Blast off with Jetpack

About me

• Jeremy Herve
• jeremy.hu
• @jeherve
• Jetpack support team lead

Automattic

• Easiest way to create a free website or blog.
• 70+ million sites.
• Dozens of pre-installed plugins.
• 200+ themes, free and Premium.
• You can't install new themes or plugins.

Why should I install it?

• It includes all the features you need when starting a new blog.
• Was your site on WordPress.com before? You'll get all the features you used on WordPress.com.
• It's modular. You can use one of its features, or all of them.
• It's easier to update one plugin than 30.
• Leverage the WordPress.com cloud, thus saving resources on your own server.
• Free support! 😊

How do I install it?

Jetpack is a bridge between WordPress.com and your self-hosted WordPress site.

1. In your dashboard, Plugins > Add New > Jetpack.
2. Connect the plugin to your WordPress.com account.

Stats

Blogging Tools

• Markdown.
• Spelling and Grammar Check.
• Shortcodes.
• Email Subscriptions.

Photon

• Free image CDN.
• Saves bandwidth on your server.
• No configuration needed, works out of the box.
• On-the-fly image resizing allows serving high-res images on Retina devices.
• Customizable (you can change quality, colors, contrast, ...).

Tiled Galleries & Carousel

Easy way to enhance the default look of WordPress Galleries.

Use Photon to resize your images on the fly and create a nice tile effect.

Social Features

1. Sharing buttons: different options, different looks, customizable, extendable.
2. Publicize: automatically push your posts to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, Path, and LinkedIn.
3. Comments: allow your readers to comment using their Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ account.

Remote Site Management

• Activate, deactivate, update plugins, on one site or all of them.
• Publish posts and pages.
• Monitor your site's uptime.

Protect

• Brute force attack prevention: your login form is protected.
• Coming soon: File Scanning for security issues.

Appearance Tools

Custom CSS: add custom CSS from your dashboard. Good alternative to simple Child Themes.

Theme Tools: Custom Post Types, Breadcrumbs, Responsive Videos, Site Logo, ...

Related Posts

• Uses Elasticsearch on WordPress.com to index all your content and offer Related Posts.
• Takes foreign languages into account.
• Can be customized to fit your needs.