Episode #15: WordPress for Everything?
This week we are joined by Andrew Norcross (https://twitter.com/norcross) from Reaktiv Studios (http://reaktivstudios.com/) to discuss why more small business owners and content marketers are looking at WordPress as a solution for not just blogging, but the ever changing face of digital publishing.

Andrew's Top Five Plugins

* WordPress SEO by Yoast: (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/)) can be feature overkill for some people, but it’s the best thing out there.
* Safe Redirect Manager: (https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-redirect-manager/ (https://wordpress.org/plugins/safe-redirect-manager/)) clean and easy to use, actively mantained.
* WP Help: (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/ (https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-help/)) great for setting up client facing documentation inside of WP itself that can be managed off site.
* Query Monitor: (https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/ (https://wordpress.org/plugins/query-monitor/)) my go-to for development work. Shows errors, query performance, and a host of other nerdy things.
* Regenerate Thumbnails: (https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/ (https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-thumbnails/)) great for when you change themes or otherwise update designs, it’ll go through and re-create all the various image sizes.
* Simple User Password Generator: (https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-password-generator/ (https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-user-password-generator/)) great for setting strong passwords because users never make them on their own.

Hot Takes

Is Facebook’s video growth bullshit - http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07/freebooting_stolen_youtube_videos_going_viral_on_facebook.single.html (http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2015/07/freebooting_stolen_youtube_videos_going_viral_on_facebook.single.html)

Carnegie Melon study on gender bias in Google ads - http://marketingland.com/carnegie-mellon-study-finds-gender-discrimination-in-ads-shown-on-google-134479 (http://marketingland.com/carnegie-mellon-study-finds-gender-discrimination-in-ads-shown-on-google-134479)