The Niche Parent Conference
Plugins to Enhance Your WordPress Blog
Blanca, Karla and Jackie #nicheparent13
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Karla Campos @SocialMediaSass
● Founder/Chief Conspirator Social Media Sass: Social Media & Digital Marketing Training, Strategy & Management
● Board Member Social Media Club South Florida ● Founder The Real Women of Social Media - Internet reality
show about Social Media ● Founder Giglogo.com - Guest blogging platform ● Soon to be published author - The Chronicles of a Social
Media Addict ● Small Business Influencer 2013 Nominee
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Jackie Jimenez● Marketing Director at Alcantara Media: Strategy for
Integrated Marketing Campaigns ● WordPress.com avid blogger since 2008 - jackiej04● Blogging about business & life with a musical lyric twist –
http://theinnovativeconsultant.com● Marketing Consultant and Social Media Planning● All-around happy to organize #WPMIA ● Twitter: @jackiej04 and @wpmia
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Blanca Stella Mejia
● Founder of MiCaminar.com Inspirational blog ● Latism South Florida Co-Director● Board Social Media Club South Florida ● Founder of VizRED.com - A digital & web
development agency ● Community Mgr for Microsoft FUSE Labs - SO.CL● BlancaStella.com social media & other musings. ● Twitter: @micaminar and @miamishines
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Plugin Criteria for Setting Your Site up Right
● Security Plugins & Backup Options● Site Speed & Maintenance● SEO - Search Engine Optimization● Sliders/Photo Galleries & Social Network
Displays● Misc Cool Plugins● Social Media Sharing & Blog Commenting
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Security Plugins
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Security Plugin: Akismet
● Free for personal use, a bargain for your business
● Integrate WordPress.com key or create new account
● Protect from spam blog comments
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Security Plugin: Better WP Security
● Easy to install, start protecting in seconds(free)● Change the URLs for WordPress dashboard
including login, admin and more● Rename “admin” account – protect your site’s
login
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Premium Security Plugin: Sucuri
● Ultimate plugin for website monitoring, alerting and malware removal
● Integrated within ManageWP!● Paid Plugin, suggested for websites with
heavy customization and high traffic
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Backup Plugins
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Backup Plugin: ManageWP● Create daily, weekly & monthly backups to
Server, Dropbox or Google Drive● Monitor website performance● Also has Sucuri!● Update plugins on multiple websites in one
click!● Mobile App (makes you & I happy)
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Premium Backup Plugin: Backup Buddy
● Send your backups wherever you want!● Set it on re-occurring backups● Restore your site if anything happens● Use for server or domain migrations● Easy to set up
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Backup Plugin: WordPress Backup to Dropbox
● Easy to use, integrate with Dropbox ● Choose how often to backup your site● Set which files upload ● Secure integration
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SEO Ultimate Plugin: Yoast
All encompassing, fairly easy to use.
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WordPress SEO by Yoast● It makes on-page optimization easier ● Customize per page: title tags and meta
description● Create XML Sitemap● Google authorship● Overall, Best SEO Plugin!
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Premium Sliders
● Len Slider● Slider Pro● Layer Slider WP
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Photo/Content Sliders
● Alpine PhotoTile for Instagram● Flickr Set Slideshows● Dynamic Content Slider
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Alpine PhotoTile for Instagram
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Flickr Set Slideshows
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Dynamic Content Slider
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Misc Cool Plugins
● Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup● Pricing Table & Pricing Table Ready!● All-in-One Event Calendar● Advanced YouTube Embed by Embed Plus● MailChimp Form by ContactUs.com
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Fancier Author Box by ThematoSoup
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Pricing Table & Pricing Table Ready!
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All In One Event Calendar
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Advanced YouTube Embed by Embed Plus
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MailChimp Form by Contactus.com
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Site Maintenance and Speed Plugin: W3 Total Cache
On Website Conversion, Performance is Key.
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Brief Overview: W3 Total Cache
● Speed up your website’s load time● Multiple plugins, high quality images & video
can slow down a website● Solution: cleans up the framework within your
site● Improves user experience overall = less bounce
rate!
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Optimizers
● EWWW Image Optimizer or WP Smush.it - They optimize image files when they are uploaded. It makes them less chunky so quicker to load.
● Simple Optimizer - Optimizes the sites database to keep it compact. Removes spam comments, removes pingbacks/trackbacks & post revisions.
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Social Media Sharing Plugins
Good for SEO, even better for community engagement.
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Shareaholic Plugin● Clean integration into themes● Social media stats on social bookmarks● You May Also Like: cross promote posts● Top Bar – Has Call to Action
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Social Sharing Tool Kit● Shares to many social networks including G+ &
Pinterest.● Has follow settings to display your social
profiles on a widget● Can configure Tweet sharing with hashtags or
your twitter handle.● Connects to Bitly API
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Social Media Sharing: AddThis Plugin
● Access to over 300 Social Channels!
● Sign up for an account to see most shared content & analytics
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Blog Commenting Plugins
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Comments are Queen!● In SEO content may be king, but social media
and comments are queen!● Options depend on goals within the site● Disqus: is best for SEO● LiveFyre: has easy integration into sites● CommentLuv: good for other bloggers to
comment & linkbacks
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Misc. Content Creation● Visual Form Builder - Drag/ drop form creation● Ultimate Tiny MCE - content layout features● WPBakery Visual Composer: Provides vastly
improved page layout/design creation -premium● Update Message Places notice messages above
individual posts/pages● Dynamic Widget - Can specify which pages use
different widgets
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Questions / Comments
● Tip: Try not to bloat your site with too many plugins, be wise and choosy!
● Twitter - @socialmediasass
@micaminar
@jackiej04
