Joey Kudish

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With over 49,000 plugins in the repo it can be hard for new users to know where to start. Yeah there is search but what if you don’t know what you are looking for. What Better Plugin Recommendations does is remove the default featured and recommendations tab and instead adds a new recommendations tab which only included plugins that I’ve hand selected. These are plugins that I feel are appropriate for every new user and are ones that are great examples of why WordPress is awesome.
The only purpose of this plugin is to help WordPress users find the plugins they need. There is no branding or ads. It’s integrated perfectly into the Plugin -> New screen.
Saying that these are the “best” WordPress plugins isn’t really helpful. Best is so subjective. I thought it would help if you knew the criteria I used in selecting these plugins, so I’ve included it below. I’m also trying to only include plugins that I think the majority of people will use. There are definitely some great niche plugins that I think are wonderful but not useful enough for everyone to include.
Here is the criteria I used:
Price (Free) 
Numbers of users 
Average Rating 
Last Updated 
Support Given
This plugin uses a web service to serve up the plugin results. The service is located at https://better-plugin-recommendations.now.sh

Better Plugin Recommendations

A lot of designers & developers produce websites for paying clients, and for the main part each of these sites need the same core tools. 

At Code Clinic we've even gone to the extent of creating a suite of modular plugins that take care of all the things that are missing from a clean WP install. We also have a number of go to plugins that we use regularly.

Like others in the industry, we'd love to ensure our clients use the best tools for the job, rather than a random collection of plugins of varying quality and performance. So, being able to firmly guide our clients in the direction of plugins that we know work well not only means that we help our clients keep their WP site in top condition, we can also help support our clients because they are using plugins that we have a lot of experience with, rather than some previously unheard off alternative.

Thanks for making this.

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There are so many plugins out there. Knowing which ones to choose can be really hard. Let us help.

CodeBard

This free plugin allows you to add a Patreon Button under the content to have your users to become your patrons on Patreon easily. It also provides two customizable Widgets that you can use in your sidebar.
The buttons and widgets blend in with your theme seamlessly. You can use the new or old Patreon button or you can use your own button image.
You can customize the call to action text over the buttons or turn them on/off, as well as use your own call to action text. You can disable the Buttons under content if you wish to use only the Widgets as well.
You can enter the default account to be used in buttons in plugin options page.
In addition, all authors will be able to add their own Patreon username in their profile to be used for the Buttons, so the Buttons showing under their posts as well as the Author Widget in sidebar will go to their Patreon profile. This feature can be disabled if you wish, from plugin settings, with “Force Site Button instead of Author” option.
More features are planned as they become available in Patreon API.
You can upgrade to Patron Plugin Pro, add the Patron Content Manager addon and enable powerful content-locking options to serve Patron only content from your own website! Patron Plugin Pro will also allow you to put your patrons directly to patron pipeline instead of your profile. Check it out below:
https://codebard.com/patron-plugin-pro
After install, activate the plugin, and that’s it.
You should fill in the Site Patreon Account in plugin settings page. This is the Patreon account which will be used for buttons for any user who did not put their Patreon account in their profile on your site.
You will find the two widgets you can use in your Appearance -> Widgets section. Widgets are customizable

CodeBard's Patron Button and Widgets for Patreon

This is a plugin i developed after seeing that i needed an easy way to add Patreon buttons to my own blogs. (I write on tech, gaming, politics, foreign policy etc on different blogs i ran).
It worked well, so i decided to release it to public.
Its a very simple plugin for now, just adds Patreon buttons to your site without hassles. Depending on users' needs (That's you!) i may add new features. I'll also add any new useful feature Patreon puts into their api.
Enjoy!



Im using it in my own blogs as well

Patron Button and Plugin allows you to add Patreon Buttons to your content and sidebars, along with offering other Patreon functions.

Better Plugin Recommendations vs CodeBard's Patron Button and Widgets for Patreon