Notes From the May 2018 WordPress QA Meetup

Thank you to Marcus Burnette for taking notes of URLs and resources that we mentioned at the WordPress Orlando QA last night! Check out Marcus’ post and website here: https://mburnette.com/blog/wordpress-orlando-qa-may-2018/

Here are some of the resources that we discussed while asked about choosing themes, page builders, optimizing sites, and dealing with GDPR and ADA compliance.

Site/Image Optimization & Security

• WP Rocket (https://wp-rocket.me/)
• Tiny Compress Images by TinyPNG (https://wordpress.org/plugins/tiny-compress-images/)
• EWWW Image Optimizer (https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-image-optimizer/)
• WP Squish (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-squish/)
• WPScan Vulnerability Database (https://wpvulndb.com/)
• WebPagetest (https://www.webpagetest.org/)

Theming

• StudioPress (https://www.studiopress.com/)
• Genesis Framework (https://my.studiopress.com/themes/genesis/)

Site Builders

• Gutenburg (https://wordpress.org/gutenberg/)
• Beaver Builder (https://www.wpbeaverbuilder.com/)
• Elementor (https://elementor.com/)
• Divi by Elegant Themes (https://www.elegantthemes.com/plugins/divi-builder/)

Front-end Posting

• Gravity Forms (https://www.gravityforms.com/)
• PODS (https://pods.io/)
• Caldera Forms (https://calderaforms.com/)

Hosting & DNS

• Siteground (https://www.siteground.com/)
• Flywheel (https://getflywheel.com/)
• Cloudflare (https://www.cloudflare.com/)

Support Desk Solutions

• FreshDesk (https://freshdesk.com/)
• Help Scout (https://www.helpscout.net/)
• Awesome Support Plugin (https://getawesomesupport.com/)
• WP Support Plus Plugin (https://www.wpsupportplus.com/)
• WordPress Support Tools Compared: Freshdesk vs Awesome Support vs WP Support Plus vs Help Scout (https://www.codeinwp.com/blog/comparison-of-wordpress-support-tools-freshdesk-awesome-support-wp-support-plus-help-scout/)

GDPR

• iThemes Training Free Webinars (https://training.ithemes.com/free-webinar-library/)
• iThemes “What You Need to Know About GDPR” Webinar(https://training.ithemes.com/webinar/what-you-need-to-know-about-gdpr/)
• Chris Edward’s Webinar On Google Analytics(https://training.ithemes.com/webinar/tracking-your-website-with-google-analytics/)

#WPORL

• WordPress Orlando site (wporlando.org)
• WordPress Orlando Meetup (https://www.meetup.com/WordPress-Orlando/)
• WordPress Orlando Facebook(https://www.facebook.com/groups/wordpressorlando/about/)
• WordPress Orlando Slack (https://wporlando.org/slack/)