WordPress

todo; sort out base plugin list

General

• WordPress Codex - The online manual for WordPress and a living repository for WordPress information and documentation.

• http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/
• http://lorelle.wordpress.com/wordpress-resources/
• http://wpmail.me/newsletters/

• WordPress News: Releases

• Make WordPress.org
• Make WordPress Core - WordPress Development Updates

• http://planet.wordpress.org/
• http://planetwordpress.planetozh.com/

Setup

• Installing WordPress

wget http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz

• WordPress Trac - with bugtracker, changelog, timeline
• WordPress - Git repo, synced via SVN every 15 minutes. Includes all branches, so for checking out features prerelease, not for web dev or production!

• 10 Million hits a day with WordPress using a $15 server - Crash tutorial on setting up WordPress on Nginx with Varnish

Nginx

• http://codex.wordpress.org/Nginx
• http://wiki.nginx.org/WordPress

• http://www.farinspace.com/wordpress-nginx-rewrite-rules/
• http://wpmu.org/how-to-setup-your-own-nginx-powered-wordpress-server/
• http://www.gypthecat.com/how-to-install-wordpress-with-ssh-and-nginx

• https://github.com/perusio/wordpress-nginx - nginx conf for wp
• https://gist.github.com/878505 - nginx conf for running wp, w3 total cache
• https://gist.github.com/1534643 - nginx conf for wp, php-fpm

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/nginx-compatibility/
• http://www.wpjedi.com/wordpress-nginx-tips/

Multisite (MU)

• http://codex.wordpress.org/Create_A_Network

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/network-blog-manager/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multisite-plugin-manager/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugin-commander/

• https://github.com/Automattic/bulk-user-management

Commandline

• https://github.com/brool/wordpress-shuffle - python, save posts to files

• http://wordshell.net/ - costs? says gpl2, but that is a lie?
  • http://wordshell.net/support/cheat-sheet-get-going-quickly/
  • http://wordshell.net/support/faqs/competitors/compared-with-wp-cli/

• https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli - based on drush
  • https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/wiki/List-of-internal-commands
  • https://github.com/wp-cli/wp-cli/wiki/List-of-community-commands
• http://codeseekah.com/2012/02/23/wordpress-command-line-fun/

• https://github.com/jerodsanto/wordpress-console - adds a "Console" page to the admin menu for WordPress environment cli

• http://samjlevy.com/2011/12/shell-script-for-cloning-a-wordpress-installation/
• https://github.com/webord/wp-migrate - migrate the System from one url to another.

• https://github.com/dxw/wp-generate - ruby, generate themes and templates

• https://github.com/markjaquith/WordPress-Skeleton - skeleton repo for a WordPress sit. not wp-mu compatible
• https://github.com/vidluther/Autopress - Capistrano install scripts

• https://github.com/dxw/cucumber-wordpress - for cucumber development, ruby

• https://github.com/shacker/wp-batch-manage - scripts for cPanel based

Vim

• http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=3510 - post from vim

• http://www.kloppmagic.ca/blog/2011/05/wordpress-vim-syntax-highlighting/

Plugins

• Plugins
• Plugin API

• http://support.wpengine.com/curated-plugins/

• http://gsoc.trac.wordpress.org/browser/2011/merty/trunk/wordpress-move
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/jetpack/

Development

• http://markjaquith.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/wordpress-local-dev-tips/
• http://egalo.com/2012/05/15/clone-live-wordpress-to-local-env/

• http://davidwinter.me/articles/2012/04/09/install-and-manage-wordpress-with-git/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-developer-assistant/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/plugin-test-drive/ - load plugins based on ip

• https://github.com/Automattic/developer

Deployment

• https://github.com/markjaquith/WP-Stack/

DB

• HyperDB is an advanced database class that supports replication, failover, load balancing, and partitioning.
• WP MySQL Console is a web shell to operate databases such as mysql command shell for developers. Its most original way to operate DBs, you should try. sounds hacky, badjudgement?

Coding

• http://make.wordpress.org/plugins/

• http://codex.wordpress.org/Debugging_in_WordPress

• http://codex.wordpress.org/Function_Reference
• http://queryposts.com/functions/
• http://phpxref.ftwr.co.uk/wordpress/nav.html?_functions/index.html
• http://adambrown.info/p/wp_hooks
• http://xref.yoast.com/

Admin

• https://github.com/Automattic/Rewrite-Rules-Inspector

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-show-ids/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/core-control/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/worker/

Migration

• http://blog.applegrew.com/2011/08/migrate-from-apache-to-nginx-the-new-guide/

• http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL#Moving_Sites
• http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/duplicator/ - "Duplicate, clone, backup and transfer an entire site from one location to another in 3 easy steps." - shared hosting problems

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-migrate/ - enter database information separate from the current site/blog database, and migrate the current information over - shared hosting problems

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-move/ - gsoc - "capable of changing the domain name in use and/or migrating your installation to another server either as is or based on your choices" - ftp transfer of blog and db, requires wp and wp-move on new sevrer

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpressdeploy/ - allows multiple config files to be added through the admin system and then dynamically switched depending on the URL a user is accessing the site from.

