{"id":26070,"date":"2020-06-22T02:37:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T07:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?post_type=resources&#038;p=26070"},"modified":"2020-10-20T09:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T14:25:00","slug":"webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets","status":"publish","type":"resources","link":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress Plugins &#038; Widgets"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about the true workhorse of WordPress websites &#8211; the plugins! Plugins are like software apps that run functionality on your website. But how do you know which ones you need? Which ones are worth their stuff? And which ones you can ignore?&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this FREE webinar, HostGator experts will break down everything you need to know about WordPress plugins. And their trusty sidekick &#8211; widgets!&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What you will learn:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>What is the difference between a plugin vs widget<\/li><li>How to choose plugins&nbsp;<\/li><li>Which plugins you need &amp; which ones you don\u2019t&nbsp;<\/li><li>How to make sure they are compatible&nbsp;<\/li><li>And more!<\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Watch the Recording<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>This video was recorded on June 17, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"WordPress Plugins &amp; Widgets - What you NEED to Know\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Y5doApDR_9M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":186,"featured_media":26188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","content-type-api":[115],"topics-api":[144,146],"class_list":["post-26070","resources","type-resources","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","content_type-webinar","topic-build-a-website","topic-wordpress"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.2 (Yoast SEO v23.2) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>WordPress Plugins &amp; Widgets - HostGator<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"In this webinar we breakdown everything you need to know about WordPress plugins and widgets. Watch the recording now!\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"WordPress Plugins &amp; Widgets\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In this webinar we breakdown everything you need to know about WordPress plugins and widgets. Watch the recording now!\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"HostGator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-10-20T14:25:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blog-notext.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"629\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HostGator\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/\",\"name\":\"WordPress Plugins & Widgets - HostGator\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blog-notext.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-22T07:37:00+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-10-20T14:25:00+00:00\",\"description\":\"In this webinar we breakdown everything you need to know about WordPress plugins and widgets. Watch the recording now!\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blog-notext.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blog-notext.png\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":629,\"caption\":\"free WordPress webinar plugins\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Resources\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":3,\"name\":\"WordPress Plugins &#038; Widgets\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"HostGtaor\",\"description\":\"Web Hosting and Marketing Tips for Entrepreneurs\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"HostGtaor\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-HG-Logo_default-default.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-HG-Logo_default-default.png\",\"width\":1092,\"height\":215,\"caption\":\"HostGtaor\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/HostGator\",\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hostgator\",\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hostgator-com\",\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/hostgator\/\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/hostgator\"],\"email\":\"support@gator.com\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"WordPress Plugins & Widgets - HostGator","description":"In this webinar we breakdown everything you need to know about WordPress plugins and widgets. Watch the recording now!","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"WordPress Plugins & Widgets","og_description":"In this webinar we breakdown everything you need to know about WordPress plugins and widgets. Watch the recording now!","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/","og_site_name":"HostGator","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator","article_modified_time":"2020-10-20T14:25:00+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":629,"url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blog-notext.png","type":"image\/png"}],"twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_site":"@HostGator","twitter_misc":{"Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/","name":"WordPress Plugins & Widgets - HostGator","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blog-notext.png","datePublished":"2020-06-22T07:37:00+00:00","dateModified":"2020-10-20T14:25:00+00:00","description":"In this webinar we breakdown everything you need to know about WordPress plugins and widgets. Watch the recording now!","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blog-notext.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/blog-notext.png","width":1200,"height":629,"caption":"free WordPress webinar plugins"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/webinar-wordpress-plugins-widgets\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Resources","item":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/resources\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"WordPress Plugins &#038; Widgets"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/","name":"HostGtaor","description":"Web Hosting and Marketing Tips for Entrepreneurs","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"HostGtaor","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-HG-Logo_default-default.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/cropped-HG-Logo_default-default.png","width":1092,"height":215,"caption":"HostGtaor"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/HostGator","https:\/\/x.com\/HostGator","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hostgator","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/hostgator-com","https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/hostgator\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/hostgator"],"email":"support@gator.com"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources-api\/26070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/resources-api"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/resources"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/186"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"content_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-type-api?post=26070"},{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostgator.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topics-api?post=26070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}