WordPress
Theme
With the development of page builders we have moved away from custom wordpress themes. In support you may still come across previous clients sites where we build custom wordpress themes for clients.
We use Oxygen builder which replaces the need for a wordpress theme.
Page Builder
As an agency we use Oxygen page builder which was created buy Softy. Oxygen is a visual page builder that allows us to deliver a website that our clients can update and maintain using the visual page builder.
Plugins
Plugins in Wordpress are used to extend functionality of the website. Any additional functionality/integrations that is needed for the website should be done through a plugin.
Here are a few plugins that we use to build out site:
Code Snippets
Oxygen or not, this is a neat plugin for adding code snippets that can easily be activated/deactivated that apply everywhere on the backend or frontend etc.
My Custom Functionality
Sooner or later you will be wondering how to load custom assets (like JS and CSS files) in Oxygen.
Since Oxygen disables the theme, the recommended approach to enqueue files is by using a custom functionality plugin.
My Custom Functionality Plugin
Insert Headers and Footers
Got code that should be added to your site pages’ head and/or footer like Google Tag Manager or Google Analytics?
You can do that using either of the above two plugins or a plugin built specifically for this purpose.
Insert Headers and Footers Plugin
Swiss Knife Pro for Oxygen
A new addition to this list, Swiss Knife Pro is the bigger brother of the free Swiss Knife plugin (discussed below). This tool is focused on workflow enhancement for the oxygen builder, and offers unique features like dark and light themes with increased contrast, an easy to use debug mode, and a custom fonts manager.
Swiss Knife Pro for Oxygenpaid plugin
Oxy Toolbox
Built by Gagan and me, this includes a super suite of features bundled into one great modular plugin. A few highlights include undo/redo, copy/move styles from ID to class, cleaning up of unused classes, editor tweaks, reading progress bar, back to top, table of contents, one-click direct editing links to Templates and Pages in the WP toolbar.
Oxy Toolbox Pluginpaid plugin
Hydrogen Pack
Copy any element including a whole Section within the same page or the same site to a totally different Oxygen site. Whaaa? Yes. This plugin gives you some super powers like that. And it adds a right click menu and keyboard shortcuts and some more.
Hydrogen Pack Pluginpaid plugin
Redirection
Redirection is the most popular redirect manager for WordPress. With it you can easily manage 301 redirections, keep track of 404 errors, and generally tidy up any loose ends your site may have. This can help reduce errors and improve your site ranking.
SearchWP
Wordpress search can fall short. In order to extend Wordpress search we use SearchWP as it allows searching custom fields, ecommerce, document content (PDF), custom tables, taxonomies & shortcodes and more.
SearchWP Pluginpaid plugin - fifty has a licence
FacetWP
Advanced filtering and faceted search for WordPress and WooCommerce.
FacetWP Pluginpaid plugin - fifty has a licence