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ezmigrate/ - requires wp-config.php hack. - weiiird workflow.

• http://blog.wp.weightpoint.se/2012/01/04/synchronizing-wordpress-multisite-database-from-production-to-staging-enviorment/ - bash script

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-migrate-db/ - MySQL data dump, find and replace on URLs and file paths, serialized data. no trailing slash for url.

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/add-cloned-sites-for-wpmu-batch/ - clone site in mu install
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/sfr-clone-site/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/clone-spc/ - clone theme files
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-clone-template/ - creates theme .zip

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/default-blog-options/ - clone settings

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-live-server-deploy/

Backup

• http://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_Backups
• http://codex.wordpress.org/Backing_Up_Your_Database

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backupwordpress/ [1] - back up your entire site including your database and all your files

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-db-backup/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-dbmanager/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-backup-to-dropbox/ - files and a SQL dump
  • http://wpb2d.com/
  • dropbox oauth
  • zipped and e-mail notifications cost
  • doesn't work on dreamhost shared

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/backwpup/
  • all to various
  • dropbox oauth
  • e-mail notifications
  • shows process steps when run manually
  • make sure to exclude cache and such like

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/updraftplus/
  • S3, Google Drive, FTP, and email

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/pressbackup/
  • S3, Dropbox account or local

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/snapshot-backup/ - all to ftp
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-time-machine/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cloudsafe365-for-wp/

Performance

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/caching

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/cloudflare/ - probably not worth it [2] [3]

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/w3-total-cache/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/quick-cache/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-super-cache/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-minify/
• http://betterwp.net/wordpress-plugins/bwp-minify/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/use-google-libraries/ [4]

• http://chrisgilligan.com/wordpress/wordpress-with-w3-total-cache-on-nginx-with-apc-virtualmin/
• http://serverfault.com/questions/295920/configuring-nginx-for-w3-total-cache
• http://c3mdigital.com/wordpress-performance-server/
• http://elivz.com/blog/single/wordpress_with_w3tc_on_nginx/
• http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10867526/w3-total-cache-minify-rewrite-rules-not-working-with-nginx
• http://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-w3-total-cache-minify-url-rewriting-not-working-on-nginx

Security

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/exploit-scanner/

Content

Posting

• http://codex.wordpress.org/XML-RPC_WordPress_API

• http://codex.wordpress.org/Post_to_your_blog_using_email

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/postie/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/gerryworks-post-by-mail/

Post Extras

• Another Related Posts Plugin [5]

• http://birdhouse.org/software/2006/12/wp-digest/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-shkshell/

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/shortbus/

Flickr

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/awesome-flickr-gallery-plugin/
• http://www.slickrflickr.com/

Widgets

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/featured-page-widget/ [6] - breaks external link output (even with a tag allowed). no support or development.
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-on-widget/ - passes through images, ignores read more cut
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/2046s-widget-loops/ - no excerpt length option
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-in-widget/ - passes full page, 'show more link' no works.
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/widget-custom/ - adds an extra sidebar, not widget?!?
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/spectacula-page-widget - cannot alter excerpt length
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-page - cannot choose which tags to pass
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/page-excerpts/ - doesn't actually give excerpt field or related widget..
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-page-widget/ - really basic, only option is page id
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/post-and-page-excerpt-widgets/ - no length option, etc, broken plugin links

Template

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/improved-include-page/ - old?

not tried

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/advanced-excerpt/ - excerpt without html stripped.
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/multiple-content-blocks/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-widget-area/ - no idea how this goes beyond adding a new sidebar the regular manner
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/site-layout-customizer/ - alternate layouts. using a SHORTCODE?!

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wysiwyg-widgets
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/custom-sidebars/ - page specific sidebars

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wordpress-countdown-widget/
• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tumblr-widget-for-wordpress/

Countdown

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/countdown-timer/ - has been used on beltane.org. event title is not widget title, leaves extra space by default, cannot remove "in " before time.

• http://www.wpmanage.com/uji-countdown/ - nice looking, html5/js, cannot disable seconds, tho you can animate them..

• http://mycountdown.org/wordpress-countdown-clock-plugin/ - limited colour settings, cannot turn off theme..

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/recurring-timer-widget/ - nice time setting interface but cannot change "minutes", "seconds", etc. which have no space between them and the number.

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/simple-count-down/ - text, days only

todo

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/wp-events/screenshots/

Contact

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/contact-form-7/

SEO

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/

Analytics

• http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-analytics-for-wordpress/