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THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS
FOR EVERY PURPOSE
(RECOMMENDED BY DEVELOPERS)
GEOFF MYERS PRESENTS
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
BEFORE WE BEGIN…
ABOUT GEOFF MYERS
▸ Founded SimDex in 2004
▸ Web Solutions for Small + Medium Sized Businesses
▸ Digital Marketing Consultant + Strategist
▸ 10+ Years as Full Stack Web Designer + Developer
▸ 5+ Years of WordPress Development Experience
▸ 50+ WordPress Sites Built, Maintained + Marketed
▸ Formal Background in Computer Science
▸ Get In Touch: geoff@simdex.org or simdex.org or 414.455.6675
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
WHAT SHOULD I CONSIDER WHEN RESEARCHING A PLUGIN?
1. Features + Functionality
2. User Interface + Experience (UI/UX)
3. Customization + Flexibility
4. Responsive Design + Mobile Friendliness
5. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
6. Performance + Speed
7. Security + Stability
8. Developer + Community Support
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
IMPORTANT QUESTIONS TO ASK FIRST
▸ What features and functionality do you need?
▸ What integrations do you want with other plugins?
▸ How compatible is your theme?
▸ How technologically savvy are you?
▸ What is your budget?
▸ How willing are you to learn?
▸ How much support do you need?
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
WHERE SHOULD I GO TO FIND A PLUGIN?
▸ WordPress Plugin Directory (wordpress.org/plugins)
▸ WooThemes (woothemes.com)
▸ Elegant Themes (elegantthemes.com)
▸ WPMU DEV (wpmudev.org)
▸ CodeCanyon (codecanyon.net)
▸ Plugin Developer Websites

(gravityforms.com, yoast.com…)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
A SMALL SAMPLE OF PLUGIN CATEGORIES
▸ Analytics
▸ Backups
▸ Calendars/Events
▸ Comments
▸ Development
▸ Ecommerce
▸ Email Marketing
▸ Forms
▸ Forums/Discussions
▸ Images/Videos
▸ Import/Export
▸ Maps
▸ Migrations/Cloning
▸ Performance
▸ Security
▸ SEO
▸ Social Media
▸ Tools/Utilities
▸ More…
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR WEBSITE ANALYTICS + INSIGHTS
▸ Google Analyticator
▸ Google Analytics by Yoast
▸ Google Analytics Dashboard for WP
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR WEBSITE BACKUPS
▸ BackupBuddy
▸ BackUpWordPress
▸ UpdraftPlus
▸ WP-DB-Backup
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR CALENDARS + EVENTS
▸ Events Manager
▸ The Events Calendar
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR USER COMMENTS
▸ Akismet
▸ Disable Comments
▸ Disqus Comment System
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR DEVELOPERS
▸ Advanced Custom Fields (create create custom fields)
▸ Child Theme Configurator (create child themes)
▸ Custom Post Type UI (create custom post types

and taxonomies)
▸ Theme Check (check WordPress

theme best practices)
▸ Types (create custom post types,

taxonomies,and custom fields)
▸ What The File (identity templates)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR ECOMMERCE + SHOPPING CARTS
▸ WooCommerce
▸ WooCommerce Premium Extensions 

(many, many plugins with various features)
▸ Braintree (payment processor)
▸ PayPal Pro (payment processor)
▸ Stripe (payment processor)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR EMAIL MARKETING INTEGRATION
▸ MailChimp for WordPress
▸ MailPoet Newsletters
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR CUSTOM FORMS
▸ Contact Form 7
▸ Fast Secure Contact Form
▸ Gravity Forms
▸ Ninja Forms
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR FORUMS + DISCUSSION BOARDS
▸ bbPress
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR IMAGE + VIDEO GALLERIES + SLIDERS
▸ Gallery
▸ Image Widget
▸ Meta Slider
▸ NextGEN Gallery
▸ Slider
▸ Slider Revolution
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR IMPORTING + EXPORTING DATA
▸ WordPress Importer
▸ WP All Import
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR EMBEDDING MAPS
▸ Google Maps Widget
▸ MapPress
▸ WP Google Maps
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR CLONING + MIGRATING WEBSITES
▸ All-in-One WP Migration
▸ Duplicator
▸ WP Migrate DB
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION (PART 1 OF 2)
▸ CloudFlare (content delivery network)
▸ EWWW Image Optimizer (image optimization)
▸ Imsanity (automatic image resizing)
▸ P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) 

