Plugins 101 - 7 Awesome Plugins Everyone Should Be Using
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Plugins 101 7 Awesome Plugins Everyone Should Be Using Angela Bergmann Angela Bergmann [email protected] @radkitten
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Learn what plugins are, how to pick the best ones, and the 7 plugins every user should be running. Ask questions and pick my brain. Apple may say “There’s an app for that”, with WordPress “There’s a plugin for that”.
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Plugins 1017 Awesome Plugins Everyone Should Be Using
Angela Bergmann
Angela Bergmann [email protected] @radkitten
What Is A Plugin?WordPress.org says:
“Plugins can extend WordPress to do almost anything you can imagine. In the directory you can find, download, rate, and comment on all the best plugins the WordPress community has to offer.”
I liken them to apps. Apple may say “There’s an App for that”.
With WordPress “There’s a plugin for that”.Angela Bergmann [email protected]
@radkitten
Who Can Use Plugins?WordPress.com users cannot use plugins. They do however have the most popular plugin functionalities added to their websites. They can also request plugin functionality be added to WordPress.com. Find out more here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
WordPress.org users, also known as self-hosted WordPress have access to any plugin they can install and will find a plugin tab in their administrative interface.Angela Bergmann [email protected]
@radkitten
Do you see this in your admin sidebar?If so, you can install plugins!
How Do I Pick A Plugin?Download them from the WordPress.org repository.
Check to see what version of WordPress the plugin is compatible with.
Look to see when it was last updated.
Who’s the author?
Are support requests answered?
What is the rating?
Angela Bergmann [email protected] @radkitten
How To Install A PluginLogin to your Admin panel.
Go to Plugin > Add New
From there you can either search for a plugin within the WordPress plugin repository, or you can click Upload to download a plugin you have downloaded from an external website.
Angela Bergmann [email protected] @radkitten
Plugins I RecommendWordPress SEO by Yoast
Google Analyticator
Google XML Sitemaps
Jetpack
Akismet
Shortcodes Ultimate
Contact Forms 7
Contact Form DBAngela Bergmann [email protected] @radkitten
Bonus
Gravity Forms
Not a plugin, but maintenance:
Sucuri & ManageWP
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