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They need a way to prove to referrals that they’re legit, or sell products, etc.
Consolidate: Two plugins replaced eight: WP SEO → Canonical URLs, Google XML sitemaps, Robots Meta, RSS Footer. Jetpack -> Subscribe to comments, various social plugins, wordpress stats, contact forms
WP SEO - Jenny. WP SEO is awesome out of the box, but also powerful for SEO nerds.
Ninja Forms - Roger
Wordfence - Emory
Better WP Security - Ben, Mitchell
GrowMap - Emory
Limit Login - April -- should be native
With any backup solution, make sure you have a plan to be able to restore as well.
Backup WordPress - Mitchell
BackWPup - Kathy, Frank
InfiniteWP - Kathy
SlimStat - Mitchell
Or hard code analytics into your header.php (or use Genesis tools, later in presentation)
HTML in categories - Emory
Search and Replace - Emory
Epik Editorial calendar - April
Updraft plug - Ben
Related Posts Thumbnails - Emory
TinyMCE Advanced - Kathy
Subscribe to comments reloaded - Emory
Simple social icons - Discuss the “two sides of social”