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✩ Intro
- Plugins I am using from my research and experience
- basic > WordPress templating
- tech brief
- less is more
- server cpu > scanners (virus/links) > external services
✩ Will not cover
Covered in Managing your WordPress Tech
- updates
- backups
- migrations
- security
- caching
Covered in Google and search marketing
- Yoast SEO
Covered in WordPress Plugins and Themes
- How to choose plugins
- How to manage plugins
✩ Jetpack
- intro – wordpress.com
- WP commercialisation
- security/backups – performance – features
- wordpress.com account
- switch stuff off
✩ Drag and drop page builders
- One step to the future
- wpbakery – visual composer
- Divi – covering in Using Divi – drag and drop page builder
- Elementor
- others
and
- Classic Editor
- Blocks
✩ Email Forms
vs email address
- Preventing spam
- Email Address Encoder
Benefits
- User experience
- Notifications/responders
- Intergrations
Issues
- Fail rate – Must be tested
- Can be hijacked by spammers – captcha
- Human spam – limited
Recommended features
- Email to database if fail
- Captcha
- Integrations
- Visual builder
Plugins
- Some examples
- Gravity forms
Advanced
- Server level block
- Verify sender email address – DKIM | SFP
- Replace WP email system
- Sendgrid + WP Mail SMTP – more info
✩ External Integrations
Software as a service
- CRM
- Booking forms
- Menus
- Analytics
Embed codes
- script
- editor
- classic editor issues
- iframe
- widget
- html head
- divi
- plugin
- template
Oembed
- youtube
- oembed
Plugins
- specific plugin
- contact form
- integration plugin
CRM
- Mailchimp –
- ActionNetwork – script or plugin for shortcode – edit styling
- NationBuilder – Importer for Gravity Forms and NationBuilder – gravity forms
- Zapier
✩ Useful plugins
- Duplicate Page
- Publishing help
- Image Galleries
- keep media default
- JetPack Carousel
- sliders suck
- image compressors – prepare images before publishing ShortPixel
- Broken Link Checker – bad for servers – use external service or switch on only while using
- TablePress
- 301 redirection | .htaccess | Redirection | Simple 301 Redirects
- Google Analytics
- Better Search Replace
- Yoast SEO for social media | Facebook debugger
- Buddypress + bbPress
- Members only
✩ WooCommerce
- Intro
- simple transaction (form) vs shopping cart
- strict with security
- payment transactors | stripe | credit cards and regular payments
- plugins (extensions) eg
- Aus post
- Donations (upsell – better to use CRM)
- Subscriptions
- Invoices
- powers other plugins
- brief | user journey
✩ Libraries and advanced content management
- commons library
- marigold health foods
- WP templating
Custom post types
- guide
- Woocommerce > product
- Jetpack > portfolio > testimonials
- code vs plugin > Custom Post Type UI
Custom Taxonomies
- Taxonomies > science of categorisation
- Categories and tags
- Commerce example > colours > sizes
Search
- Live search > SearchWP Live Ajax Search
- Relevanssi Premium
- Search filtering FacetWP
Custom Fields
- New fields in post editor
- Advanced custom fields
- Frontend data requires templating
Other post additions
Extras
✩ Mapping
australianmap.net
- Google maps API
- MapPress Maps for WordPress – freemium
Marigold storefinder
- Map Search filtering – FacetWP + ACF
- Show CPT / Tax –List Custom Taxonomy Widget
