3 WordPress plugins for IoT
WordPress Plugins for IoT Application
Hi friends, the post contains three sections. Among the three Sections, the first one is IoT and its protocols. The second part is about WordPress and its features. Finally, the third part is about the list of WordPress Plugins for IoT Application
The latest talk on the Internet is the Internet of things. There are so many start-up companies and Corporate Giants looking for a connected Solution Business.
On the other hand, most Entrepreneurs are looking for their business to bring online. So digital Agency taken WordPress in their hand to capture the market.
I hope this blog is sandwiching WordPress and IoT.
Let’s talk about IoT (Internet of things) first in short
What is IoT?
Internet of Things is defined as a connected physical object embedded with software or communication protocol to connect with the internet world.
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The node or end device is enabled by different communication protocols.
Among the IoT communication protocols, the Top Communications are listed here.
- MQTT
- REST API
- CoAP
- Https
- Http
- TCP
- UDP
and so on.
Among the IoT Protocols, the message Queuing Protocols stands on Top. Apart from this Communication protocol, You can find here, find more communication protocols
Let have a summary of MQTT
What is MQTT?
The MQTT stands for Message Queuing Telemetry Transmission.
Whether you talk about the Internet of Things, Industrial 4.0, or Industrial Internet of Things, the Topmost preferred communication that comes to your mind is MQTT.
For Your information, Advanced protocols such as AMQP. RabbitMQ is built based on the MQTT and TCP.
Surprisingly, the latest communication protocol in IoT is Kafka. Kafka is also based on Message Queuing Protocols.
Such a significant MQTT protocol has three partners. they are
- Publisher
- Broker
- Subscriber
Publisher
the end device or IoT Node acts as Publisher. Publisher publishes the information or Data. The data published by the Publisher is called Topic. The Topic always has a unique title.
Broker
The Broker resides at the central server or Cloud platform such as Amazon AWS, Google, or Azure. The Broker receives the data from the Publisher and passes it to the Subscriber.
Subscriber
The Subscriber receives the Topic from the Broker. Sometimes the Publisher and Subscriber reside on the same device or node for better Remote Monitoring and Control.
QoS ( Quality of Service)
The Quality of Service (QoS) is rated into three categories. They are
- The lowest quality of Service is QoS 0
- The midrange Quality of Service is QoS 1
- Quality of Service (QoS) 2 is the topmost
I hope the above information is enough for understanding IoT.
You can also visit our previous blogs to understand the IoT.
Now we will have short summary of WordPress followed by plugins available for the IoT Implementation.
What is WordPress?
Now we are at the second part of the post.
WordPress is a Freemium user-friendly tool for website building built based on the open-source language PHP.
In the current internet world, there are more than one-third of the website are built using WordPress.
WordPress manages the current demand on Website buildings.
There are other website builders also available in the market. Some of them for your bites.
- WIX
- Weebly
- Squarespace
- Webflow
- Jimbdo
- Joomla
- Shopify
- BigCommerce
Even though other alternatives are available in the market, the developer’s first choice is WordPress because of its flexibility, wide range of Plugins, and Community support.
Some of the most remarkable plugins of WordPress are listed over here.
Name of the plugin |
Description |
Active Installations |
Alternative |
Elementor | Page Builder | 5+ Million | WP Bakery, DIVI Page Builder |
Ninja Forms | Form Builder | 1+ Million | WP Form, Contact Form 7 |
Tawk.to | Live Chat | 2L+ | Zendesk, Continually |
WooCommerce | Ecommerce Online shop Builder | 5+ Million | No Alternative |
All in One SEO | SEO for Blogs, Business & Ecom. Sites | 65+ Million | Rank Math, Yoast SEO |
Akismat Antispam | Protect Blogs form spams | 5+ Million | Antispam Bee, Stop Spammers |
Charitable | Non-Profit fundraising Plugin | 10+ Thousand | Donorbox, Paypal Donations |
Ultimate Member | Membership plugin for online Communities | 2L+ | BuddyPress, Paid Membership Pro |
NextGen Gallery | WordPress Gallery Plugin | 7L+ | Envira Gallery, Modula |
MonsterInsight | Goog analytics WordPress plugin to understand user Behaviour | 3+ Million | Google Analytics, Analytics |
W3 Total Cache | SEO + Performance Optimization Plugin | 1+ Million | WP Rocket, WP Super Cache |
The Events Calendar | Even Organizer Plugin | 8L+ | Amelia, Event Espresso 4 Decaf |
Seriously Simple Podcasting | Podcast WordPress plugin | 30k+ | Libsyn Podcasting, Fusebox |
Redirection | Redirection Management to overcome 404 error | 2+ Million | 301 Redirects, Safe Redirect Manager |
Tutor LMS | E-Learning Platform Builder | 40k+ | TalentLMS, Thinkfic |
Now, we are at the end of the second section.I hope you understand the few features of WordPress.
As mentioned earlier, In the Third section we are diving into Sandwiching of IoT – WordPress Plugins
IoT-WordPress Sandwich – WordPress Plugins for IoT
In this section, we are going to look into WordPress Plugins available for IoT implementation.
the Plugins you are awaiting are listed below
- WP-MQTT
- WP REST API
- wpforglass
WP MQTT ( 1 of 3 WordPress Plugins for IoT )
Nowadays Site building time becomes reduced tremendously. the same way the customers also looking for faster Connectivity solutions. it is possible with the WP MQTT plugin. the WP MQTT plugins. the WP MQTT plugin makes the IoT Interfaces easier. the response to the machine-to-machine connectivity is quicker due to WP MQTT.
WP REST API ( 2 of 3 WordPress Plugins for IoT )
The REST API is also known as RESTful API. REST API is programming-based communication that includes HTTP requests to get the user data to the cloud. WordPress Came up with WP REST API which meets the IoT requirements. Some of the Blogs describe the WP REST API as a future IoT Plugin that meets the IoT Compliance
wpforglass ( 3 of 3 WordPress Plugins for IoT )
wpforglass is one of the WordPress plugins that enable the IoT in WordPress sites. The wpforglass is the first WordPress plugin that speaks with Google glass. The Google Glass is a head-mounted computerized device enabled with android. the wpforglass makes the connectivity possible with google glass through Google offered APIs.
Apart from the above top 3 plugins, there is another plugin called Nike+ which is an outdated one.
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