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Top 20 Best WordPress Plugins for Nonprofit Websites

Nonprofit Tech for Good

WordPress was founded in 2003 and since then, a community of thousands of developers has created almost 55,000 plugins to expand its capability. Here’s a list of plugins that will help save you time, make your site more engaging and easier to use for staff and visitors; and is secure: Productivity and Workflow.

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Feel the Heat: The Best Firewall Plugins for Your WordPress Site

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But to really protect your website against hacks, brute force attacks and the dreaded “denial of service” quagmire, all site owners and administrators should look carefully into adding a firewall via a plugin. But unlike the previously mentioned plugins Wordfence works from your own server rather than a remote proxy.

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5 Ways to Protect Your Nonprofit’s Data

Nonprofit Tech for Good

One browser plugin, HTTPS Everywhere , will ensure that if a website offers an encrypted SSL connection, it will use it. Getting privacy protecting browser plugins is a quick and easy way to better privacy. According to NTEN’s State of Cybersecurity Report, only one third of nonprofit respondents use a secure password manager.

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Quick Fixes to Common WordPress Problems: Part 2

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That said, here are another five problems and solutions (four of which call for help from an awesome plugin) for the most frequent annoyances as reported by WordPress users the world over. The mantra can’t be repeated enough: back up, back up, back up. On the post edit screen go to the options tab at the top right and select “excerpt.”

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Best to Test: Tools for Gauging your WordPress Site’s Speed and Performance

Byte Technology

Having images that are too large, a poorly coded theme, a lousy hosting service and far too many plugins are all things that can slow down your site considerably and have visitors hitting the “back” button immediately. YSlow Browser Plugin. Are they rendering correctly across mobile platforms?

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Top 8 Text-to-Give Platforms for Nonprofits

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Qgiv provides extensive reporting and analytics, allowing you to evaluate the effectiveness of your campaigns and make data-driven decisions. Data reporting provides you with an easy way to track your text campaigns to see which keywords and other fundraising strategies drive more donations.

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4 Ways Nonprofits Can Make the Most of WordPress

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Research and add plugins. Research and add WordPress plugins. WordPress plugins are the engines that drive the features or functionality on your website: add-on features like events calendars, comment forms, and timeline graphics. When used right, plugins can increase engagement, website session times, and even donations.