7. Make Your Website Do More With Plugins
Front End
Forms
Events
Social Sharing
Images
Back End
Security
SEO
Maintenance
Bonus
Tables
Page Builders
Custom Fields
And More!
A plugin is a piece of software containing a group of functions that can be added to a WordPress website. They can extend functionality or add new features to your WordPress websites.
Over 55,000 plugins in repo
C7 - Database Add on
Caldera: Good Getting Started Guide, GIFs to show drag & drop, Has some pre-made templates, Email Send Option: WP or Send Grid, Pro Version: $13.74, $22.91 ($275/yr), $45.82/month.
WP Forms: NICE, FAST INTERFACE. Basic templates, more with Pro: $49-$399
D Sqr
$59-$259
Has button to add from Editor
Timely: $9 - $99 month for Pro
Events Manager Pro $75
The Events Calendar - Add Ons, Connect to Feeds from other calendars
Increases traffic & engagement by helping people share your posts and pages to any service.Placement flexibilitySocial Warfare Pro $29
Sumo - Free, $24+, stats, sign up pop up
Speed Up Your Website with Image Compression and Resizing
Foo - Easy, Lightbox needs extra install, Loading images, Responsive, Retina Support FREE or $49
Envira $29-$299 (Agency), Custom CSS, Watermarking, Password Protection, Templates
Sucuri $299 per year, $25 per month, scans
Cerber does antispam.
SiteLock Free account available via plugin. $12-$40 per month
Akismet - Need API Key, Free for personal and blog, $5 a month for business
This plugin replaces all your post images, post thumbnails, gravatar images and content iframes with a placeholder and loads the content as it gets close to enter the browser window when the visitor scrolls the page. Also works with text widgets.