Things change rapidly in the WordPress world. The content in this post is more than a year old and may no longer represent best practices.
Ted Curran’s Notes
Meetup members shared WordPress plugins and other tools they rely on. Some of these plugins and services are free; some cost money.
Plugins Discussed
Columns and Appearance
- Grid Columns For grid-based layouts
- NextGEN Gallery Photo Galleries
Comment Systems and Anti-Spam
- Comment Luv Commenting system
- Disqus Commenting system
- LiveFyre Commenting system
- Akismet Anti-spam
- Spam-Free WordPress Anti-spam
- Bad Behavior Anti-spam
- Jetpack Comments
Backups & Security
- Backup Buddy Backup
- Vaultpress Backup
- BlueHost Backups Backups
- WP DB Backup Backup
- BackWPUp Backup
- Sucuri Security
Themes Discussed
Cloud Storage Discussed
Hosting Discussed
Sallie’s Notes
(Just a few items not included in Ted’s notes, and a few later addenda.)
- Google Font Previewer Chrome Extension
- WP Google Fonts Plugin (Add up to 6 fonts and specify the styles to apply them to)
- Editorial Assistant by Zemanta (Insert related posts and images)
- WordFence Security (limit login attempts, notify when upgrades are needed, etc)
- RPS Image Gallery (Link gallery thumbnails to pages/posts/files/external links)
- All in One Event Calendar (shares with Google, Apple, and Outlook) However, it appears not to be working with WP 3.5, so you might take a look at The Events Calendar.
- Gravity Forms (Best. Forms. Plugin. Evar.)
- WidgetKit (Really cool but resource-heavy plugin for galleries, slideshows, etc. Can insert widgets in any post or page. Not cheap.)
- Dynamic Widgets (Lets you decide which widgets to show on what pages.)
- Easy (Lets you build widgets with page, post, or CPT content inside of them. Kind of like the Genesis Featured Widget Amplified widget, but for non-Genesis sites.)
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