Thomas Giella discusses several WordPress plugins he finds essential, including Yoast SEO for SEO features, The Events Calendar for creating events, OptinMonster and Bloom for email opt-ins, All In One WP Security for security, Redirection for URL redirects, Simple Social Icons for social media buttons, and Slider Revolution and Shortcodes Ultimate for visual elements. He owns several web design businesses and has been building websites since 2007.

1. WordPress Plugins I
Can’t Live Without
: Speaker :
Thomas Giella

2. Thomas Giella
• Building websites since 2007
• 99% Conversion to WordPress
in 2012
• Associated of Science in
Drafting and Design
• Bachelor of Arts in
Management
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3. Thomas Giella
• Sold Giella Customs LED Lighting in 2011
• Owner of Gear Spinners Web Design and
Development
• Owner of startup TechSoft Academy
• Owner of Tampa Bay Installs
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4. Co-organizer for 2014 & 2015
Wesley Chapel Community Group Organizer
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7. Building a classic form

8. Adding section headers to form

9. Adding Pagination

10. Condition Logic

11. • Integrates easily with
Popular Payment
Gateways, CRMs, Cloud
Storage
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12. Free Version with paid add-ons
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13. The Events
Calendar Plugin
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14. • iCal and gCal export
functionality
• Integrates with other plugins
such as WooCommerce
• FREE version and premium
version available
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The interface

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18. • Snippet preview
• SEO page title
• SEO page description
• XML sitemap
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Building a classic form

20. • Facebook title,
description, and image
tags
• Twitter title, description,
and image tags
Yoast SEO
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21. Email Opt-in
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22. • Premium Plugin
• Six display layout types
• Triggers, A/B testing,
Analytics
• Integrate with Mailchimp,
Aweber, and Constant
Contact
Bloom by
Elegant Themes
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23. • Premium Plugin
• Multiple layout types
• Triggers, A/B testing,
Analytics
• Integrate with Mailchimp,
Aweber, and Constant
Contact
Optin Monster
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24. All in one security
and firewall
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25. • Change WP login URL
• Approve new users
• Change database prefix
• Fix security permission
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Database Prefix Change

27. WP Smush
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The Power of Smush

29. Webmaster User Role
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30. Turn a clients clutter into elegance
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31. Error logging and
URL redirect
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32. • Redirect urls no longer in
use
• 404 error log
• Group redirect urls
Redirection
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33. • 404 error log
• Emailed immediately
upon visitor receiving
website error
404 to 301
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34. Social Media Icons
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35. • Free plugin
• Change button/icon color
• Change button/icon
hover effect
• Change the size of the
button/icon
Simple Social Icons
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37. • Premium plugin
• Easy to use
• No coding required
Slider Revolution
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38. • Carousels
• Media galleries
• Mobile responsive
• Analytics
Slider Revolution
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39. Shortcodes Ultimate
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40. • Over 70 different
shortcode functions
• Insert the shortcodes
easily into your content
Shortcodes Ultimate
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41. Shortcodes Ultimate

42. Thank You WordCamp Orlando
:Speaker - Thomas Giella :
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