October 2020 Developer Meetup

Plugin Picks

1. Gabe: W3 Total Cache – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
   • page cache, browser caching does a big chunk of it.
   • Minificiation js/css
   • Reorder which order they load
   • CloudFlare integration
   • Delete unnecessary scripts
   • DB Caching
2. Kim: Advanced Custom Fields: Extended – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
   • Wants to learn more about ACF
3. Cami: ManageWP Worker – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
   • Run care plan business
   • 40% of her income
   • Sends monthly reports that have SEO
   • GTMetrics scores
   • Moves sites from Staging to production
   • Backups, virus scans, performance reports
   • White Label report if wanted
4. Clay: UsageDD – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
   • Super simple tells you data
   • Memory, queries, TTFB
5. Clay: Adminimize – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
   • Remove Admin things
6. Aseem: Gutenberg Blocks – ACF Blocks Suite – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
   • Use for custom fields and ACF Blocks
   • ACF Table Field. Helps with the admin view.
7. Patty: Admin Columns – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
   • Control list view of posts/pages
   • Sometimes export posts.
   • Add columns
   • Pro version has bulk and inline editing.
   • Create custom columns, show certain view in code.
   • Quick add button
8. Eric: Antispam Bee – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
   • Comment spam filtering
9. James: Gravity Forms Zoho CRM Add-on – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
   • Integrates with Zoho CRM
   • Pipes those contacts into the CRM directly and email campaign.
10. Mark: Scriptless Social Sharing – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • Lots of icons, icon/label, icon only.
    • Can add around post, shortcode.
    • Has a php function.
11. Marion: GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • Give: Donation plugin
    • Reporting, notifications
    • Easy to manage
12. Ryan: Search & Filter – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • Easy way to add filters to an archive page.
    • Has widgets and shortcodes
13. Gabe: WP Mail Logging by MailPoet – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • Show you log of every email the server has sent
    • Resend option
    • https://www.mail-tester.com/
14. Cami: Connect Sendgrid to your WordPress Forms | Gravity Forms
    • Get email out of spam inboxes
15. Clay: WordPress XML & CSV Importer Plugin – WP All Import
    • So many features
    • 7000 products in SAAS platform
      • Used to move those products over
    • Schedule imports
    • WooCommerce add-on using as well
16. Aseem: Advanced Access Manager – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
17. • Advanced Access Manager – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • Security client: attacked regularly
    • Access levels to each user
    • Can block REST API and XML-RPC
    • Block entire backend
    • Created post type called Job: added capabilities. Wanted to restrict certain.
18. Patty: Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • Turn on outlines on blocks
    • Highlights when you are on a header.
    • Can add no margin or padding if you want.
    • Can do on a user basis
19. Eric: Gutenberg Blocks by Kadence Blocks – Page Builder Features – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
20. James: WP EasyPay – Square for WordPress – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • Can take stripe payments on website
    • recurring Subscriptions
    • Downloads as well.
    • https://wpsimplepay.com/ https://wordpress.org/plugins/stripe/
21. Mark: MRW Simplified Editor – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • He wrote it
    • MRW Simplified Editor – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • Hides a bunch of the crap in Block Editor
    • No options lots of filters
22. Teri: UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • For backups
    • Multiple Schedules
    • Database or files
    • Point to AWS
    • Works well for migrations too.
    • Pay for it willingly
23. Ryan: Intuitive Custom Post Order – WordPress plugin | WordPress.org
    • Gives UI to drag and drop posts/taxonomies.

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