plug ins for the people
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Extending WordPress with Plugins
WordCamp Hamilton 2015
PLUGINS FOR THE PEOPLE
WHO IS THIS GUY?• GraphicSource.ca – web since 1998• WP since 2006• Hamilton Ontario #Hamont
WHAT IS A PLUG-IN?
An extra piece of software that adds a specific function to your WordPress website.
NOT THE ONLY WAY TO EXTEND WP
HOW DO I FIND ONE?• WP Plugin Repository
• Google It
• Tidy Repo
• Free
• Freemium
• Premium
WENT TO THE PLUGIN REPOSITORY
FOUND 87 PLUGINS I HAD TO CHOOSE FROM
WENT TO THE PLUGIN REPOSITORY
DANGER / BEWARE• Core Updates
• Plugin Updates – or lack thereof
• Plugin Conflicts
HOW DO I INSTALL A PLUGIN?
LET’S DEMO
Settings may appear in Different Places – you have to dig around a bit
THE FIRST PLUGIN YOU SHOULD INSTALL
Plugin Central
MY DEFAULT INSTALL LIST• WordPress SEO - Yoast
• WordFence
• WP3 Total Cache
• Contact Form 7 – Free
CONTACT FORM PLUG-INS• Jet Pack – Enables WordPress.com functionality
• Gravity Forms – Paid
• Contact Form 7 – Free
GALLERY PLUG-INS• Will be the most giant headache
• Cactus Masonry Plugin – FREE
• Global Gallery Responsive WordPress Plugin
ACCESSIBILITY PLUG-INS• WP accessibility
• Gravity forms accessibility
• Accessible Twitter feed
WHAT ELSE CAN PLUG-INS DO?• All kinds of widgets, photos, calendars,
• Booking systems, ecommerce, donations
• Sliders, galleries, contests, social media
• Wordpress functionality tweaks
• Site backups / moves - Duplicator
• Podcasting – Blubrry Power Press
• Blogging Tools – Inbound Writer (Premium)
• Translation / Multi Language
MORE PLUGINS
Maintenance – close site to outsiders while working on it
No Longer in Directory – are your current plugins?
CSV to SortTable – Sortable HTML table
Invoice King Pro
Customer Area – protected area for client files and invoices.
Image Widget
Insert Javascript and CSS
Performance Monitoring – GTMetrix for Wordpress, WP system health.
FROM THE SPEAKERS
FROM THE SPEAKERS
• Backup Buddy - PAID
• Duplicator - FREE
• Pixgridder – page grid composer – inside WP
• Sidekick – real time, voice guided training
• Adminimizer – simplify admin area
• Shortcodes Ultimate - Shortcodelic
• Responsive Menu
• Leadin - marketing automation
• Adminer – db management
• All in one schema
• Advanced Custom Fields
• Author Avatar List
• LivePress – live blogging - PAID
SECURITY PLUGINS
Better WP SecurityWP Login Delay PluginBrute ProtectWordFence
Clef – www.getclef.com
RULES OF THUMB FOR PLUGINS• Careful with overloading too many plugins
• Watch site performance
• If not in use, disable
• Troubleshooting? Start shutting them down one by one and test
• Take some time to evaluate have a plan
• Check your site after installing one
• Avoid mass installs/upgrades of unknown plugins
WPPLUGINSATOZ.COM• Podcast review of Plugins with Marcus Couch and
John Overall
TIDYREPO.COM
[SHORTCODES]A small line of code that looks like
[shortcode_name]
And allows you to quickly add functionality
Utilized by plugins
ALL THIS GREAT POWER…. FOR FREE• Leave feedback
• Contact developers about conflicts
• Make a donation to the developer
DON’T FEAR CODE
• HTML / CSS
• www.w3schools.com
• Why?
• Style your text
• Move things around
• Add some space around text
• Jazz it up
• <p style=“color:red; font-weight:bold;”> Hello </p>
BONUS DESIGN TIPGIVE YOUR TEXT SOME SPACE
THAT’S ALL FOLKS…[email protected]
Twitter: @graphicsource
www.graphicsource.ca
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