Presented at WordCamp Sydney 2012.
WordPress plugins background and a huge list of plugins in many different categories.
Go to http://wphow.org for more WordPress help.
2. Be careful what you wish for....
By Tony Cosentino - wphow.org - @wphow - facebook.com/wphow
3. What the hell are plugins?
✤ accessories to add to your vehicle
✤ php/javascript injection for dummies
✤ written by people smarter than me
✤ I have ADPHPD (Attention deficit php disorder)
✤ I also like wheels other people make, why re-invent them
6. Free plugins can be
✤ free to stop being updated
✤ free to brake for extended periods of time
✤ free from developer contact information (sometimes anyway - I’m
being dramatic ok)
✤ free to go offline when the developer gets over of at all the whining
from internet marketers wanting it fixed yesterday for nada
7. OK free plugins can be awesome
too, if...
✤ the have a large benevolent company behind them
✤ are a loss leader for a paid version
✤ connect you to a commercial 3rd party product (eg sales force form)
✤ are supported by a Buddhist monk who is hoping to attain
enlightenment through perfect code and self sacrifice
(Nothing against that Buddhists either, they rock)
8. If you pay for a plugin (or theme)
✤ you are supporting WordPress developer/s who will then maintain
the very plugin that is making you look great
✤ inspiring more plugins to be built
✤ subsidising the support system
✤ putting people through college/uni
9. Time to get off my high horse
lets get into some free and paid plugins
11. SEO
✤ WordPress SEO by Yoast
✤ SEO Ultimate
✤ SEO Rank Tracker
✤ Link Juice Keeper
✤ SEOPressor (premium - http://
seopressor.com - $97)
✤ Analytics360 - Google and
mailchimps lovechild
12. eCommerce
✤ WooCommerce (the new up
and comer)
✤ WP Shopp (premium - http://
shoppplugin.net )
✤ WP eCommerce (the original)
✤ Ecwid Shopping Cart (use with
facebook too)
13. My sites too small to be a target...
small unsecured sites make great fake South African Banks
15. Images
✤ Lightbox Plus (popups instead
of a blank page)
✤ NextGEN Gallery
16. Training and support
✤ Video User Manuals ($24/month on unlimited client sites)
✤ WP Help
17. Mobile friendly
✤ WP Touch
✤ WP Touch Pro (Premium - http://www.bravenewcode.com/
product/wptouch-pro/ - $49 or $199 for developers licence)
18. Content helpers
✤ Organize Series ✤ Easy Content TemplatesReplace
Featured Image with Video
✤ Shortcodes Ultimate
✤ TinyMCE Advanced
✤ WP-chgFontSize
✤ YARP Yet another related post
✤ Duplicate Post
19. Forms
✤ Gravity forms (premium - http://gravityforms.com -
29. User management
✤ Import Users from CSV (import a lot of users from one spreadsheet)
✤ User Switching
✤ QuickLogin (popups for login pages so you need to leave the page
you are on)
30. Custom post types
✤ My Content Management (collection of custom post types pre built,
eg faqs, people, testimonials, locations, quotes, glossary, etc)
✤ CustomPress (premium - http://premium.wpmudev.org/project/
custompress )
31. Widget domination
✤ Widget logic ✤ Widget Entries (use with
Custom sidebars)
✤ Spectacu.la Page Widget
✤ Duplicate Widget (Ditto)
✤ WP-Cumulus
✤ PHP Code Widget
✤ Widgets on pages (add
javascript to a page via
shortcode that won’t dissapear)
✤ Executable PHP widget
✤ Custom sidebars
32. Developer backend tools
✤ Friends Only
✤ Revision control
✤ Velvet Blues Update URLs
✤ Page and Post Lister
✤ Redirection
33. The rest
✤ CalculatorPro Calculators - (204 different calculators)
✤ WP Survey And Quiz Tool
34. Credits
✤ 1.flickr - King of the road by ✤ 5. flickr -8 weeks african grey -
ejharaldseid - photo link by Papooga - image link
✤ 2. flickr - Horse - by
Moyan_Brenn - photo link
✤ 3. flickr - Hand Gun - by
roberthuffstutter - photo link
✤ 4. flickr - Lamborghini - by
_groundcoffee - photo link