How WP Symposium Pro site was built
WordPress
We always keep WordPress at the latest version, with no modifications.
Theme
The theme used is Avada.
Recommended Plugins
The following plugins are considered very useful for a social network site. Not all are used on the WP Symposium Pro site, but are worth checking out.
- Cron View (see what’s in WordPress’s cron schedule)
- Custom Login Logo (replace WordPress logo on login/register page)
- Hide Admin Bar From Non-admins (erm….)
- If menu (conditions for menu item visibility)
- Simple Mail Address Encoder (encrypts all email addresses)
- TheThe CAPTCHA (annoying but necessary)
- Widget Logic (set logic around widgets, like if visible to guests)
- Woocommerce (online shop system)
- WordPress Access Control (protect for members only)
All the Plugins we use
These are all the plugins that we use on the WP Symposium Pro website.
- Akismet
- AutoChimp
- BAW Login/Logout menu
- Better WordPress reCAPTCHA
- CSS3 Responsive Web Pricing Tables Grids
- Custom Login Logo
- Custom Ribbon Maker
- Follow-Up Emails
- Fusion Core (for older pages)
- Ginger – EU Cookie Law
- Kakapo – Custom sidebar for every page
- MailChimp for WordPress
- Recently Registered
- Simple Mail Address Encoder
- Stripe for WooCommerce
- Subscribe to Comments Reloaded
- UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore
- WangGuard
- Widget Logic
- WooCommerce
- WooCommerce PDF Invoices & Packing Slips
- WooCommerce Product Archive Customiser
- WooCommerce Sales MIS Report
- WooCommerce Subscriptions
- WooThemes Helper
- WordPress Access Control
- WordPress HTTPS
- WP Cerber
- WP Hide Admin Bar
- WP Symposium Pro
- WP Symposium Pro (Extensions)
- WP Symposium Pro (Show licence code) – this is for our use only
- Yoast SEO