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If you’re self-hosting your WordPress website, you’ll want to extend its functionality with plugins. However, there are more than 23.500 free plugins in the WP library. You can of course visit WordPress’ Most Popular Plugin Directory, but it’s a potential time sink and you’ll miss many great ones by not digging deeper. So, we’ve shaken down the interwebs for you to come up with this list of must-have plugins you won’t know how you survived without.
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Alex de Carvalho ● @alexdc ● alex@alexdc.org
Top 20 Plugins We Can’t Live Without
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About me
About plugins
SEO
Social
Peace of mind
Mobile
A quick intro to what I’ve been up to ...
facebook.com/groups/SMCSF
Established September 2008
- Over 2,500 members
- Monthly meetups average 100 participants
Social Media Club South Florida
- Web and new media
“un”conference
- Over 1,600 have attended five
events
- Next one: June 2013twitter.com/barcampmiami
- South Florida’s largest web
community
- Established March 2006
- Over 2,500 members
http://refreshmiami.org
Adjunctfrom Fall ’07 to Spring ’12
Securing Securing the the ClicksClicksNetwork Network Security in the Security in the Age of Social Age of Social MediaMedia
Co-author
“Wile E. Coyote uses absurdly complex contraptions and elaborate plans to pursue his quarry.” ~Wikipedia
About Plugins
Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress.
The core of WordPress is designed to be lean, to maximize flexibility and minimize code.
Plugins offer custom features so that each user can tailor their site to their specific needs.
Requirement: self-hosted WordPress blog
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
Search Engine Optimization
Social
Peace of mind ...
Mobile
Consider switching to a responsive theme rather than using a plugin
Alex de Carvalho ● @alexdc ● alex@alexdc.org
Top 20 Plugins We Can’t Live Without
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