In this episode, we discuss some of the common plugins we install on new WordPress sites.
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The Changelog
- Doug:
- Added SpeakPipe plugin to WPcast.fm
- Please use this to leave us questions on our voicemail
- David:
- Easy Pricing Tables Premium 1.8 / Easy Pricing Tables Free 1.6
- JavaScript fix for alignment issues
- Working on Ninja Forms / Zapier and email marketing plugins
- Contact if you are interested in being a beta tester for either plugin
The Core
- Comments:
- Disqus Comment System
- Replaces default comments with Disqus commenting system
- Antispam Bee
- If you’re using default WordPress comments
- Better at reducing spam than Akismet
- Disqus Comment System
- Social Sharing:
- Socialize
- Gives you a lot of customization options
- Can create call to action boxes
- Socialize
- Contact Forms:
- Ninja Forms
- Free plugin, paid extensions
- More cost effective if you only use a couple of extensions
- Gravity Forms
- Paid plugin
- More cost effective if you use a lot of the add ons
- Ninja Forms
- Analytics:
- Google Analytics for WordPress (by Yoast)
- Adds your Google Analytics tracking code
- Can exclude logged in users, use outbound tracking
- Google Analytics for WordPress (by Yoast)
- SEO:
- WordPress SEO (by Yoast)
- Most popular SEO plugin, very powerful
- WordPress SEO (by Yoast)
- Security:
- Backup (more detail in the next episode):
- WordPress Backup to Dropbox
- Easy, backs up your site to Dropbox
- BackWPup
- More options, other external destinations
- WordPress Backup to Dropbox
- Editing:
- Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
- Lets you use the Visual Editor in your widgets
- TinyMCE Advanced
- Adds buttons to your Visual Editor like tables, horizontal lines
- Preserved HTML Editor Markup
- Keeps line breaks and other spacing intact
- Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
- Redirects:
- Simple 301 Redirects
- Easy URL redirects, allows for wildcards
- Another plugin can be used for bulk adding redirects
- Simple 301 Redirects
- Custom Styling and Functions
- My Custom CSS
- Apply custom CSS without modifying your theme files
- Create a custom functions plugin instead of modifying the theme
- My Custom CSS
Tips & Tricks
- Mailgun (WordPress plugin)
- Improves deliverability of WordPress-generated emails
- Uses an external mail server
- Free for up to 10,000 emails per month
- Rapportive
- Add-on for Gmail / Google Apps
- Displays more information about your contact
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