Passionate About Plugins and Wild for Widgets
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Kathryn Presner's presentation at WordCamp Maui 2015 covers the essentials of using and selecting WordPress plugins and widgets, emphasizing the importance of credibility, track record, and compatibility. She provides troubleshooting tips and resources for managing plugins effectively, highlighting common conflicts and best practices for plugin maintenance. The talk also encourages users to engage with the plugin community for support and to share favorite plugins across various functionalities.
Passionate About Plugins and Wild for Widgets
- 1. Passionate About Plugins AND Wild FOR Widgets Kathryn Presner @zoonini WordCamp Maui 2015 #wcmaui
- 2. Kathryn Presner Happiness Engineer Theme Team at Automattic
- 3. Widget Me This Welcome to the world of widgets
- 6. CORE ACTIVE INACTIVE Widgets in the Admin Area
- 8. Widgets in the Customizer ACTIVE INACTIVE CORE
- 11. Plugin with Custom Widget
- 12. Plugin with Custom Widget
- 13. Plugin with Custom Widget
- 14. Custom Widget in Theme
- 15. Widget Conditions Control which widgets go where
- 17. Add Conditions
- 22. Up Front
- 23. Up Front
- 24. Picking a Plugin Making wise choices
- 25. Lots and Lots of Plugins wordpress.org/plugins
- 26. OVERWHELMING
- 31. Recently Added
- 32. Hand-picked
- 34. Past its Prime
- 36. Log in to Vote, Rate & Post
- 40. Version Compatibility If IT WORKS votes / TOTAL votes >= 0.7 then IT WORKS If IT WORKS votes / TOTAL votes >= 0.3 then IT’S BROKEN Source: Otto
- 41. Author
- 43. Offsite Support
- 44. Changelog
- 46. Resolved Threads
- 48. Plugin Troubleshooting Potential conflicts: • plugin & WordPress core • two or more plugins • plugin & theme
- 49. Troubshooting Flow Chart When in doubt, deactivate all plugins Problem still there? Reactivate one at a time Test between each NO
- 50. Troubshooting Flow Chart When in doubt, deactivate all plugins Problem still there? YES Search forums/Web Post in forum/report to developer Look in source code to default theme Replace plugin with an alternative
- 51. Plugin Care and Feeding Avoid editing others’ plugin code... COULD THE CHANGES: • Be moved outside the plugin folder? • Be incorporated into the plugin? • Be forked into a new plugin?
- 52. Post in the Forum
- 53. Follow a Plugin - Support
- 54. Follow a Plugin - Dev
- 57. SEO
- 58. Security/Backup
- 59. Multilingual
- 60. Monster Widget
- 61. Jetpack
- 62. Premium
- 63. Share Your Faves • Forms • Analytics • Anti-spam • Mapping • Slider/slideshow • Gallery • Caching • Admin interface • Custom fields • Custom post types • Social sharing • Multilingual
- 64. Resources WordPress.org Codex: Managing Plugins http://codex.wordpress.org/Managing_Plugins WordPress.org Codex: Plugin Resources for Developers http://codex.wordpress.org/Plugin_Resources
- 65. Resources 6 Questions To Ask Before You Install A WordPress Plugin http://sixrevisions.com/wordpress/before-install- wordpress-plugin/ (flowchart used with permission) Functionality: Plugins vs Themes– Pippin Williamson http://wp.tutsplus.com/articles/general/ functionality-plugins-vs-themes/
- 66. Resources Professional WordPress Plugin Development by Brad Williams, Ozh Richard, Justin Tadlock Wordpress Plugin Development Cookbook by Yannick Lefebvre
- 67. Connect/Credits Presentation slideshare.net/zoonini Kathryn Presner kpresner.com / Twitter: @zoonini WordPress.org Slack: zoonini Fonts Arvo & Lato “Overwhelmed” photo (cc) andres.thor – Flickr