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It's Episode 443 and I've got plugins for Speed, Free SSL Certs, Shopping Carts, Managing your Files and ClassicPress Options. It's all coming up on WordPress Plugins A-Z!
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Johns Rant:
Its a cold snowy day here in Victoria with some real Candanavian weather, temps below freezing, having dropped to -3 that's about 35 for all my American listeners. We got a dump of about 1 foot of snow and well I am hunkered down inside the Brewery Overlook. Well we are off and I have started to hear from folks again and it seems all is not lost lets keep this going…. This is #3 of 52 episodes for 2020.. Working to provide you with the best WordPress/ClassicPress show on the interwebs.
I am looking for more participation from you my producers this year and if it does not appear I may just retire the show. I have had very little in feedback over the past 9 months and well I have no idea if people like it aside from the downloads which have been off.
WordPress News and Info
5 WordPress Security Tips to Protect Your Website
https://www.gravityforms.com/5-wordpress-security-tips-to-protect-your-website/
What to Watch for in WordPress in 2020
https://impress.org/wordpress-2020-news/
Talking about the block directory and more
Can the Block Directory and Business Interests Coexist?
https://wptavern.com/can-the-block-directory-and-business-interests-coexist
WordPress is changing so be ready.
What is Cross-Site Contamination?
https://securityboulevard.com/2020/01/what-is-cross-site-contamination/
if you have not experienced this you are either lucky or have kept your sites isolated.
Multiple Vulnerabilities Patched in Minimal Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode – Coming Soon Page Plugin
https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2020/01/multiple-vulnerabilities-patched-in-minimal-coming-soon-maintenance-mode-coming-soon-page-plugin/
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I'd like to acknowledge all the producers who have supported the show in the various ways.
Talk about this weeks show Art Work comes from:
Angel Lemus of https://www.koadigital.com/
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ClassicPress Options
ClassicPress is a fast growing fork of WordPress that is starting to come into its own. ClassicPress is focused on Business Websites runs fast and is looking pretty good. There are a few plugins specifically for ClassicPress and all plugins for WordPress 4.9.9 work well on it. I do believe it has a future.
One thing I am looking forward to in the ClassicPress World is the expansion of the number of ClassicPress specific plugins and their own repository. Currently there are not a lot of ClassicPress specific plugins but I do know it is going to grow and I'll have to expand this segment then. Who knows, it could take over the whole show.
This week for ClassicPress I have:
News:
ClassicPress made it to Softaculous!
https://www.classicpress.net/blog/category/news/
Another Hosting company is offering ClassicPress Hosting A2 hosting has jumped on board
General info:
LiteSpeed Cache Works With ClassicPress
ClassicPress, the new business-focused CMS that was forked from WordPress 4.9.x, is growing in popularity. LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress works out of the box with ClassicPress, and should continue to do so for the forseeable future.
ClassicPress Plugins
LiteSpeed Cache
https://wordpress.org/plugins/litespeed-cache/
The lowdown:
LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress (LSCWP) is an all-in-one site acceleration plugin, featuring an exclusive server-level cache and a collection of optimization features.
LSCWP supports WordPress Multisite and is compatible with most popular plugins, including WooCommerce, bbPress, and Yoast SEO.
Requirements
General Features may be used by anyone with any web server (LiteSpeed, Apache, NGiNX, etc.).
Rating 4 Dragons
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Just a note for my ClassicPress listeners please send me info to help keep the ClassicPress section full.
Random Links to ClassicPress supporters
ClassicPress Resources:
For some up to date news on ClassicPress check out the ClassisPress Club news
https://classicpress.club/
An alternate forum for the non-techies.
“Must Have” Plugins List
https://forums.classicpress.net/t/must-have-plugins-list/1163
To find a listing of ClassicPress specific plugins check out this link https://forums.classicpress.net/t/plugins-built-specifically-for-classicpress/1011?u=codepotent there is currently 37 42 plugins here and growing. I look forward to the day they have their own repository. I can still recall WP when it had a small repository.
CodePotent's plugin directory
https://codepotent.com/classicpress/plugins/
WordPress plugins
Auto-Install Free SSL -Setup auto-renewal in minutes for all websites on cPanel
Submitted by Sherri Lynn
https://wordpress.org/plugins/auto-install-free-ssl/
The Lowdown:
Here is an article to help you with this
FREE SSL Certificate With LetsEncrypt
https://wpboulevard.com/install-free-ssl-certificate-for-wordpress-website/
SSl is one of the most important things you need and there are still a few hosts not providing the service for some reason.
Rating 4 Dragons
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Simple Cart
Sent in by Igor Beni?
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-cart-solution/
The Lowdown:
Simple Cart is a cart solution that will provide customers of the site with an easy view of their current cart status. They are able to view Items, see the subtotal of the cart and also to update the quantity and remove those items.
For now it integrates with WooCommerce and Easy Digital Downloads. In the future,he plans to introduce premium features such as product search and similar.
Rating 4 Dragons
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File Manager
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-file-manager/
The Lowdown:
You may from time to time find you need to access your files and folders for your website. This plugin helps solve that problem for you. Once installed you get a full fledged operations file maanger as if you ahd FTP'd into your website. This is a powerful tool and be sure to disable and remove it after you have finished using it as a simple mistake to disbale your site completly.
Rating 5 Dragons
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Listener Feedback / Audio Clips
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Greetings from Extensions Team. You are doing really great.
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Please let us know if you are interested.
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Closing out this Episode the Plugins I covered were:
John’s Plugins: Auto-Install Free SSL – 4, Simple Cart – 4, File Manager – 5, LightSpeed cache – 4
Reminders / Commercial / Promotions:
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