Website Tools & Metrics Flashcards

Flashcards about Website Tools, Plugins, and Metrics

Spam Protection Plugin

Prevents spam comments and submissions on a website.

SEO Plugin

Helps optimize website content for search engines to improve visibility.

Podcasting Plugin

Manages and displays podcast episodes on a website.

Event Planning Plugin

Organizes and promotes events on a website.

Recite Plugin

A website accessibility plugin that provides audio narration, color translation, and supports multiple languages.

CMS

Content Management System. In this case, WordPress, which is free to use and customizable with plugins and themes.

Themes (for websites)

Control the look and functionality of a website.

Divi

A visual builder theme for websites with a user-friendly interface and the ability to clone entire sites.

Child Themes

Allows safe minor customizations to a website theme and prevents loss of changes when switching themes; use a dedicated plugin.

Kinsta

A high-performance WordPress hosting provider that includes SSL certificates, editable URL slugs, and built-in security tools.

SSL Certificates (HTTPS)

A feature included with the Kinsta hosting provider.

Website Carbon Rating

A rating (in this case, F) determined by websitecarbon.com indicating the environmental impact of a website.

Digital Sustainability Practices

Practices that include compressing images to reduce file sizes and limiting overall megabytes of imagery used.

Autoloading Elements

Website elements that can slow down site speed if there are too many of them. An example is all images loading at once as opposed to on scroll.

Bounce Rate

The percentage of users who visit a website and leave without interacting further.

Green Hosting Providers

Hosting providers that reduce carbon footprint.

MonsterInsights

A tool used to view key website metrics such as sessions, average session duration, bounce rate, pageviews, and total users.