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WordPress Power Toolkit
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WordPress Power Toolkit

by Matt Wagner
January 2025
Beginner to intermediate
368 pages
11h 42m
English
Manning Publications
Audiobook available
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5 Adding functionality with plugins

This chapter covers

  • Choosing the best plugins for your site
  • Avoiding plugin conflicts
  • Adding the Jetpack plugin’s module set
  • Managing accessibility and cookies correctly
  • Understanding the purpose of widgets
  • Creating STET widgets and plugins using AI
  • AI-generated HTML, CSS, and PHP executable code

A WordPress plugin is like an extension in Chrome, Edge, or Safari (Firefox calls them add-ons). Plugins are typically small programs that can be installed in WordPress to add functionality. Examples include spam blockers, e-commerce managers, apps that help improve the site’s rank in Google or AI searches, contact form builders, security systems, and many others.

You can find more than 50,000 plugins in the WordPress ...

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