There's an App a Plugin for That!

BlueZooCreative.comTwitter.com/ccondray

7/28/2012

Who we are – Collin Condray15 years experience in web

developmentWeb developerProgrammerRetail data analysis for

multi-billion dollar companies (3M and Tyson)

Social media marketingAgency experience with

Collective Bias and Saatchi X

Local speaker at University of Arkansas, JBU, & Webster University

Who we are – Eric Huber20 years as a graphic

designer for both small businesses and Fortune 500 companies

Marketing, advertising, and graphic design for small businesses

Award winning designerInstructor for the New

Design School

Our Team

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Plugins for EverythingWordPress (at the time this slide was made)

has 20,413 Plugins!What's great about OpenSource is how all

these plugins are rated by users.

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What Makes a Plugin Great?Functionality

Support

Customization

Cost

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How to Search for the Best?Is it compatible with current WP Version?What is the rating?How many people have rated?How many downloads?What version?When was it last updated?

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Site DevelopmentBasic Authentication - Keep people out while

the site is under development.ThemeFuse Maintenance Mode - A

countdown version to keep people out while the site is under development

Broken Link Checker - Find broken links after switching to live environmentlorem ipsum

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SecurityWP Security Scan - Make sure your

environment is safe

WP-Hashcash - For people to cheap to pay for Akismet

WP-ReCaptcha

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UsersTinyMCE Advanced - Make the editor look

even more like MS Word

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SocialAddToAny

JetPack

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SEOAll In One SEO Pack

Google XML Sitemaps - Notify search engines that you've updated your site

Yet Another Related Posts Plugin - Creates internal site links which search engines like to see

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MonitizationAdRotate

Skimlinks

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CachingW3 Total Cache

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BackupBackWPup

Local FilesFTPDropboxAmazon S3

Also keeps your database tables in good shape

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What to do to find resource intensive plugins?

Memory Viewer

1. Write down the results2. Turn off a couple of plugins, or disable other

features3. Run the test again4. Repeat…

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Questions?

Thank you!BlueZooCreative.com

@eric_huber, @ccondray7/28/2012