This document provides an agenda for a WordPress workshop for nonprofits. It covers WordPress settings, plugins, security best practices, backups, and includes times for questions. Specific topics that will be discussed are plugins for different use cases, how to find and evaluate plugins, security plugins and HTTPS, and backup options through hosting providers or plugins. There will also be demonstrations of plugins.

1. wordpress for nonprofits
11/14/19
JESSI SHANK / MARIANNE FENG
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2. - WordPress Settings Overview
- Plugins: start to finish
- When?
- How?
- Which one?
- Our hot takes
- Security best practices
- Backups
- Questions/Workshop time!
<agenda>
2/ /

3. <admin>
3/ /

4. Plugins
<plugins>
4/ /

5. - Specific use cases
- Who is going to be using this?
- What are they going to use it for?
- What can’t they do?
- Budget
- Write it down!
<plugins//when>
5/ /

6. Finding potential plugins
<plugins//how>
And now, a demo
6/ /

7. <plugins//which one> free vs paid
7/ /
- Payment Structures
- One-time
- Recurring
- Freemium
- Refer back to use cases

8. <plugins//which one> plugin overview page
8/ /
Demo!
Pick the one that fits your
WordPress administration
comfort level and use cases

9. <plugins//which one> plugin deep dive
9/ /
- Longest feature list not
always best
- Check out their site
- Google tutorials
Try it out!

10. <plugins//our hot takes>
SEO
Social Redirect
Forms
10/ /

11. - No easy to guess passwords
- Update regularly (check to make sure they don’t break anything!)
- Security Plugins
- HTTPS
<security>
11/ /

12. <backups>
Hosting Provider
- Best option for larger sites
- Cost*
- Little Configuration
Plugins
- Great for smaller sites
- Free
- Configuration Overhead
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13. questions?

14. thanks!
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