march 2015: plugins worth paying for
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INTRODUCTIONS
1. Name
2. Company (if appropriate)
3. WordPress background
4. Favorite Premium Plugins
Members’ Favorite Plugins • Gravity Forms
• Gravity+ (More) Stripe
• BackupBuddy
• Sucuri Scanner
• Bulletproof Security Pro
• iThemes Security Pro
• Oasis Workflow
• Ultimate Member
• Visual Composer
• WP101
• AMR Users
• UpdraftPlus Premium
• VaultPress
• Soliloquy
• Events Calendar Pro
• EventON
• Justified Image Grid
• CSV Product Import Suite for WooCommerce
• Product Bundles for WooCommerce
• FacetWP
BackupBuddy
• $80 2-Site License (annually)
• Back up just the database or the whole site
• Scheduled Backups
• Off-site Backups (Sallie uses Amazon S3)
• Site Migration (great tool for developers who work locally)
Events Calendar Pro
https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-events-calendar-pro/
Events Calendar Pro • $89 Single Site (annually)
• Add events as custom post types
• Recurring and Multi-Day Events
• Multiple views for event pages: Photo, List, Calendar, Map
• List & Calendar Widgets
• Good Support Forum & Docs
• Ticketing add-ons for EventBrite, EDD, WooCommerce, Shopp, WP-eCommerce
Events Calendar Pro Single Event
• Title
• Date(s)
• Featured Image
• Description
• Export to Google Calendar
• Export to iCal
• Details/Organizer
• Map/Venue Details
• Related Events
FacetWP
• $49 Annually (infinite sites) with discount for renewal
• Allows site users to narrow search results
• Create Facets (search filters) based on categories, tags, custom fields
• Create templates to display your items using standard WP loop code
FacetWP: Facet
Facets are UI elements (checkboxes, dropdowns, etc.) used to filter, or “drill down”, content listings. FacetWP is unique because facets are “aware” of each other. If a user interacts with one facet, then other facets on the page will react as well.
Gravity Forms • Developer License $199/year
• Includes Basic & Advanced Form Add-Ons
• Build forms by dragging & dropping fields
• Use Conditional Logic to display fields
• Auto-populate fields
• Create paged forms
• Create post entries, payment forms,
WordPress users, etc. from your forms
Gravity+ (More) Stripe
• $49 annually (single site)
• Recurring payments
• Coupons
• The ability to save credit cards instead of charging them
• Stripe webhook notificationsIntegration with the Gravity Forms User Registration Add-On
Gravity+ (More) Stripe: Rules
• Transaction Type
• Form
• Map Gforms Fields to Stripe Fields
• Currency
• Coupons
• Alternate Charge Options (save card, authorize)
Justified Image Grid • $28 Single Site License at CodeCanyon
• Creates masonry grids of post/page featured images for graphical navigation
• Can replace the default WordPress [gallery] shortcode
• Eye-popping numbers of options and presets
• Creates galleries from Facebook and Flickr albums
Community Events
https://theeventscalendar.com/product/wordpress-community-events/
Community Events
• $89 Single-Site License (annually)
• Add-on for Events Calendar Pro
• Allows users to submit events
• Allows users to edit their events
• Option to charge users to submit events
Product CSV Import Suite
http://www.woothemes.com/products/product-csv-import-suite/
Product CSV Import Suite
• $199 Single Site License
• Export products as CSV, update, and import back to WooCommerce
• Makes updating prices, etc. much easier when you have numerous products (Anca is using it on a site with thousands of products and variations)
Product Bundles (WooCommerce)
http://www.woothemes.com/products/product-bundles/
Product Bundles
• $49 Single-Site License
• Create and sell product packages by bundling simple, variable or even downloadable products together.
• Bundle simple subscriptions with physical products.
• Support for Product Add-ons, Subscriptions and Composite Products.
Gravity Forms for Membership
• Relies on the User Registration Add-on (comes with Developer License)
• Combine with Members plugin to create roles for new users
• Combine with AMR Users plugin to create member directory
• Charge for membership using PayPal Add-On