Wordcamp Toronto 2013: Plugins For The People
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Extending Wordpress with Plugins
Wordcamp Buffalo 2013
Plugins for the People
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To Plug in Or Not to Plug in
Not really a question….
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Who is this guy?
• GraphicSource.ca – web since 1998• WP since 2006• Hamilton Ontario #Hamont
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What is a plug-in?
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How do I add one?
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WP Plugin Repository – A less than perfect place to find a plugin
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WENT TO THE PLUGIN REPOSITORY
FOUND 87 PLUGINS I HAD TO CHOOSE FROM
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Stuff shows up in different places.
Things may appear in Different Places – you have to dig around a bit
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Let’s Demo
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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
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It’s time for a revolutionaryChange to the Wordpress Plugin Repository
Or at least a fewMinor modificationsThat would bring itUp to 2013 Standards.
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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
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Plugin Central – All your pluginsYoast – SEOBetter WP Security – Security DuhWP3 Total CacheContact Form 7One Click Plugin UpdaterGoogle Analytics
My Default Install List
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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
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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
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Security Plugins
Better WP SecurityWP Login Delay PluginBrute ProtectWordfence
Clef – www.getclef.com
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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
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Podcast review of Plugins with Marcus Couch and John Overall
WPPluginsAtoZ.com
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A small line of code that looks like
[shortcode_name]
And allows you to quickly add functionalityUtilized by plugins
[shortcodes]
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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>
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Bonus Design TipGive Your Text Some Space
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[email protected]@geoffcampbell1@graphicsrouce
www.geoffcampbell.netwww.graphicsource.ca
For this presentation:Geoffcampbell.net/wctoronto2013
That’s all folks…