WordPress is the most widely used Content Management System because it's easy to use, easy to customize and it's free! What a lot of people don't realize is how powerful WordPress can be with the right tools. This presentation will show you how powerful WordPress can be with minimal knowledge of how to design or develop websites. We'll cover the themes and plugins you need to know about and hopefully do some things you didn't think WordPress could do. This presentation is for everyone whether you are using WordPress already or not. Users, non-users and developers alike should all walk away having learned something new.

1. Did WordPress Do That?
Prepared for Boston Tech Meetup on May, 02, 2012
Jon Bishop • Web Developer • 77 N. Washington St., 8th Floor, Boston MA 02114 • 617.837.8158

2. About AMP Agency
• Independently-owned, integrated communications agency
• Clients Include: Hasbro, Maybelline New York, Samsonite,
Intel, Princess Cruises, NFL PLAYERS and Ansell Healthcare

3. What Is WordPress?
WordPress is an open source content management system
(CMS) based on PHP and MySQL
• Great software should work with little configuration and setup
• Provide features that 80% or more of end users will actually use
• Avoid putting the weight of technical choices on our end users
• Every version of WordPress should be easier and more enjoyable to
use than the last
• Three major versions a year

4. Some Facts
WordPress.com is run using the Multisite version of WordPress
and estimates are that more than 32 million sites are active on a
single installation of WordPress Multisite
25% of all websites are published with WordPress
63% of the top 10 million sites are using WordPress
• Joomla = 11%
• Drupal = 8%
http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2012/03/29/wordpress-stats-and-numbers-breaking-their-own-records/
http://trends.builtwith.com/cms

5. The Community
19,183 plugins have been contributed to WordPress.org with
over 292,086,198 downloads1
1,546 themes have been contributed to WordPress.org with
over 292,086,198 downloads2
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/
http://wordpress.org/extend/themes/

6. WordPress as a Multisite Network
Best Buy uses WordPress MU to Best Buy
power 1050 local store blogs
Best Buy aggregates important
store data and passed it back to
key enterprise applications via
custom web services
http://wordpress.org/showcase/best-buy/

7. WordPress as a Shopping Cart
• Seamless integration with existing WordPress sites
• Lots of options
• Variety of feature sets
theClovers.net
• Shopp plugin
• Responsive storefront

8. WordPress as a Social Network
Extended Profiles - Messaging - Friends
Groups - Activity Streams - Personal Blogs
Kodingen.com
• Cloud Development
Environment
• Buddypress

9. WordPress as a Job Board
Sell job listings
Accept resumes
Tools for job seekers and employers
jobs.woothemes.com
Uses JobRoller
• appthemes.com/themes/jobroller

10. WordPress in School
• Manage Courses
• Submit HW Online
• Use Blog For HW
AdamBrown.info
• Uses MU for courses
• Built KB Gradebook
plugin

11. WordPress to Managing Locations
• Create a map with custom markers that link back to posts or
display HTML
• Create multiple maps
• Includes API
FestObsessed.com
• MapPress
• BuddyPress
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/mappress-google-maps-for-wordpress

12. WordPress Your Way
Theme Development - The sky is the limit
BruceSpringsteen.net
• Parallax
• Isotope
• ScrollTo

13. WordPress as a Service
• Using WordPress to develop applications
• Built in user roles, custom post types and free plugins
HappyTables.com
• WP MU
• Yoast SEO
• W3TC

14. WordPress as a Service
Rentablities.com

15. WordPress as an E-Book
• Use content from within WordPress or external feeds
• Outline, order, and edit your work
• Export as PDF, EPUB, RTF and TEI
http://anthologize.org

16. Front End Editing in WordPress
• Log in and edit content from the front end
• Compatible with any theme
• Edit posts, pages, custom post types, comments, widgets
• Uses Aloha Editor so you see what you get in real time
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/front-end-editor

17. WordPress On The Go
• Responsive Themes/Frameworks
• Mobile Plugins
• Native Apps
o iOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone, Nokia and WebOS

18. ManageWP
Manage all of your sites from one dashboard
• Upgrade WordPress, plugins and themes
• Perform automatic backup
• Clone and set up new sites in minutes
• Edit content in bulk
https://managewp.com

19. Boston WordPress Meetup
• We are currently the 2nd largest WordPress meetup in the
world with 1290+ members
• We are growing every day and our current team can not
handle the workload
• We are looking for 1 or 2 very energetic, knowledgeable
contributors to join our team
• Please email Kurt (keng@bostonwp.org) and Jon
(jbishop@bostonwp.org) if interested

20. Boston WordCamp
• July 14th and 15th
• Boston University
• Please apply if interested in:
• Speaking
• Volunteering
• Sponsoring
• http://2012.boston.wordcamp.org

21. Thanks!
Jon Bishop
Web Developer @ AMP Agency
WordPress Plugins:
•Socialize
•HubSpot for WordPress
Website / JonBishop.com
Twitter / @JonDBishop