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Top WordPress Plugins SEO Tips and Tactics MeetUp Christina Peterson Thursday, May 23, 13

Top WordPress Plugins • The WordPress Plugin Directory contains nearly 25,000 plugins (as of 5/18/13) Thursday, May 23, 13

Top WordPress Plugins • Instead of the T op T en plugins, this presentation looks at the top ten categories of plugins Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins • SEO • Cache • Analytics • Image Galleries & Sliders • Social • Link Analysis • WP Core Functions • Comments • Security & Spam • Miscellaneous • BackUp Thursday, May 23, 13

WP SEO Plugins • All-In-One SEO • SEO Ultimate • Headspace 2 • Google XML Sitemaps • WP SEO by Yoast • SEO Friendly Images • News SEO Module • Video SEO Module • Local SEO Module Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Analytics Plugins • Google Analytics for WP • WP Google Analytics • Analytics 360 • Clicky by Yoast • Wassup Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Social Sharing • Digg Digg • WP Social Share • Flare • FollowMe • Shareaholic Sexy Bookmarks Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Social Embedding • Blackbird Pie • http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/twitter-blackbird-pie/screenshots/ • T witter Feed Plugins - there are many • Review articles • http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress/31-useful-twitter- plugins-for-wordpress-to-choose-from/ • http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2012/08/wordpress-twitter- widget.html Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Social Scheduling • WP to Buffer • Uses Buffer http://bufferapp.com/ • Social Networks AutoPoster (SNAP) http://wpnuggets.com/wp-plugin-review/social-networks-auto-poster/ • Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Core Functions - Editing • TinyMCE Advanced - how to configure: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAr9mBtUYRk • Ultimate TinyMCE - demo: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ ultimate-tinymce/ • FontPress Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Core Functions - Forms • QuForm • Fast Secure Contact Forms • Formidable Forms • Gravity Forms Thursday, May 23, 13

CMS Tree Page View Shows all WP Pages in one place Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Core Functions - Other • P3 (Plugin Performance • for multilingual sites Profiler) http://wpnuggets.com/wp- plugin-review/wpml/ • Widget Controller • Fluid Video Embeds • show/hide widgets on • modifies YouTube/ page/post basis Vimeo autoembeds to full size • WP-Optimize - database cleanup & optimization • UberMenu • WPML Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Security and Spam Control • Better WP Security • WordPress Security • Security Ninja • VaultPress • Akismet • Defensio Anti-Spam Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for BackUps • Backuper • WordPress Backup to Dropbox • Online Backup for WordPress • Backup Buddy • WP Time Machine • BackWPUp Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Cache • W3 Total Cache • WP SuperCache • Hyper Cache Extended • Quick Cache Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Image Sliders & Galleries • Slide Deck 2/Slide Deck • Lightbox Evolution 2 Lite Responsive • Titan Lightbox • NextGen Gallery • Lightbox Plus Colorbox • Justified Image Grid • WP Smush.It • Slider Revolution • Alternative to Smush.It: • Global Gallery http://jasoncosper.com/ smush-it-alternatives-for- wordpress/ • JackBox Lightbox • Foobox Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Link Analysis • Broken Link Checker - increases size of DB • WP Link Validator - real-time analysis without processing from DB • Alternatives to Plugin link checkers • PC: http://xenus-link-sleuth.en.softonic.com/ • Mac: http://peacockmedia.co.uk/integrity/ Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for Comments • CommentLuv - integrates with T witter link, e- mails commenters when direct link made • Disqus - comments indexable; privacy concerns • Livefyre Comments 3 - integrates comments from T witter, FB, Flickr to WP comment stream • WebPurity Profanity Filter • Thank Me Later - sends thank you e-mail to commenters Thursday, May 23, 13

Comment Systems • Review of Livefyre http://www.wpbeginner.com/opinion/ reasons-why-we-switched-away-livefyre/ • Review of Disqus http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/ blog/2009/07/11/should-you-use-disqus-comment-system-maybe/ Thursday, May 23, 13

Miscellaneous Helpful WP Plugins • Redirection • MapsMarker - supports Google, Bing, OpenStreet maps • ClickDesk LiveChat - embeds chat button; integrates with Skype or GoogleTalk • Membership - supports paid membership • Get Me Cooking - supports microdata Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins for AdSense • It was advertised on the MeetUp site, so... http://mashable.com/2007/09/04/wordpress-adsense/ • http://www.lpwebhosting.com/blog/top-10-best-adsense-wordpress- • plugins http://linewbie.com/wordpress-plugins/all-in-one-adsense-and-ypn • http://www.smashingapps.com/2012/11/19/ultimate-collection-of-google- • adsense-wordpress-plugins.html Thursday, May 23, 13

JetPack for WordPress • Pro arguments: http://websynthesis.com/jetpack-plugin / • http://wptribe.net/jetpack-plugin-review-wordpress/ • • Con arguments: http://yoast.com/jetpack-and-wordpress-seo/ • http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/manual-control/ • • Lite Option: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack-lite/ • Thursday, May 23, 13

How Many Plugins is T oo Many? • Usually, this is not an issue http://wpcandy.com/thinks/active-plugin-counts-just-dont-matter/ • http://digwp.com/2010/01/poll-results-how-many-plugins-do-you-use/ • Thursday, May 23, 13

WP Plugins Christina Peterson Prioritas Marketing 503-656-1016 Thursday, May 23, 13