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Karen McCamy
March 02, 2015
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GDI WP 101 - Week 3 - Plugins
Plugins slides for GDI Class #3.
Karen McCamy
March 02, 2015
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Transcript
©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
Agenda Brief Plugin Review “Best Practices” Caveats
Configuring Plugins My Recommended Plugins ©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
Plugin Review What’s a Plugin? WP Codex (http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins
©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
2 categories of Plugins Front-end: ◦ Appear to
your site visitor ◦ Impact site loading speed Back-end: ◦ Think of these as “admin” uses ◦ For editorial and/or organizational purposes ◦ Don’t impact site loading ©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com Plugin Review (continued)
Plugin Review: Some Common Uses Caching Backup
SEO Contact Forms Admin Functions Security Social Buttons eCommerce (true storefront) Shopping Cart (simple) PayPal Button Tool Bars Membership & many more… ©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
Where to find plugins Only the WordPress Repository:
www.wordpress.org/plugins Researching plugins Take your time…sometimes lots of time! See previous slides: Basic WordPress Elements ©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com Plugin Review (continued)
Best Practices Source from the Codex Take time
to research completely Some quick tips: • Do your research! — This takes time, sometimes a lot of time! • Is it current, up-to-date? • An old or out-of-date plugin can break your site! • What are the support issues? • how many are unresolved? • who does the support? • Read the description, FAQs, look at the screenshots • Is it easy to configure without "coding"? ©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
Avoid “Too Many” Plugins! Avoid Duplicating Plugins!
Remove Unused Plugins! Avoid Slowing Your Site! Check your site speed & function after every plugin addition Understand Configuration …before installing! Handling Site Load Issues…Class #4 ©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com Caveats
Configuring Plugins Process of “setting it up” Every
plugin is different! Examples: ◦ Dashboard Site notes: no config ◦ YARPP: minimal config for placement ◦ WP SEO by Yoast: uber-heavy config (with doc’s) Some general rules: Understand what you are doing! Read the docs before downloading Get support from plugin author ©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
My Recommended Plugins Akismet: prevents comment spam, comes with
WordPress W3 Super Cache: caching plugin, site speed improvement, FREE Google XML Site Maps: zero config, FREE! Backup Buddy (or backup alternative) Dashboard Site notes: zero config, FREE! WP SEO by Yoast Fast Secure Contact Form: minimal config, FREE Editorial Calendar: for multiple authors & scheduling P3 Performance Profiler: checks plugins for site speed impact YARPP: for displaying related posts *Helps your SEO* WordFence: Security “lorem ipsum” – when designing; zero config, FREE Clone posts – when designing; zero config, FREE ©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
One Final Caution Check your theme for desired function
If it’s already in your theme, don’t duplicate through a plugin! Disable theme function if you choose to go with a plugin! Common theme inclusions: Social buttons SEO Related posts ©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com
©2014 Karen McCamy FreelanceTechnologyReview.com Email me:
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