(diagnostics + troubleshooting)
▸ Query Monitor 

(diagnostics + troubleshooting)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
▸ W3 Total Cache (caching + minification)
▸ WP-Optimize (database optimization)
▸ WP Smush (image optimization)
▸ WP Super Cache

(caching + minification)
BEST PLUGINS FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION (PART 2 OF 2)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR SECURITY + PRIVACY
▸ Advanced Automatic Updates (automatic WP updates)
▸ Easy Updates Manager (automatic WP updates)
▸ iThemes Security (security best practices)
▸ Login LockDown (login protection)
▸ Really Simple SSL (force HTTPS/SSL)
▸ Sucuri Security (malware scanner)
▸ Wordfence Security 

(malware scanner)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO)
▸ All in One SEO Pack
▸ Google XML Sitemaps
▸ Yoast SEO
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SHARING + INTEGRATION
▸ AddThis
▸ AddToAny
▸ Custom Facebook Feed
▸ Shareaholic
▸ ShareThis
▸ Social Networks Auto-Poster
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKS + COMMUNITY BUILDING
▸ BuddyPress
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR TOOLS + UTILITIES (PART 1 OF 2)
▸ Admin Columns (view, edit, filter, and sort posts and pages inline)
▸ Better Search Replace (find and replace in MySQL database)
▸ Broken Link Checker 

(find and fix links + images with 404 errors)
▸ InfiniteWP 

(manage multiple WordPress sites)
▸ ManageWP

(manage multiple WordPres sites)
▸ Multi Plugin Installer 

(bulk install plugins automatically)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR TOOLS + UTILITIES (PART 2 OF 2)
▸ Nav Menu Roles (control access to menus)
▸ Page Restrict (control access to content)
▸ Redirection (easily create 301 redirects)
▸ Regenerate Thumbnails 

(recreate image thumbnails)
▸ Simple History (log user activity)
▸ User Role Editor

(edit user + group permissions)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR MISCELLANEOUS (PART 1 OF 2)
▸ Display Widgets (conditionally show widgets)
▸ Duplicate Post (copy posts and pages)
▸ DuracellTomi's Google Tag Manager
▸ Jetpack (many, many features)
▸ Page Builder by Site Origin

(visual layout builder)
▸ Shortcodes Ultimate

(pre-formatted modules)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE
BEST PLUGINS FOR MISCELLANEOUS (PART 2 OF 2)
▸ TablePress (create and edit tables)
▸ TinyMCE Advanced (WYSIWYG editor)
▸ Visual Composer 

(visual layout builder)
▸ WPtouch (mobile-friendliness)
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THAT’S IT FOR NOW…
THANK YOU!
Questions? Comments?
Get In Touch:

geoff@simdex.org

simdex.org

414.455.6675
GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675
THAT’S IT FOR NOW…
THIS PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE:
simdex.org/plugins
simdex.org/plugins.pdf
Get In Touch:

