If you’re self-hosting your WordPress website, you’ll want to extend its functionality with plugins. However, there are more than 23.500 free plugins in the WP library. You can of course visit WordPress’ Most Popular Plugin Directory, but it’s a potential time sink and you’ll miss many great ones by not digging deeper. So, we’ve shaken down the interwebs for you to come up with this list of must-have plugins you won’t know how you survived without.

1. Top 20 Plugins We Can’t Live Without
Alex de Carvalho ● @alexdc ● alex@alexdc.org

2. Contents
About me
About plugins
SEO
Social
Peace of mind
Mobile

3. A quick intro to what I’ve been up to ...

7. Social Media Club South Florida
Established September 2008
- Over 2,500 members
- Monthly meetups average 100 participants
facebook.com/groups/SMCSF

8. - Web and new media “un”conference
- Over 1,600 have attended five events
- Next one: June 2013
twitter.com/barcampmiami

11. - South Florida’s largest web community
- Established March 2006
- Over 2,500 members
http://refreshmiami.org

12. Adjunct
from Fall ’07 to
Spring ’12

13. Securing
the
Clicks
Network
Security in the
Age of Social
Media
Co-author

14. “Wile E. Coyote uses absurdly complex contraptions and
elaborate plans to pursue his quarry.” ~Wikipedia

15. About Plugins
Plugins are tools to extend the functionality of WordPress.
The core of WordPress is designed to be lean, to maximize
flexibility and minimize code.
Plugins offer custom features so that each user can tailor
their site to their specific needs.
Requirement: self-hosted WordPress blog
http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

20. Search Engine Optimization

30. Social

44. Peace of mind ...

51. Mobile

55. Consider switching to a responsive theme rather than
using a plugin

59. Top 20 Plugins We Can’t Live Without
Alex de Carvalho ● @alexdc ● alex@alexdc.org