The Power of WordPress PluginsThe "What Anthony Montalbano thinks about WordPress plugins and why they're super awesome and how WordPress wouldn't be, without the power of plugins and they're cool developers. Oh and here's a few helpful plugins" presentation.

Who is Anthony Montalbano?Passionate for code

Bachelor's in Computer Science

Passionate for WordPressWordCamp Detroit Organizer

Passionate for open sourceWordPress plugin developer

Passionate for wordsSerial blogger

Passionate for possibilitiesCo-founder of flipfrog

What is a WordPress plugin?"Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress."

~ http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugins

MEGA IMPORTANT!

The Codex

The online manual for WordPress and a living repository for WordPress information and documentation.

What can plugins do?

WordPress Plugins by the Numbers

19,048# of plugins

285,729,716# of plugin downloads

63% of users that use 10 plugins or less

10,282,222# of downloads of the most popular

plugin - All in One SEO Pack

9,783# of plugin developers

Sources:http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/http://digwp.com/2010/01/poll-results-how-many-plugins-do-you-use/http://www.daveligthart.com/top-1000-wordpress-plugin-authors/

Your WordPress plugin "Google"

PSA: The Codex

codex.wordpress.org

A glimpse into the WordPress codexhttp://bit.ly/wpcodexglimpse

WordPress SEO by Yoast

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-seo/

Jetpack by WordPress.com

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/

WP-DB-Backup

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/

Lightbox Plus

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/lightbox-plus/

Splee's Fuzzy DateTime

http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/splees-fuzzy-datetime/

There's a Plugin for That

http://bit.ly/wcdetplugins

WordCamp Detroit 2010

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YAY PLUGINS!

Anthony Montalbanoanthony@flipfrog.com

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