ABSTRACT
This chapter provides the basic standard plugins that come activated by default on a.com site. A plugin is a bit of code that can extend the functionality of a standard WordPress install. Most of the plugins will be in the WordPress directory and so are easy to install. Jetpack is a collection of plugins that covers many of the functions journalist can add individually to a.org site. To some extent the ability for a reader to comment on a post has been superseded by the number of social media outlets available which allow for direct communication with a publisher or a specific journalist. W3 Total Cache will address quite a few of the areas highlighted by Pingdom. One of the quickest ways of increasing the speed is by leveraging browser caching. Probably the most popular Search Engine Optimisation plugin is Yoast.
