Useful WordPress Plugins for Your Site

1. 24,000+ PLUGINS,
HOW DO I CHOOSE?
Useful Plugins For Your Website

2. ABOUT YOUR SPEAKER
David Laietta
WordPress Development and Consulting
Custom Theme Development
Teaching and One-on-One Training
david@davidlaietta.com
@davidlaietta

3. HOW TO CHOOSE PLUGINS
Look for reputable plugin authors
Check ratings and download counts
Check documentation and support
options
Test on staging site where possible

4. TABLEPRESS
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tabl
epress/
Ideal for any table data
Easy backend-interface – No Code!
Sortable
Paginated
Filterable

5. GRAVITY FORMS
http://www.gravityforms.com/
Best plugin of any kind, period.
Basic to advanced forms
Contact, Payment, Membership, Mailing
Lists, Polls, Surveys and other add-ons
Conditional logic and auto responders
make it great for interactive forms

6. JETPACK
http://jetpack.me/
Maintained by WordPress.com
Dozens of add-ons
Useful statistics and analytics
Carousels, Twitter, other Display widgets
Social Logins and Discussions

7. DISPLAY WIDGETS
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disp
lay-widgets/
Selectively display widgets on pages
Choose by specific page/category/type
Show or hide in chosen areas
Allows targeted content and ad display

8. DISABLE COMMENTS
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/disp
lay-widgets/
Selectively disable comments
Reduces certain types of spam
Disable comments on pages/posts/media
Can hide comments from Dashboard
Can remove comment box from posts

9. WORDPRESS SEO
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wor
dpress-seo/
Best SEO plugin I know of
Control site-wide and post-specific meta
data/titles/descriptions
Manage social integration with
Facebook/Twitter/Google+
Incorporate analytics, webmaster tools
and sitemaps

10. WORDPRESS BACKUP TO DROPBOX
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wor
dpress-backup-to-dropbox/
Save copies of your site files and database
Select time and recurrence of backups
All files sent directly to Dropbox –
available in the cloud
Accessible from any device that can use
Dropbox – handy when editing