With over 40,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, how do you decide which one’s right for your site? What goes into creating a killer plugin? And, how do hosts such as WP Engine treat/work with plugins? In this deck, WP Engine and a few of our plugin friends review: -How to navigate the plugin landscape and select the best plugins for your business needs -Keys for a successful plugin -What other plugins do the plugin developers use for their sites? -How plugin providers work within the WordPress plugin ecosystem -How to take advantage of WP Engine’s plugin developer program

1. The Power of WordPress Plugins
The WordPress Plugin Ecosystem
March 2nd, 2016
#pluginmadness
Vote for your favorite plugins:
www.pluginmadness.com

2. Ask Questions as We Go
Please use the “Questions”
pane throughout the webinar
#pluginmadness
Slides and recording will be made available shortly
after the webinar

3. What We’ll Discuss
❖ How to navigate the plugin landscape and select the
best plugin for your business needs
❖ Keys for a successful plugin
❖ What plugins do plugin developers use?
❖ How plugin providers work within the WordPress
ecosystem
❖ How to take advantage of WP Engine’s plugin
developer program
#pluginmadness

4. Introducing the Experts
B Byrne
CEO & Co-Founder,
Clef
Aaron Campbell
Developer
iThemes
#pluginmadness
BjØrn Seaton
Digital Marketing Manager
WPMU DEV
David Vogelpohl
VP Web Strategy
WP Engine

5. The best way to log in, without passwords.

6. What is two-factor authentication?
Two-factor authentication is a system where you use two forms of ID to
confirm a user before you log them in.
1. Knowledge — something you remember
2. Possession — something you have
3. Inherence — something you are

7. What is Clef?
Clef is two-factor authentication, without passwords or codes
It’s easier to set up and use than most other two-factor auth
It’s built on cryptography that protects your site against more attacks
Clef is free for everyone
It requires you have an iPhone or Android phone to log into your site

9. The Clef Wave in motion

10. Get in touch!
www.getclef.com
@getclef
@iamb
<3

11. SECURE & PROTECT WORDPRESS

12. The best WordPress security plugin to secure &
protect your WordPress site
TAKE THE GUESSWORK OUT OF SECURING YOUR WORDPRESS SITE
We built iThemes Security Pro to help take the guesswork out of security. You shouldn’t have to be a
security pro to use a security plugin.

13. All the Security Tools You Need
DON’T RELY ON ANY SINGLE SECURITY MEASURE
We have created iThemes Security Pro with a wide variety of tools, all focused on keeping your site secure.
● Strong Password Enforcement
Force users on your site to use strong passwords.
● Two Factor Authentication
Add another layer of protection to logins with Two Factor, using an app (like Authy, Google
Authenticator, or Toopher) or E-Mail.
● Malware Scanning
Know your site is safe with scheduled malware scanning, powered by Sucuri SiteCheck.
● Too Many to List
Brute Force Protection, File Change Detection, Away Mode, and more!

14. SECURE & PROTECT WORDPRESS
Learn more
iThemes.com/security
@iThemesSecurity
Aaron D. Campbell
aaron@ithemes.com
@AaronCampbell

16. Bjørn Seaton - Digital Marketing
Manager @ WPMU DEV
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/
300,000 installs - 1000 5 star ratings -
https://premium.wpmudev.org/project/wp-smush-pro/

17. Bjørn Seaton - Digital Marketing
Manager @ WPMU DEV
Monitor Defender This Guy Doesn’t
Have A Name Yet!
Hummingbird SpiderBro (also no
name yet)

18. Bjørn Seaton - Digital Marketing
Manager @ WPMU DEV
https://www.bagged.io/

19. Bjørn Seaton - Digital Marketing
Manager @ WPMU DEV
wpmudev.com
facebook.com/wpmudev
@wpmudev

20. How WP Engine powers plugins
#pluginmadness

21. Easily deploy your favorite plugin stacks
Use the WP Engine “copy site” feature to quickly
launch installs full of your favorite plugins

22. PHP exploit scanning makes plugins more secure
Known PHP exploit scanning helps
customers know if plugins become infected

23. Plugin code reviews help plugins perform better
Assistance with code optimization helps
improve platform and overall performance

24. Special caching rules make plugins faster
Dynamic content routing
allows plugins to take full
advantage of caching!
caching rules

25. Life without caching optimizations
without caching without caching rules

26. Caching is about protecting server resources

27. Sites run faster & can handle more transactions
By distributing load, both
static & dynamic content
run faster on WP Engine

28. Easy ways to help customers get started
Site-in-a-box solutions make it easy for customers to create
websites and start entering content today
productdevs@wpengine.com

29. eBook: The Ultimate Guide to WordPress Plugins: http://wpeng.in/plugins-w/
www.pluginmadness.com
Clef Press Kit (for white papers, recent info and more)
WPMU DEV blog: https://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/
Resources
#pluginmadness

30. Q&A
Feel free to ask away in
the “Questions” pane!
Are you an agency or freelancer?
● Finish more sites in less time
● Unlimited staging installs for WordPress projects for as
little as $29 per month.
Ask about qualifying for a listing in our online consultants’ directory!
Call +1-512-827-3500, or
Chat with us wpengine.com

31. ❖ How to make custom admin interfaces using
REST API & AngularJS
❖ Practical example of specific use cases:
➢ Customized post editor
➢ Plugin admin screen
Technical Deep Dive into AngularJS
and the WordPress REST API
Wednesday, March 16th, 11 am CDT/ 5 pm GMT+1
Register Now! http://wpeng.in/rest-api-2/
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