wrangling wordpress to make your blog do what you want
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Project Brief
Prepared and Delivered on
Design and Development Overview
0105 / 07 / 16
1.1VWrangling Wordpress To Make Your Blog Do What You Want
by Tate Lucas 09 / 29 / 15
Cincinnati Blogging Meetup
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Plugins• Community is what makes Wordpress
great! • Plugins: Less is more • Plugins come at a cost.
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How to choose plugins• Look for good reviews • Look for a large number of active installs
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How to choose plugins• Don’t use outdated plugins
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Take an inventory of your plugins• Review the plugins you have installed • Not sure why you have something activated? • Deactivate one plugin at a time • Backup your site before deleting or adding
plugins
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Helpful Plugins• Akismet or Antispam by CleanTalk
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Helpful Plugins• Jetpack
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Helpful Plugins• Yoast SEO
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Plugins to avoid• YARPP (Yet Another Related Posts Plugin)
Instead: Jetpack Related Posts
• WP PostviewsInstead: Google Analytics, Jetpack Site Stats
• Broken Link CheckerInstead: brokenlinkcheck.com
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Updates & Security• Wordpress is more vulnerable now than
ever • Keep your Wordpress core, plugins and
themes updated • Use a security plugin such as Wordfence,
Sucuri or VaultPress Security Bundle
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Backup Your Site• Your site is a combination of files on a
server and a database. • VaultPress, Backup Buddy
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Make Sure Your Site Is Mobile• Google wants you to be mobile friendly • Use a responsive theme OR have a mobile
version of your website
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Thank You Tate Lucas
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