the 7 essential wordpress plugins (wordcamp slc 2014)

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LUCK ISN’T ENOUGH WITH MORE THAN 30,000 PLUGINS IN WORDPRESS DIRECTORY

WP 4.0: A Huge Help

7 RULES OF THUMB

7 RULES OF THUMB

1.  Star Rating 4+

7 RULES OF THUMB

1.  Star Rating 4+ 2.  # of Ratings (100+)

7 RULES OF THUMB

1.  Star Rating 4+ 2.  # of Ratings (100+) 3.  # of Downloads (10k+)

7 RULES OF THUMB

1.  Star Rating 4+ 2.  # of Ratings (100+) 3.  # of Downloads (10k+)

4.  Last Updated (recent)

7 RULES OF THUMB

1.  Star Rating 4+ 2.  # of Ratings (100+) 3.  # of Downloads (10k+)

4.  Last Updated (recent) 5.  Compatible?

7 RULES OF THUMB

1.  Star Rating 4+ 2.  # of Ratings (100+) 3.  # of Downloads (10k+)

4.  Last Updated (recent) 5.  Compatible? 6.  Staging

7 RULES OF THUMB

1.  Star Rating 4+ 2.  # of Ratings (100+) 3.  # of Downloads (10k+)

4.  Last Updated (recent) 5.  Compatible? 6.  Staging 7. Test!

7 ESSENTIAL PLUGIN TYPES

1

1 COMING SOON

Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode Plugins

Ø Seedprod (paid) – www.seedprod.com – $49 developer license

Ø Easy Coming Soon (free)

2

2 DESIGN &

DEVELOPMENT

Site Development Plugins Ø Beginner – Duplicate Post (free) – Template Overide (free) – Page Scroll to ID (free) – Visual Composer (paid - CodeCanyon)

Ø Advanced – Post Snippets (free) – Advanced Custom Fields (free)

3

3 LEAD CAPTURE

Plugins for Capturing Leads Ø Basic Lead Gen –  Contact Form 7 (free) –  Gravity Forms (paid - $39-$199)

Ø Intermediate Lead Gen –  Email Before Download & Download Monitor (both free) –  SumoMe (sumome.com - free with paid upgrades)

Ø Advanced Lead Gen –  OptinMonster (paid - $49-$399) –  LeadPages (paid - $37-$97 per month)

4

4SHARING & SOCIAL

Sharing & Social Plugins Ø Sharing – Simple Share Buttons Adder (free)

Ø Displaying Social Feeds – Juiz Last Tweet (free) – Facebook Widget (free) –  Instagram Feed (free)

5

5 P E R F O R M A N C E

Plugins for Performance Ø Use Google Libraries (free) Ø W3 Total Cache (free) Ø Scripts to Footer (free) Ø Better Wordpress Minify (free) Ø Wordpress SEO by Yoast (free)

https://developers.google.com/speed/pagespeed/insights/

6

6 SECURITY

Backup & Security Plugins Ø Security – Wordfence (free with paid upgrade)

Ø Backup – UpdraftPlus Backup and Restoration for

Wordpress (free with paid upgrades) – Vaultpress (paid) – BackupBuddy (paid)

A note on Performance and Security

3 BIGGEST FACTORS:

1. Get high-quality hosting

2.  Use a well-coded theme

3.  Use only reputable, well-developed plugins (and uninstall ones you aren’t using)

A note on Performance and Security

3 BIGGEST FACTORS:

1. Get high-quality hosting

2.  Use a well-coded theme

3.  Use only reputable, well-developed plugins (and uninstall ones you aren’t using)

A note on Performance and Security

3 BIGGEST FACTORS:

1. Get high-quality hosting

2.  Use a well-coded theme

3.  Use only reputable, well-developed plugins (and uninstall ones you aren’t using)

A note on Performance and Security

3 BIGGEST FACTORS:

1. Get high-quality hosting

2.  Use a well-coded theme

3.  Use only reputable, well-developed plugins (and uninstall ones you aren’t using)

7

7 PAYMENTS

eCommerce & Payment Plugins

Ø eCommerce – WooCommerce (free) – Striper – Stripe Integration for WooCommerce (free) – Easy Digital Downloads (free)

Ø Payments – WP Stripe (free, but limited) – WP Full Stripe (paid - CodeCanyon) – Simple Stipe Checkout (paid)

BRENT’S ESSENTIAL 7

Brent’s Essential 7 Ø Contact Form 7 Ø Template Overide Ø SumoMe Ø Duplicate Post Ø W3 Total Cache (varies by host) Ø Visual Composer Ø Stripe – WooCommerce & Striper –or- – WP Full Stripe –or- – Simple Stripe Checkout

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