preface
After the website is built, in order to make the website safe, performance and effect satisfactory, it is necessary to install plug-in optimization. This article will share the excellent WordPress plug-ins and related settings I have used and collected.
The following plug-ins can be searched and installed directly in WordPress Plug in Installation.
Plug in recommendation
security
1. Wordfence Security
Very powerful WordPress security software, which can scan website files, find security risks and give setting suggestions. It has firewall, explosion-proof and other functions.
Mandatory settings: "Wordence" ->"Options" ->"Hide WordPress version" option is selected;
There are many other options, including email warnings, automatic scanning options, etc., which can be researched and selected by yourself.
2. Limit Login Attempts
Plugins to prevent brute force cracking can block malicious users' IP addresses by limiting the number of times users try to log in to the website management account, thus effectively preventing passwords from being brute force cracked!
After installation, in the setting panel options: reduce the number of attempts and increase the blocking time.
3. IP Blacklist Cloud
It is also an explosion-proof and shielded IP plug-in. Its installation volume may be no more than others, but it has a very attractive feature: it can set blocking and disabling the IP address that the specified user name attempts to log in.
The prerequisite is that we have changed the default name of the administrator, such as admin. Then, you can set that users who try to log in with the user names of admin, administrator, etc. will be blocked immediately.
4. Rename wp-login
Change the WordPress background login address and customize a login address that only you know. The default login address will be 404.
optimization
5. Autoptimize
It can automatically merge and compress CSS and JS files, reduce the number of requests and file volume, and optimize the transmission speed.
To set, first click "Show advanced settings" in the upper right corner to display all advanced settings.
Suggested opening options:
HTML option: "Optimize HTML code"; JavaScript option: "Optimize JavaScript code"; CSS options: "Optimize CSS code", "Remove Google Fonts"; Cache Info：“Save aggregated script/css as static files”；
6. WP Smush
Lossless compression optimizes the image size. A smaller image size will naturally result in faster transmission speed.
Pictures that have been uploaded to the storage space can also be compressed through manual options. This option is under Multimedia.
7. WP Super Cache
WordPress static cache plug-in, developed by official WordPress developers, supports Chinese and is a necessary plug-in.
Ready to install. Of course, you can also enter the settings to adjust the personalized configuration.
8. a3 Lazy Load
Lazy loading of images: images are downloaded only when they appear in the current page window. This can reduce the pressure on the server, improve the page loading speed, and avoid unnecessary resource downloading.
9. Akismet
Well known spam filtering plug-in. After installation, you need to register first, obtain the activation code, and enter the activation code to activate the plug-in.
10. WP-Optimize
Plug in for database cleaning and optimization. You can manually select project optimization, or you can automatically optimize on a regular basis.
11. Google XML Sitemaps
Automatically generate site maps to facilitate search engine crawling and improve website indexing.
custom
12. Crayon Syntax Highlighter
Code highlighting plug-in. It supports multiple languages, is integrated in the article editor, and is easy to use. Dozens of topics can be selected, and the display format can be customized. A must for programmers.
13. CSS Plus
With this plug-in, you can write your own CSS style and apply it to articles. The plug-in will generate a CSS input box below the article editing area.
14. Watermark the picture
Image automatic watermark plug-in. Worried about their pictures being stolen, it is troublesome to add watermark manually one by one.
This plug-in can automatically add a watermark to the uploaded image. You need to set the text/image, location, format, etc. of the watermark in advance.
15. WP Statistics
Through this plug-in, you can learn the information of users who visit the website, such as traffic, source, article click, user system, browser, location distribution, etc.
16. Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
Related article recommendation is to list articles of similar types that may be of interest to readers at the end of a blog post, so that readers can find more interesting content and increase the number of visitors to the blog.
SEO
17. Yoast SEO
Improve the probability of website content being searched and visited through site optimization.
A prompt box will appear on the article editing page to guide us to optimize the article structure and content. In the prompt box, you can set the article keywords and descriptions.
Ps. The latest version may have some minor problems with Chinese support, such as the recognition of the number of words in the article, but it does not affect the use. Generally, you can set the keywords of the article.
Backup and Restore
18. UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore
It can be backed up through OneDrive, FTP, Email and other 15 ways. Restore the whole site or specified items with one click through the Restore option.
It is better to select an online disk, OneDrive, etc. as the backup location. Do not use Email, because the backup file will fail to send when it is slightly larger.
Set the backup frequency and backup items (database, theme, upload, etc.). The frequency is suggested to be determined according to our change frequency. If there is a change every day, the database should be backed up every day.
Choice
Although plug-ins can optimize our website to a certain extent, more plug-ins will inevitably affect the website's performance. There are too many plug-ins loaded when the website is opened, which will also slow down the speed of the website.
Therefore, when installing plug-ins, it is necessary to distinguish the priority: which plug-ins must be installed and which are optional.
Suggestions for using the plug-ins mentioned above are:
Recommended installation: 1, 5, 7, 17, 18; 2. 3. 4: It should be enough to select Rename wp login in combination with Wordence Security; 6. 8: For the optimization of pictures, it is recommended to install the ones with more pictures in the article. If there are fewer pictures, you can directly compress them locally and then upload them, so you don't need to install these two plug-ins; 9: The automatic filtering plug-in for garbage comments can not be installed if "comments must be approved manually" is set in the background; 10: It is unnecessary to keep the plug-in open. It is closed at ordinary times. It will be used and cleaned once every half month; 11: Yoast SEO also has the site map function. If you enable this function, you will turn off the site map of Yoast; Personalized according to personal needs.
epilogue
The above plug-ins are selected after I use them. They are relatively famous and have good effects. It has covered security, optimization, personalization and backup and restore. It may not be perfect, but it should be enough. Of course, you should also avoid blindly piling up all kinds of plug-ins, and do not install them on your own website when you see recommendations.
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