My Recent Favorite Plugins

by Ryan King

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MY RECENT FAVORITE PLUGINS RYAN KING @ryancanhelpyou

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5 plugins

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5 minutes

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but ﬁrst…

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what makes a good plugin?

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CRITERIA: • WP coding conventions / standards • Well designed / intuitive usability • High rating • Maintained (recently updated and has respected and/or several authors) • WP.org vs private plugins • Does not duplicate abilities already built into WP core • Free and/or cheap preferably

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…and in no particular order:

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https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-nested-pages/

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https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/ ALTERNATIVES: Contact Form 7 Gravity Forms JetPack Forms

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https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-media-replace/

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https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/ ALTERNATIVES: Dropmysite VaultPress Managed Hosting

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https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcore/

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But what about plugins not hosted on WordPress.org?

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Google it. MY 3-STEP PROCESS: www.wptavern.com/category/plugins 1 www.tidyrepo.com 2 3

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TEST ENVIRONMENT: 1 Setup blank WP install to test new plugins 2 Import content from Theme Unit Test http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test

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THANK YOU RYAN KING @ryancanhelpyou