Date post: | 19-Nov-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
Brent Jacobsen Partner – FDEV.com Founder - WPUtah.org !@brentjacobsen @wputah @fdev !
FDEV is Hiring! Email [email protected] for details