What plugins do you really need on your WordPress site?
What kind of plugins do you really need on your WordPress site?
Plugins and which ones to use is a topic consistently swirling around the radio waves in the universe.
We got a question last week for WPblab from Chef Ivan Flowers and it got me thinking.
Is there a plugin "recipe" that can be used for most sites? #AskWPblab
— Chef Ivan Flowers (@ChefIvanFlowers) November 18, 2015
When you make bread, there are basic ingredients.
Once you understand the role of each ingredient in the chemistry of the bread making, you can start substituting and fiddling around with the recipe.
Better Homes and Gardens’ New Cookbook is my go-to. Even though it is decades old it’s really the only one you need. Once you understand the relationship between ingredients, you can always make it your own.
Now, the WPwatercooler site has a list of recommended plugins that are repeated in their 160+ episodes, so you should check those out.
Here’s my understanding of the basic recipe:
- Backup
- SEO
- Social Formatting
- Social Sharing Buttons
- Spam
- Feed Subscription
- Security
Backup
For backup I’m using Updraft Plus. I’m not totally sold on it because it makes three zip files and I don’t know how to restore from a backup yet but since I haven’t found a replacement it stays. I like that it will put a copy of the backup in my DropBox. (more…)