Favorite Wordpress Plugins?
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Just curious what everyone's favorite Wordpress plugins are. Some of mine:
Akismet - has saved me from TONS of spam comments
Feedweb - most people don't want to take the time to write comments but this allows me to collect feedback because it's easy and instant for people, and it shows on the homepage and not just each post's individual page
Shareaholics - allows for custom sharing buttons to Facebook, Twitter, etc and shows number of shares on each source
Those are my top 3. What are yours?
Thanks,
A.J. -
- broken link checker
- my eyes are up here (Detects faces during thumbnail cropping and moves the crop position accordingly)
- EVM portfolio
- Contact Form 7
- GASP (instead of Akismet)
- Lightbox plus colorbox
- W3 Total Cache
- WordFence Security
- WordPress SEO
- WP125
- BackWPup
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@technobabble said:
- broken link checker
- my eyes are up here (Detects faces during thumbnail cropping and moves the crop position accordingly)
- EVM portfolio
- Contact Form 7
- GASP (instead of Akismet)
- Lightbox plus colorbox
- W3 Total Cache
- WordFence Security
- WordPress SEO
- WP125
- BackWPup
I like Broken Link Checker. I use the Wordpress SEO too but that's about it. That's pretty cool.
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Any reason you use GASP over Akismet?
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@thanksaj
I have read a lot about link spam, comment spam etc from WP sites as well as search engine sites and the complaint is that Akismet is preventing non spammy users from posting.
Here are a few posts about it.
- http://wpgarage.com/plugins/anti-comment-spam-alternatives-to-akismet/
- http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/die-akismet-die/
- https://managewp.com/best-anti-spam-plugin-for-wordpress
And I know YMMV, but I either setup GASP or turn off comment for my clients (the lazy ones).
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@technobabble said:
@thanksaj
I have read a lot about link spam, comment spam etc from WP sites as well as search engine sites and the complaint is that Akismet is preventing non spammy users from posting.
Here are a few posts about it.
- http://wpgarage.com/plugins/anti-comment-spam-alternatives-to-akismet/
- http://www.trafficgenerationcafe.com/die-akismet-die/
- https://managewp.com/best-anti-spam-plugin-for-wordpress
And I know YMMV, but I either setup GASP or turn off comment for my clients (the lazy ones).
Hmm, interesting.
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@thanksaj big difference in what you do for your own self versus paying clients. Their needs can be different and you are semi responsible for their SEO, UX when choosing themes and/or plugins.
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@technobabble said:
@thanksaj big difference in what you do for your own self versus paying clients. Their needs can be different and you are semi responsible for their SEO, UX when choosing themes and/or plugins.
Yeah, fair enough.
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You can integrate WordPress and NodeBB so that NodeBB handles the comments for WP. It's a neat way to go.
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@scottalanmiller said:
You can integrate WordPress and NodeBB so that NodeBB handles the comments for WP. It's a neat way to go.
That's pretty neat.
