Our Essential WordPress Plugin Stack – WPCAST006

In this episode, we discuss some of the common plugins we install on new WordPress sites.

The Changelog

* Doug:

* Added SpeakPipe plugin to WPcast.fm

* Please use this to leave us questions on our voicemail

* David:

* Easy Pricing Tables Premium 1.8 / Easy Pricing Tables Free 1.6

* JavaScript fix for alignment issues

* Working on Ninja Forms / Zapier and email marketing plugins

* Contact if you are interested in being a beta tester for either plugin

The Core

* Comments:

* Disqus Comment System

* Replaces default comments with Disqus commenting system

* Antispam Bee

* If you’re using default WordPress comments

* Better at reducing spam than Akismet

* Social Sharing:

* Socialize

* Gives you a lot of customization options

* Can create call to action boxes

* Contact Forms:

* Ninja Forms

* Free plugin, paid extensions

* More cost effective if you only use a couple of extensions

* Gravity Forms

* Paid plugin

* More cost effective if you use a lot of the add ons

* Analytics:

* Google Analytics for WordPress (by Yoast)

* Adds your Google Analytics tracking code

* Can exclude logged in users, use outbound tracking

* SEO:

* WordPress SEO (by Yoast)

* Most popular SEO plugin, very powerful

* Security:

* Limit Login Attempts

* Better WP Security (now iThemes Security)

* WordFence Security

* Backup (more detail in the next episode):

* WordPress Backup to Dropbox

* Easy, backs up your site to Dropbox

* BackWPup

* More options, other external destinations

* Editing:

* Black Studio TinyMCE Widget

* Lets you use the Visual Editor in your widgets

* TinyMCE Advanced

* Adds buttons to your Visual Editor like tables, horizontal lines