Presentation on WordPress plugins.

1. MY
RECENT
FAVORITE
PLUGINS
RYAN KING
@ryancanhelpyou

2. 5
plugins

3. 5
minutes

4. but first…

5. what
makes
a good
plugin?

6. 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

7. …and in
no particular
order:

8. 1

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

10. 2

11. https://wordpress.org/plugins/ninja-forms/
ALTERNATIVES:
Contact Form 7 Gravity Forms JetPack Forms

12. 3

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

14. 4

15. https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/
ALTERNATIVES:
Dropmysite VaultPress Managed Hosting

16. 5

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

18. But what about
plugins not hosted
on WordPress.org?

19. Google it.
MY 3-STEP PROCESS:
www.wptavern.com/category/plugins
1 www.tidyrepo.com
2
3

20. 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

21. THANK YOU
RYAN KING
@ryancanhelpyou