10 REASONS TO USE JETPACK FOR WORDPRESS IN 2019 Mukalele Rogers www.mukalele.net Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress

Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress What is WordPress? WordPress is the world’s most popular Content Management System (CMS) It’s Open Source.

Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress What is WordPress? WordPress (the software) should not be confused with WordPress.com, a WordPress web hosting service run by Automattic. Automattic was founded by WordPress co-founder Matt Mullenweg. The open source project can be found at WordPress.org

Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress Extensibility WordPress’ real power is in its extensibility. It allows for the development of third party themes and plugins.

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Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress What is Jetpack? Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress

What is Jetpack? Jetpack brings the power of the WordPress.com cloud to your self-hosted WordPress. Jetpack enables you to connect your blog to a WordPress.com account to use the powerful features normally only available to WordPress.com users.

Installing Jetpack Login to your site Go to ‘Plugins’ and ‘Add new’ Select/Search Jetpack ‘Activate’ Login to your WordPress.com account.

Installing Jetpack Connect Jetpack to your wordpress.com account and select a suitable plan

10 Reasons Single Sign On, Centralised management & Mobile App Related Posts & Extra Sidebar Widgets Site Stats & Analytics Monitoring and Notifications Speed: Images CDN and Lazy Images Post by Email Publicize, WP.me Short links, Share, Likes Security: Scanning, Plugin Updates, Spam Filtering, Protection & Auto Backups SEO Tools, Sitemaps and Site Verification Subscriptions

1. Single Sign On, Centralised management & Mobile App Centralised management of all connected sites via wordpress.com Single Sign-on enables you to sign on using your Google account. No more cramming of passwords! The WordPress App allows you to administrate your sites on the go.

2. Related Posts & Extra Sidebar Widgets Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 2. Related Posts & Extra Sidebar Widgets Related Posts — Show contextual posts your visitors might be interested in reading after they’re done with their current post. Extra Sidebar Widgets — Extra widgets you can add to your website, including RSS Links, Twitter, Facebook, Flicker timelines, etc.

Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 3.Site Stats & Analytics Jetpack Stats lets you know how many visits your site gets, and what posts and pages are the most popular. “View more stats on WordPress.com” allows you to access your site’s advanced stats on WordPress.com., such as Views By Country, Unique Views, as well as many more insights about your site.

4. Monitoring and Notifications Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 4. Monitoring and Notifications Monitor: Alerts you via email if your site goes down Receive notifications for new comments and Likes in your admin bar and on your mobile app.

5. Speed: Images CDN and Lazy Images Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 5. Speed: Images CDN and Lazy Images Jetpack CDN (formerly Photon) is an image acceleration and editing service. Wordpress.com servers host your images from their servers, alleviating the load on your server and providing faster image loading for your readers. Limitations No cache invalidations – currently the images are cached “forever”. If you want to “refresh” an image you will need to change the name of the image. Lazy Images makes pages load much faster by only loading visible images, waiting to load images that are offscreen as you scroll down.

Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 6. Post by Email Limitations No cache invalidations – currently the images are cached “forever”. If you want to “refresh” an image you will need to change the name of the image. This module can be enabled by switching on “Publish posts by sending an email” at Jetpack > Settings > Writing in your site’s Dashboard.

Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 6. Post by Email Limitations No cache invalidations – currently the images are cached “forever”. If you want to “refresh” an image you will need to change the name of the image. This module can be enabled by switching on “Publish posts by sending an email” at Jetpack > Settings > Writing in your site’s Dashboard.

7. Publicize, WP.me Short links, Share, Likes Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 7. Publicize, WP.me Short links, Share, Likes Adds like and share options to your site as well as automated posting to various social networks. Limitations No cache invalidations – currently the images are cached “forever”. If you want to “refresh” an image you will need to change the name of the image. The short links can be generated on the post/page for simplified sharing.

Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 8. Security: Scanning, Plugin Updates, Spam Filtering, Protection & Auto Backups Jetpack Security Features Security Scanning — Anti-virus, malware, and threat detection for your WordPress site with automated resolution. Plugin Updates — Allows you to choose which plugins update automatically. Spam Filtering — Automatically filter out spam comments, product reviews, or contact form submissions. Protect — Protect your site from traditional and distributed brute force attacks Site Backups — Automatically backup your entire site. Limitations No cache invalidations – currently the images are cached “forever”. If you want to “refresh” an image you will need to change the name of the image.

9. SEO Tools, Sitemaps and Site Verification Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 9. SEO Tools, Sitemaps and Site Verification SEO Tools — Optimize your site for search engines by taking advantage of our SEO tools. Site Verification — Verify your site for use with Google, Bing, and Pinterest and their tools. Sitemaps — Generate a list of pages to be indexed by search engines like Google or Bing Limitations No cache invalidations – currently the images are cached “forever”. If you want to “refresh” an image you will need to change the name of the image.

Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress 10. Subscriptions Jetpack Subscriptions allow visitors to receive notifications of your latest posts or comments. Limitations No cache invalidations – currently the images are cached “forever”. If you want to “refresh” an image you will need to change the name of the image.

Full list of Jetpack Features https://jetpack.com/support/features/

Jetpack: The ultimate plugin for WordPress, By WordPress Thank You! Website designer / webhost manager – center4webpresence.com ICT Teacher – Kololo SSS Programmer / App developer – Makerere Innovation and Incubation Center (MIIC) Startup Lead / Founder – Sharebility Uganda @mrogers4christ Mukalele Rogers rogers@mukalele.net www.mukalele.net