Wordpress Plugins

What are Plugins?

Like modules in Drupal, plugins extend and expand the functionality and capability of your site. They may integrate your site with other systems or services like Mailchimp or Facebook, upgrade sytem functions like your site's ability to cache pages, protect you from spam, aid security or improve SEO.

Some popular and useful plugins

• Yoast SEO
• WP Super Cache
• Google XML Sitemaps
• Contact Form 7
• WooCommerce

Task

1. Add a contact form - If your chosen theme did not come with a contact form built in instal the Contact form 7 plugin and add a contact form to your site.

2. Blog post - Now your Wordpress site should have all the same info as the first Drupal site we built, you can choose one to keep as your learning record for the rest of this course. Write a blog post about your decision and include screenshots of the site you will not be keeping.

Resources

• What are WordPress Plugins?
• Installing WordPress Plugins
• Wordpress plugin directory