This weekend, I presented on Essential Plugins and Optimization at WordCamp Orange County.
Here is my presentation.
Any questions or comments or plugins that you suggest, please leave them in the comments.
Thanks!
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Great presentation, thank you!
@rutger
Thanks Rutger! Great talking to you both at the conference and the after-party.
Thanks!
Great presentation Jonathan! Thanks for the W3 total cache tip!
Happy to help!
Thanks for sharing. We are using most of these plugins. However, it’s great that we have a reference when we add new developers to our team. Keep up the great work!
Thx Mikael! also take a look at the “top 5 SEO plugins” post I wrote, also some great tips there.
Great to meet you Jonathan. Thanks for giving me the quick rundown before my presentation.
great to meet you too! happy to help with plugin recommendations :)
Thanks for the list! I picked up a couple, redirection and seo automatic links. I’m evaluating these if anyone has input on what NOT to use:
akismet
all-in-one-seo-pack
author-avatars
auto-thickbox
contact-form-7
countdown-timer
easy-adsenser
favicons
fbmeme
feedburner-plugin
follow-me
google-analyticator
google-sitemap-generator
headup-bloggers-widget
landing-sites
lightbox-2
mailchimp
nextgen-gallery
one-click-plugin-updater
ozh-admin-drop-down-menu
post-avatar
published-articles-since-last-visit
retweeters
robots-meta
rpx
seo-automatic-links
shadowbox-js
simple-facebook-connect
simple-facebook-link
simple-tags
simple-twitter-connect
smart-youtube
stats
topsy
tweet-this
tweetmeme
twitter-avatar
twitter-friendly-links
twitter-tools
twitter-widget-pro
url-shortener
what-would-seth-godin-do
wickett-twitter-widget
wordbooker
wordpress-dashboard-twitter
wp-google-apps
wp-pagenavi
wp-security-scan
wp-sifr
wp-super-cache
wp-to-twitter
wpmarketer
wptouch
yet-another-related-posts-plugin
dolly is not really on the list, just not deleted :)
url shortener is throwing a fatal error and various plugins and resources i know require it, does anyone have a favorite?
As a URL shorter, I would use domain.com/?p=5353 that’s going to be really short for your needs. It’s the non-pretty permalink strcuture, and it will redirect to your pretty permalink when you go to it.
Identifying plugins that blow up one thing or another:
WPMarketer – unfortunately disables drag and drop widget interface in admin, I’m guessing a javascript conflict.
It’s very likely that plugin could break things, just test them one by one to figure out any issues. There’s no standard for cross-plugin compatibility, just a test as you go situation.
hey there ! great presentation . i am glad that i use “almost” all the plugins you stated in the presentation. N1 john
happy to help :) glad you liked the presentation