
Explore a curated, tested list of free WordPress plugins to enhance your site, with guidance on installation basics and coverage of themes, security, social, ads, analytics, and content.
Learn to select and run free WordPress plugins efficiently, avoid slowing your site, troubleshoot theme compatibility, and ask questions in the Q&A to improve the course.
Set up a new WordPress site with a free theme, publish two articles copied from Wikipedia, and manage pre-installed plugins by deleting, deactivating, or reactivating them before applying changes.
Leverage UpdraftPlus to automate backups with daily, weekly, or monthly schedules, set retention, and store backups externally on Google Drive; perform manual backups and verify them in Google Drive.
Activate the minimal coming soon and maintenance mode plugin, customize templates and backgrounds, set a MailChimp mailing list option, and tell visitors when the site is offline or back online.
Secure your WordPress site with the Wordfence security plugin, install it, accept terms and provide an email, then run a scan and view dashboard analytics.
Discover how the iThemes security plugin helps secure your WordPress site with powerful features. Enable key features or configure settings by reading the description and exploring options to strengthen protection.
Use the WPS Hide Login plugin to obscure your login page, reducing malicious login attempts by changing the default login URL through your site settings.
Combat slower page load times with the performance score booster, a ready-to-use option with features already enabled to avoid hurting your search engine ranking.
Compress high-size images to speed up pages; scan and compress existing media, enable automatic Smersh for uploads, resize pictures, and enjoy automatic compression after uploading.
Learn how the a3 lazy load plugin speeds up WordPress sites by loading images only when they appear on screen, avoiding loading all pictures at once.
Master search engine optimization with Yoast SEO by configuring the plugin, running the setup wizard, and refining articles to achieve a green dot keyword score before publishing.
Discover free WordPress plugins for responsive lightbox and gallery to make article images clickable, optimize mobile viewing, and customize display options, linking images to media files.
Install a simple code plugin to create pullquotes in WordPress, then highlight text, use the plugin icon to format, and optionally change the color.
Learn to use the WP Product Review Lite plugin to create and customize WordPress product reviews, including score placement, colors, images, templates, and publishing.
Learn to add a contact form with the WPForms plugin, build from scratch or use a built-in form, customize fields, and insert the form on a new page.
Activate the Erident Custom Login plugin to replace the default WordPress login branding with your own logo and colors, then adjust settings to customize the background image and appearance.
Install the table press plugin to add a table to your WordPress site, configure rows and columns, set header options, and embed links or images in your article.
Enhance user experience by adding icons to your WordPress menu, customizing each item, and creating or uploading new icons or your own image for clear visual cues.
Learn to grow return visits by collecting emails with MailChimp forms via the Optin Cat plugin, create capture templates for forms, sidebars, or popups, and link to MailChimp.
Explore how to set up and customize related posts thumbnails by configuring the text before related articles, the number of articles to show, default image, image size, and style options.
Learn to use the Download Monitor plugin to share digital files on WordPress, add titles and descriptions, manage access for registered members, and customize links and templates.
Install the Akismet anti-spam plugin on WordPress.com to filter comments, create or log into your account, and get your key to activate the service.
Enable social engagement with an all-in-one plugin that lets visitors log in via Facebook, Google Plus, or other accounts, and customize a floating social icon.
Focus on WordPress comments with the WP plugin, comparing front-end management and translation options. Experiment with forms, remove unused fields like the website field, and tailor phrases to your site.
Explore the Better Click To Tweet plugin to share select post text to Twitter by copying it into a tweet code and tapping the Twitter icon.
Discover how WordPress plugins unleash free ads to monetize your site with Google AdSense, Amazon affiliates, or custom ads, while managing display options, device targeting, and site health.
Track top articles and daily or monthly visits with the Google Analytics dashboard for WordPress. Authorize the plugin and view analytics to gauge performance for affiliate or advertisement networks.
Use the post views counter to track article and page views, set a time window (e.g., 24 hours) so repeated visits count once, and define a reset period.
Share an honest review to help improve this WordPress plugins course about free plugins and upcoming courses, and remember to watch the next lecture after enrolling.
Share your suggestions in the Q&A to improve the WordPress plugins course, as the instructor curates and reviews free plugins and offers personal recommendations and final opinions.
Very Important! This course is no longer updated, and some of the plugins may not work as they used to, not updated anymore or they're not free as they used to be, some could even be taken down from WordPress .org and can no longer be updated, so I advise to not use them or use any plugin you find it's no longer updated as it may be risque for your website, I may not be able to answer you direct messages, or get back to you very late, so don't hesitate to make a Google search before you contact me as that may be a faster way to find an answer. Thank you!
Are you using a WordPress website or building one for a client and want to have a list of powerful free plugins to use?
or you just started using WordPress and discovered the true power of plugins? this course is made for you.
Plugins are here to make your life easier
With WordPress, it was never this easy to have a professional website, and with plugins, you can add many features in minutes, even when you're a beginner, you have hundreds to choose from, and this course is what you need to take less time looking for plugins, and start making your website better.
THIS IS YOUR COURSE!
Because I made this course for you, I will update the list of plugins as much as I can, and because I know no one is perfect, I'm ready to go again and explain anything with the help of your feedback, you can ask for plugins suggestions, a step by step tutorial, updating a video or adding a plugin to the list, together we can make this course better.
In this course, you'll learn about some of the most popular plugins, and how to install them and use them, but I don't go step by step, so you still need to refer to the guide provided by each plugin developer.
MADE TO SAVE YOU TIME
I've been using WordPress for years for me and for my clients, and I spent hours and hours learning here at Udemy and on other platforms, and I know that time is important, that's why I tried my best to only cover what's important, the videos are scripted, I edited every video so you don't have to wait as I did for plugins to install or for pages to load, you are here to learn about plugins, and I'm willing to make it my main focus, but if you think you need more help with any of the plugins, I'm here to answer your questions or better, make a step by step tutorial for you.
List of Plugins:
Inside the course you'll have a PDF file with the complete list of plugins, the list is not final and I'll update the course whenever I can or to cover a topic you're interested in, your Plugins suggestions are most welcome.
Backup & security
Speed & Performance
Content
Features & customization
Comment & Social sharing
Ads and analytics
For my Student
Udemy Update: Udemy doesn't support Q&A for free courses anymore, please send me a direct message if you need help, but take into consideration that I may not be able to answer as I no longer update this course, or answer you very late, a google search may be very helpful in this case. Thank you.
( This is not longer supported) Please use the Q&A section to tell me which website you have or working on and any features you want to use but couldn't find a plugin for it, if any plugin in the videos don't work or you have a better suggestion, let me know, I would love to expand the list with your help.