MY RECENT FAVORITE PLUGINS

RYAN KING @ryancanhelpyou

5 plugins

5 minutes

but first…

what makes a good plugin?

CRITERIA:

• WP coding conventions / standards

• Well designed / intuitive usability

• High rating

• Maintained (recently updated and has respected and/or several authors)

• WP.org vs private plugins

• Does not duplicate abilities already built into WP core

• Free and/or cheap preferably

…and in no particular order:

1

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-nested-pages/

2

https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/

ALTERNATIVES:

Contact Form 7 Gravity Forms JetPack Forms

3

https://wordpress.org/plugins/enable-media-replace/

4

https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/

ALTERNATIVES:

Dropmysite VaultPress Managed Hosting

5

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcore/

But what about plugins not hosted on WordPress.org?

Google it.

MY 3-STEP PROCESS:

www.wptavern.com/category/plugins

1 www.tidyrepo.com

2

3

TEST ENVIRONMENT:

1 Setup blank WP install to test new plugins

2 Import content from Theme Unit Test

http://codex.wordpress.org/Theme_Unit_Test

THANK YOU

RYAN KING @ryancanhelpyou