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Evaluating PluginsHow to decide if a plugin is right for your site
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Who Am I?Christian Nolen
Technical Director for emagine WordPress Developer
@cwpnolen
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Big Thank You to WordPress RI Meetup
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Why?
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WordPress plugins are bits of software that can be uploaded to extend and expand the functionality
of your WordPress site.
iThemes
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22% of Hacked Sites are from poorly coded plugins
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• Decreased Performance • Broken Layout • White Screen of Death (WSOD) • Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) • SQL Injection • Arbitrary File Download • Broken Authentication • Denial of Service (DoS)
Potential Problems
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Plugins aren’t bad some are just coded that way
Jessica Rabbit
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JetPack Yoast SEO
NinjaForms EWWW Image Optimizer
WP Mobile Detector
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Why?
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Non-Developer Stepsfor evaluating plugins
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1 Track Pros & Cons
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2What’s the Rating?
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3 Is it Maintained?
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4 Is there Support?
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5 Check for Vulnerabilities
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https://wpvulndb.com
WPScan Vulnerability Database
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6 Test Plugin on a Staging Site
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7 Benchmark Performance
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• Keep your plugins (themes and core) up-to-date
• Audit your plugins on a monthly basis.
• Subscribe to wpvulndb.com & other like services
• Get rid of un-used plugins • Backup your site nightly
Moving Forward
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Resources• WPScan Vulnerability Database - https://wpvulndb.com/ • Plugins A-Z Podcast - http://wppluginsatoz.com/ • Importance of Updating - https://sucuri.net/website-
security/website-hacked-report • How WP Sites Get Hacked - http://torquemag.io/2016/03/
wordpress-sites-hacked/
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Resources: Part Deux• Compare Plugins - https://managewp.org/plugins/compare • Site Speed - https://gtmetrix.com/ • Site Speed - http://www.webpagetest.org/ • Security Scanner - https://sitecheck.sucuri.net/ • Wordfence Email List - https://www.wordfence.com/
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Questions?
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Thank You