My WordPress Plugins
My WordPress Plugins
When I created by own-hosted WordPress Blog I found it difficult to start with the ‘right’ plugins. After installing and removing many plugins I decided to create a list to be shared with my blogger mates:
| Plugin | Provider | Description | Assessment | Category |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AccessPress Anonymous Post | ||||
| Antispam Bee | Identifies and moves spam to spam folder | Works pretty well | ||
| ArtiBot | Simple chained bot functionality. Next statement/question based on answer. Menu: ArtiBot | Simple Chatbot, but nice layout. Needs ScriptInserter (I was not able to do differently) | ||
| bbPress | Forum Plugin | Forum | ||
| Better Notifications for WordPress | ||||
| Chained Quizz | Featur rich quizz tool. Next question can be configured based on answer. Result can be defined based on score ranges. | Integrates with Watu Quizz Pro | Survey | |
| Chat Bot | Integrates with Dialogflow. Automatically active. Menu: WPBot Lite | |||
| CM Download Manager | ||||
| Contact Form by WPForms | WPForms | Very simple drag-and-drop tool, Wizzard to guide through first form. Supports Google reCaptcha. Results are sent by email, not stored in WordPress. WPMenu: WPForms | Very good for surveys, no quiz functionality. | Survey |
| Custom Meta Widget | ||||
| Decision Tree | Side Cars Apps | Not available for latest WordPress version, 3 years old. Does not publish. | Survey | |
| Flexi Pages Widget | A highly configurable WordPress sidebar widget | |||
| Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin | Monsterinsights | |||
| Google XML Sitemaps | Generate sitemaps for search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo and others. | |||
| Google+ Plugin | Add the Google +1 button to your site | |||
| IFTTT Bridge for WordPress | ||||
| Jetpack by WordPress.com | Jetpack enables you to connect your blog to a WordPress.com account | |||
| Poll, Survey, Form & Quiz Maker | OpinionStage | SaaS solution - all polls, surveys, etc. are stored on Opinion Stage website. Include different types: poll, survey, quizz, forms, lists ... Menu: OpinionStage | Need registration at Opinion Stage. Good quality, great layout, customization. No logic with quizz results. | Survey |
| Post As Guest | Form for guest posts | |||
| Quiz And Survey Master | Frank Corso | Surveys are created combining question types multiple choice, dropdown, etc. Surveys are organized in pages. Answers, result pages, and email notifications are highly configurable. Results can only provided based on total score. Results are sent and stored in WordPress. No Captcha. WPMenu: Quizzes/Surveys | I've tried the free version. So far, I was not able to get individual answers from a survey. It's better for quizzes than surveys | Survey |
| Really Simple SSL | Enables SSL after certificate activation. Menu: Settings/SSL | |||
| SP Project & Document Manager | Document sharing plugin. | I am using it to provide source code example. | ||
| SSL Insecure Content Fixer | Menu: Settings | |||
| TablePress | feature-rich tables into your posts and pages, without having to write code | |||
| Theme My Login | Creates an alternate login, registration and password recovery experience within your theme. | Deactivated after installing certificates. Did confuse the https login. | ||
| Watu Quizz | Menu: Watu Quizzes | Only Pro has good features. | Survey | |
| Wp App Studio | WordPress Plugin Development Platform | |||
| WP Edit | ||||
| WP-Print | ||||
| WP-Stats | Provides a page with site statistics (e.g. number of posts, pages, comments, categories) - not SEO | |||
| wpForo | WordPress Forum plugin | |||
| Google Analytics Opt-Out | Offers opt-out for Google Analystics - required to fulfill data privacy law. | Some explanation how-to fulfill GDRP: Google Analytics |