a look at wordpress' jetpack plugin and all the modules

Jetpack - WORDPRESS MEETUP

JULY 27, 2015

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MOST OF THE INFORMATION ON THESE SLIDES COME DIRECTLY FROM THE JETPACK PLUGIN SETTINGS FROM WITHIN MY WORDPRESS DASHBOARD.

FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE MODULES, CHECK IT OUT FROM YOUR WORDPRESS DASHBOARD!

LYNN DYE | VISIT MY BLOG AT EXTREMEVIRTUALSUPPORT.COM/BLOG | [email protected]

Jetpack is a free plugin from Automattic.

The latest version is 3.6.1

There are 36 modules right now and they’re divided into 10 categories

Modules can be switched on and off by you – not all need to be used/configured


Installing Jetpack

Install Jetpack either via the WordPress.org plugin directory, or by uploading the files to your server.

After activating Jetpack, connect to WordPress.com to enable the Jetpack features.

Click the Connect button and log in to a WordPress.com account to authorize the Jetpack connection.

If you don't yet have a WordPress.com account, you can quickly create one after clicking the Connect button.

That's it. You're ready to go!


Categories Appearance – 8

Centralized Mgt. – 1

Developers – 3

Mobile – 1

Other - 5

Photos & Videos – 5

Recommended – 9

Social – 9

WordPress.com Stats – 1

Writing - 8


Appearance Custom CSS-Custom CSS editor gives you the ability to add to or replace your theme's CSS, all while supplying syntax coloring, auto-indentation, and immediate feedback on the validity of the CSS you're writing. To use the CSS editor, go to Appearance → Edit CSS.

◦ Extra Sidebar Widgets – These are for social media, Facebook, display posts and more http://extremevirtualsupport.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=jetpack_modules&module_tag=Appearance

◦ Gravatar Hovercards – hovercards with information about a person, contact info, etc.◦ Infinite Scroll – this is dependent on your theme if it’ll work or not◦ Mobile Theme – YES – works well◦ Photon – speeds up the loading of your site by loading your site images from the WordPress

CDN◦ Shortcode Embeds – lets you embed media (YouTube, Flickr and others) ◦ Widget Visibility – control which pages your widgets show on

http://extremevirtualsupport.com/wp-admin/themes.php?page=editcss

http://extremevirtualsupport.com/wp-admin/admin.php?page=jetpack_modules&module_tag=Appearance




Centralized Management Manage Enabling Manage allows you to update your self-hosted WordPress sites along with any WordPress.com sites you have, all in one simple dashboard. Now you can update plugins, set plugins to automatically update, and activate or deactivate plugins on a per-site basis or in bulk from wordpress.com/plugins.

https://wordpress.com/plugins


Developers JSON API - Jetpack will allow you to authorize applications and services to securely connect to your blog and allow them to use your content in new ways and offer you new functionality. Developers can use WordPress.com's OAuth2 authentication system and WordPress.com REST API to manage and access your site's content.

Jetpack Single Sign On - with WordPress.com Single Sign On, your users will be able to log in to or register for your WordPress site with the same credentials they use on WordPress.com. It's safe and secure.

Omnisearch - Search once, get results from everything! Currently supports searching posts, pages, comments, media, and plugins.

http://developer.wordpress.com/docs/oauth2/

http://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/


Mobile & Other- Mobile – uses your header image, background and widgets from your current theme

Contact Form

Notifications – keep up with other WordPress.com users

Site Icon – add an icon to your site (branding). Settings>General>Site Icon

Site Verification – verify your site with Google, Bing & Pinterest

VaultPress – for-pay backup service from Automattic


Photos & Videos Carousel - any standard WordPress galleries you have embedded in posts or pages will launch a gorgeous full-screen photo browsing

Photon experience - Give your site a boost by loading images in posts from the WordPress.com content delivery network. We cache your images and serve them from our super-fast network, reducing the burden on your Web host with the click of a button.

Shortcode Embeds – use to embed media

Tiled Galleries – now when you add a gallery, you have the option to select rectangular, square or circular galleries

VideoPress – upload your own videos. This requires a WordPress.com account with an active VideoPress subscription.


Social Extra Sidebar Widgets – all types of social media, image, gallery and more widgets

Gravatar Hovercards-enhanced gravatar with ability to add text

Jetpack Comments – visitors can use Facebook, twitter or WordPress.com account to leave comments

Likes – how many have liked your post

Publicize – automatically share your content to Facebook, Twitter and more

Sharing – buttons so readers can share your posts

Shortcode Embed video with a link into your article or page

Subscriptions – people can subscribe to your blog and they’ll also be able to comment on your site

WP.me Shortlinks – get a shortened link by going to your post in editor and clicking on the get short link


Writing

Beautiful Math – markup language for writing complex math equations

Custom Content Types - Organize and display different types of content on your site, separate from posts and pages.

Enhanced Distribution – automatically gets your content to the major search engines

JSON API - authorize applications and services to securely connect to your blog and allow them to use your content in new ways

Markdown - lets you compose posts and comments with links, lists, and other styles using regular characters and punctuation marks

Post by email – set it up from your profile settings and have the ability to post by sending an email

Shortcode Embeds – embed videos, with just a link

Spelling & Grammar – After The Deadline will check your spelling and grammar


Stats WordPress.com Stats – a way to easily view your site’s usage (must have a WordPress.com account to use)

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a look at wordpress' jetpack plugin and all the modules

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