Wordpress already makes blogging pretty easy but there is a single feature that makes it stand out from the other blogging platforms website development solutions. I explain why plugins are great and how to add them to your Wordpress install at Wordcamp Boston, January 23rd, 2010 Plugins! These little, useful creatures make it easy to add functionality to your blog without knowing any programming or html. You can embed photo galleries, pull in your Twitter feeds, sell things from your site and well, just about anything you can imagine! Plugins are easy to install. You sign into your self-hosted Wordpress account, go to "Plugins", click on "Add New" and you are presented with a list of popular, new plugins! You can also search the repository as well.

1. What The Heck Are
Wordpress Plugins?
Wordcamp Boston 2010
Adria Richards
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2. Hello Wordpress
Plugins!
• What are plugins?
• How they relate to Wordpress
• How plugins work
• Where to get them
• Supporting plugins
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3. What is Wordpress?
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4. Getting Started with
• Find out about blogging
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5. Getting Started with
• Find out about blogging
• Get a domain name
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6. Getting Started with
• Find out about blogging
• Get a domain name
• Sign up for hosting
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7. Getting Started with
• Find out about blogging
• Get a domain name
• Sign up for hosting
• Setup Wordpress
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8. Getting Started with
• Find out about blogging
• Get a domain name
• Sign up for hosting
• Setup Wordpress
• First post
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9. Getting Started with
• Find out about blogging
• Get a domain name
• Sign up for hosting
• Setup Wordpress
• First post
• Now what?
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10. Wordpress plugins
• Small bits of code
• Extend functionality of Wordpress
• Created by independent developers
• Over 8,000 plugins available
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins
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11. Plugin Directory
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12. Types of Plugins
• Plugins for your sidebar
• Plugins for writing your posts
• Plugins help boost SEO
• Plugins pull info to your dashboard
• Plugins to control blog navigation
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13. Plugins = Kitchen Appliances
• Different functions
• Not everyone needs the same ones
• Used in different ways
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14. Your Microwave
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15. Your Microwave
• Heat up your dinner
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16. Your Microwave
• Heat up your dinner
• Make popcorn
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17. Your Microwave
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18. Your Microwave
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19. Your Microwave
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20. How To Add A Plugin
(Demo)
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21. Boarding Now
Plugins know where to appear just like
when you are called to board a plane
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22. Parts of a Theme
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23. Plugins Rock!
• More flexibility
• Simplified management
• Better SEO
• Increased traffic
• Customized layout
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24. 5 Plugins For The Road
• WPTouch iPhone Theme
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wptouch/
• My Page Order
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/my-page-order/
• After The Deadline
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/after-the-deadline/
• Maintenance Mode
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/maintenance-mode/
• Audio Player
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/audio-player/
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25. Wordcamp Boston
• Attendees save 50% off February’s
Live, Online Wordpress Training
http://freshworkshops.com/wcbos
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26. Connect With Me
• Adria Richards
• Twitter: @adriarichards
• 612-246-4568
• adria.richards@butyoureagirl.com
• http://butyoureagirl.com
• http://freshworkshops.com
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27. Porn + Tech Conference
• Is not appropriate
• Disrespectful to women attending
• Reinforces stereotypes
• Pornography objectifies women + men
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