geoff@simdex.org

simdex.org

414.455.6675

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 and taxonomies) ▸ Theme Check (check WordPress
 theme best practices) ▸ Types (create custom post types,
 taxonomies,and custom fields) ▸ What The File (identity templates)
  • 12. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR ECOMMERCE + SHOPPING CARTS ▸ WooCommerce ▸ WooCommerce Premium Extensions 
 (many, many plugins with various features) ▸ Braintree (payment processor) ▸ PayPal Pro (payment processor) ▸ Stripe (payment processor)
  • 13. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR EMAIL MARKETING INTEGRATION ▸ MailChimp for WordPress ▸ MailPoet Newsletters
  • 14. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR CUSTOM FORMS ▸ Contact Form 7 ▸ Fast Secure Contact Form ▸ Gravity Forms ▸ Ninja Forms
  • 15. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR FORUMS + DISCUSSION BOARDS ▸ bbPress
  • 16. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR IMAGE + VIDEO GALLERIES + SLIDERS ▸ Gallery ▸ Image Widget ▸ Meta Slider ▸ NextGEN Gallery ▸ Slider ▸ Slider Revolution
  • 17. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR IMPORTING + EXPORTING DATA ▸ WordPress Importer ▸ WP All Import
  • 18. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR EMBEDDING MAPS ▸ Google Maps Widget ▸ MapPress ▸ WP Google Maps
  • 19. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR CLONING + MIGRATING WEBSITES ▸ All-in-One WP Migration ▸ Duplicator ▸ WP Migrate DB
  • 20. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION (PART 1 OF 2) ▸ CloudFlare (content delivery network) ▸ EWWW Image Optimizer (image optimization) ▸ Imsanity (automatic image resizing) ▸ P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler) 
 (diagnostics + troubleshooting) ▸ Query Monitor 
 (diagnostics + troubleshooting)
  • 21. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE ▸ W3 Total Cache (caching + minification) ▸ WP-Optimize (database optimization) ▸ WP Smush (image optimization) ▸ WP Super Cache
 (caching + minification) BEST PLUGINS FOR PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION (PART 2 OF 2)
  • 22. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR SECURITY + PRIVACY ▸ Advanced Automatic Updates (automatic WP updates) ▸ Easy Updates Manager (automatic WP updates) ▸ iThemes Security (security best practices) ▸ Login LockDown (login protection) ▸ Really Simple SSL (force HTTPS/SSL) ▸ Sucuri Security (malware scanner) ▸ Wordfence Security 
 (malware scanner)
  • 23. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION (SEO) ▸ All in One SEO Pack ▸ Google XML Sitemaps ▸ Yoast SEO
  • 24. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR SOCIAL MEDIA SHARING + INTEGRATION ▸ AddThis ▸ AddToAny ▸ Custom Facebook Feed ▸ Shareaholic ▸ ShareThis ▸ Social Networks Auto-Poster
  • 25. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR SOCIAL NETWORKS + COMMUNITY BUILDING ▸ BuddyPress
  • 26. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR TOOLS + UTILITIES (PART 1 OF 2) ▸ Admin Columns (view, edit, filter, and sort posts and pages inline) ▸ Better Search Replace (find and replace in MySQL database) ▸ Broken Link Checker 
 (find and fix links + images with 404 errors) ▸ InfiniteWP 
 (manage multiple WordPress sites) ▸ ManageWP
 (manage multiple WordPres sites) ▸ Multi Plugin Installer 
 (bulk install plugins automatically)
  • 27. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR TOOLS + UTILITIES (PART 2 OF 2) ▸ Nav Menu Roles (control access to menus) ▸ Page Restrict (control access to content) ▸ Redirection (easily create 301 redirects) ▸ Regenerate Thumbnails 
 (recreate image thumbnails) ▸ Simple History (log user activity) ▸ User Role Editor
 (edit user + group permissions)
  • 28. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR MISCELLANEOUS (PART 1 OF 2) ▸ Display Widgets (conditionally show widgets) ▸ Duplicate Post (copy posts and pages) ▸ DuracellTomi's Google Tag Manager ▸ Jetpack (many, many features) ▸ Page Builder by Site Origin
 (visual layout builder) ▸ Shortcodes Ultimate
 (pre-formatted modules)
  • 29. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THE BEST WORDPRESS PLUGINS FOR EVERY PURPOSE BEST PLUGINS FOR MISCELLANEOUS (PART 2 OF 2) ▸ TablePress (create and edit tables) ▸ TinyMCE Advanced (WYSIWYG editor) ▸ Visual Composer 
 (visual layout builder) ▸ WPtouch (mobile-friendliness)
  • 30. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THAT’S IT FOR NOW… THANK YOU! Questions? Comments? Get In Touch:
 geoff@simdex.org
 simdex.org
 414.455.6675
  • 31. GEOFF@SIMDEX.ORG | WWW.SIMDEX.ORG | 414.455.6675 THAT’S IT FOR NOW… THIS PRESENTATION IS AVAILABLE ONLINE: simdex.org/plugins simdex.org/plugins.pdf Get In Touch:
 geoff@simdex.org
 simdex.org
 414.455.6675