Extending Wordpress with Plugins Wordcamp Buffalo 2013.
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Extending Wordpress with Plugins Wordcamp Buffalo 2013 Plugins for the People
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Extending Wordpress with Plugins
Wordcamp Buffalo 2013
Plugins for the People
To Plug in Or Not to Plug in
Not really a question….
Who is this guy?
• GraphicSource.ca – web since 1998• WP since 2006• Hamilton Ontario #Hamont
What is a plug-in?
How do I add one?
WP Plugin Repository – A less than perfect place to find a plugin
WENT TO THE PLUGIN REPOSITORY
FOUND 87 PLUGINS I HAD TO CHOOSE FROM
Stuff shows up in different places.
Things may appear in Different Places – you have to dig around a bit
Let’s Demo
What’s better ?
a 4.2 star rated plugin with 7 votesor a 3.9 star rated plugin with 26 votes
A Short Manifesto about the Wordpress Plugin Repository
It’s time for a revolutionaryChange to the Wordpress Plugin Repository
Or at least a fewMinor modificationsThat would bring itUp to 2013 Standards.
A better rating system – 5 stars not cutting it.Show the number of votesPricing indication Free, Freemium or
PremiumLast UpdatedSortable columnsAdvanced SearchBetter Feedback System – Built right in to
plugins
Plugin Users – Donate once in a while
Manifesto for a better plugin directory
Plugin Central – All your pluginsYoast – SEOBetter WP Security – Security DuhWP3 Total CacheContact Form 7One Click Plugin UpdaterGoogle Analytics
My Default Install List
All kinds of widgets, photos, calendars, Booking systems, ecommerce, donationsSliders, galleries, contests, social mediaWordpress functionality tweaksSite backups / moves - DuplicatorPodcasting – Blubrry Power PressBlogging Tools – Inbound Writer (Premium)Translation / Multi Language
What else can plugins-do
Maintenance – close site to outsiders while working on itNo Longer in Directory – are your current plugins? CSV to SortTable – Sortable HTML tableInvoice King ProCustomer Area – protected area for client files and invoices.Image WidgetInsert Javascript and CSSPerformance Monitoring – GTMetrix for Wordpress, WP system health.
More Plugins
Security Plugins
Better WP SecurityWP Login Delay PluginBrute ProtectWordfence
Clef – www.getclef.com
Careful with overloading too many pluginsWatch site performance If not in use, disableTroubleshooting? Start shutting
them down one by one and testTake some time to evaluate have a planCheck your site after installing oneAvoid mass installs/upgrades of
unknown plugins
Rules of Thumb for Plugins
Podcast review of Plugins with Marcus Couch and John Overall
WPPluginsAtoZ.com
A small line of code that looks like
[shortcode_name]
And allows you to quickly add functionalityUtilized by plugins
[shortcodes]
Don’t Fear Code
HTML / CSSwww.w3schools.comWhy?
Style your textMove things aroundAdd some space around textJazz it up
<p style=“color:red; font-weight:bold;”> Hello </p>
Bonus Design TipGive Your Text Some Space
[email protected]@geoffcampbell1@graphicsrouce
www.geoffcampbell.netwww.graphicsource.ca
For this presentation:Geoffcampbell.net/wctoronto2013
That’s all folks…
