Hello, Plugins!

01/31/19 • 35 min

Plugins are pretty self-explanatory, but choosing the right ones for your website can be another story. How trustworthy is WordPress’ review system...or any review system for that matter? On this episode Micah and Josh look at the ins and outs of choosing plugins and handling reviews, and Micah hunts for a WPMU DEV 1-star reviewer.

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This episode is brought to you by Forminator!

From basic contact forms and surveys to interactive polls with real-time results and “no wrong answer” Facebook-style quizzes, Forminator is the WordPress form builder for, well, everyone.

Use this link to get Forminator and all of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.

Featured Links:

“Which WPMU DEV Hero Are You?” Forminator-powered quiz

"WPMU DEV - Terrible Usability" - Curtis Mchale

Featured Interviews:

John Abner, co-owner of Bia's Pet Stop

Susannah Wollman, creator of O! Susannah!

Curtis McHale, business coach at curtismchale.ca

Timothy Bowers, COO at WPMU DEV

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EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

This episode is brought to you by Forminator!

From basic contact forms and surveys to interactive polls with real-time results and “no wrong answer” Facebook-style quizzes, Forminator is the WordPress form builder for, well, everyone.

Use this link to get Forminator and all of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.

Featured Links:

“Which WPMU DEV Hero Are You?” Forminator-powered quiz

"WPMU DEV - Terrible Usability" - Curtis Mchale

Featured Interviews:

John Abner, co-owner of Bia's Pet Stop

Susannah Wollman, creator of O! Susannah!

Curtis McHale, business coach at curtismchale.ca

Timothy Bowers, COO at WPMU DEV

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Hello, Cache!

It's our very first episode of Hello, WP! On this episode, Micah shares his intimidation in joining a new community and looks into the topic that brought him and Josh to the podcasting table...caching. What is it? Why do you need it? And how do you implement it on your website?

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This episode is brought to you by Hummingbird!

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Use this link to get Hummingbird and all of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.

Featured Interviews:

Anton Vanyukov, Developer at WPMU DEV

Konstantinos Xenos, Super Tech Support at WPMU DEV

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Hello, Hackers!

While it's easy to become disillusioned to the topic of security in this day and age, we have to stay well informed on the types of attacks that are out there, and what tools and practices we should have in place to combat them. So, on this episode, Josh and Micah talk to a hack victim, a "WordPress hater", and two security experts to get some insight and practical help.

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This episode is brought to you by Automate!

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Use this link to get Automate, Defender, and the rest of WPMU DEV's products FREE for 30-days.

Featured Links:

MichaelStarr Hopkins hack story on CNN Money

For further learning, check out Micah's blog post expanding on Adam Warner's 7 security best practices.

Featured Interviews:

MichaelStarr Hopkins, National Press Secretary & Democratic Strategist

Kyle Campos, VP of Continuous Delivery at Smarsh and co-founder of Commit.to

Adam Warner, currently the Field Marketing Manager at GoDaddy. Previously the Open Source Software Community Manager for SiteLock

Aaron Edwards, CTO at WPMU DEV

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