything. Beautifully.”
Sell physical and digital products Smart Dashboard widgets and reports Manage stock levels Multiple payment gateways Can be extended with free & paid extensions Flexible and customisable Free plugin
http://www.woothemes.com/woocommerce
eCommerce
Alternatives Easy Digital Downloads - http://easydigitaldownloads.com
Jigoshop - https://www.jigoshop.com
Gravity Forms “Advanced Forms for WordPress Websites Just Don't Get Any Easier than Gravity Forms”
Drag ’n drop visual form editor Multipage forms Easily create order forms Conditional fields Schedule forms Can be used to create user generated content (eg. create Posts) Numerous add-ons to extend functionality Paid plugin
http://gravityforms.com
Forms
Alternatives Contact Form 7 - http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7
Ninja Forms - https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms
Envira Gallery “Envira Gallery is a responsive WordPress gallery plugin that creates incredibly simple and easy workflows around building and managing galleries in WordPress.”
Create responsive image sliders and galleries Simple drag ’n drop interface Multisite compatible Customisable Numerous add-ons to extend functionality Paid plugin
https://enviragallery.com
Sliders & Galleries
Alternatives Soliloquy - http://soliloquywp.com
Meteor Slides - https://wordpress.org/plugins/meteor-slides
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget “The visual editor widget for WordPress.” https://wordpress.org/plugins/black-studio-tinymce-widget
Image Widget “A simple image widget that uses the native WordPress media manager to add image widgets to your site.” https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-widget
Regenerate Thumbnails “Allows you to regenerate your thumbnails after changing the thumbnail sizes.” https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails
Widget Logic “Widget Logic lets you control on which pages widgets appear using WP's conditional tags.” https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-logic
Adhoc
I’m Anthony Hortin You can find me here
@maddisondesigns maddisondesigns.com
@easywpguide easywpguide.com