{"id":709,"date":"2019-03-22T18:54:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:54:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/?p=709"},"modified":"2019-03-22T18:54:46","modified_gmt":"2019-03-22T18:54:46","slug":"still-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/22\/still-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Still learning&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I found another great WorldPress Meetup Group in Cupertino yesterday, March 21. I noticed there was going to be a meetup just a couple of hours before start. I signed up online, checked the GPS regarding the traffic and if I was able to reach the meeting on time. I arrived 5 minutes before start bulked up with two bananas on the way.<br><br>This group had started to gather just recently, this was the third gathering? <br>Did I learn something? Yes, I did. Thank you Chandrika.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At least I became aware of some really good links how to do things, for example WorldPress for beginners, go to: <br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/\">https:\/\/www.wpbeginner.com\/<\/a> <br><br>Another good page to test the speed of your webpage is:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/developers.google.com\/speed\/pagespeed\/insights\/\">https:\/\/developers.google.com\/speed\/pagespeed\/insights\/<\/a> <br><br>This meetup was also about plugins. Also to be aware of that plugins adds bulks to our site and can be a gateway to security treat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>PLUGINS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Forms\n\t<\/li><li>SEO\n\t<\/li><li>Security\n\t<\/li><li>Backups\n\t<\/li><li>Sosial Media\n\t<\/li><li>Email subscription\n\t<\/li><li>Site specific features like\n\tsliders, testimonials, eCommerce etc. \n\t\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><br>FORMS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Contact forms\n\t<\/li><li>Subcription forms\n\t<\/li><li>Registration \/ Booking\n\tappointments<br><br>\n\t\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>PLUGINS \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>WPForms\n\t<\/li><li>NinjaForms\n\t<\/li><li>GravityForms (premium) (not a free\n\tversion)\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(Hackers can enter your site through\nplugins)<br>(needs to be updated)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMATIZATION (SEO)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Opt title and description <\/li><li>Focus Keywords for posts and pages <\/li><li>Google analyses <\/li><li>Key word search <\/li><li>Site speed <\/li><li>Image optimization <\/li><li>YOAST SEO (best plugins) <\/li><li>Monster Insights <\/li><li>Broken link checker <\/li><li>Imagify<br><br> Caching plugins <\/li><li>W3 total cache <\/li><li>WP Super cache <\/li><li>W Rocket <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(see in WordPress Dashboard)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>SECURITY<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>prevent hacks <\/li><li>prevent unauthorized logins <\/li><li>prevent spam comments and E-mail <\/li><li>prevent login attempts <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>(don&#8217;t put out your Email)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Jetpack <\/li><li>Sucuri <\/li><li>Word Fence (good plugins) <\/li><li>Themes Security <\/li><li>WP limit login attempts (3-4 times) <\/li><li>Login Lock Down <\/li><li>Akismet (for free if a hobby or a blog \/ but not if&#8217;s a business site) <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>BAKUP PLUGINS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Files and database backup\n\t<\/li><li>Easy to restore from backup\n\t<\/li><li>Ability to save backups away from\n\tyour hosting\n\t<\/li><li>Able to schedule backups<br><br>\n\t\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>UpDraft Plus\n\t<\/li><li>Backup Buddy\n\t<\/li><li>Back Wpup\n\t<\/li><li>Vault Press (with JetPack)\n<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>SOCIAL MEDIA &amp; MEDIA SUBSCRIPT \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Share your posts on various Social media <\/li><li>Add sharing links to posts and pages <\/li><li>Give users an easy way to subscribe to posts and newsletters.  <\/li><li>Jet pack <\/li><li>Newsletter Plugins; <\/li><li>Malichimp <\/li><li>Constant contact <\/li><li>Convert kit <\/li><li>Aweber <\/li><li>Palipoet <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>SITE SPECIFIC FEATURES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Sliders&#8230; <\/li><li>Testimonials \u2013 Jetpack <\/li><li>WooCommerce (use if you for axcample sells a hard copy) <\/li><li>Easy digital downloads (if you sells eCommerce (PDF-files etc. to download)&#8230;. <\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I found another great WorldPress Meetup Group in Cupertino yesterday, March 21. I noticed there was going to be a meetup just a couple of hours before start. I signed up online, checked the GPS regarding the traffic and if I was able to reach the meeting on time. I arrived 5 minutes before start [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[225,472],"class_list":["post-709","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-learning","tag-wordpress-meetup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=709"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/709\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=709"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=709"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dreamsfromthelord.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=709"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}