Is Jetpack for WordPress Better Than You Think It Is?!

I’ve had a love, hate relationship with Jetpack. Actually, it has been more hate than love. Actually, it has been just pretty much hate. But today I set out to answer the question: Is my disdain for Jetpack unfounded? Am I doing myself a disservice by not using Jetpack? Could I be potentially hurting my websites, visitors, or clients by ardently refusing to use something that is a legitimately good tool? Today I’m going to set out to answer those questions. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To learn more, start here: Join my mailing list: Check out my Live Stream Gear: Check out my Podcasting Gear: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ## Chapters 00:00 - Intro 01:09 - Subscribe! 02:06 - Checking out Jetpack 03:47 - Enabling Jetpack 07:00 - Automattic Hypocrisy? 07:35 - Social Media Sharing 08:06 - Exploring Jetpack 08:54 - Jetpack Boost / Critical CSS 10:13 - Testing slow connections 12:11 - Jetpack Blocks 15:00 - Publicize / Share Buttons 16:00 - What bothers me about Jetpack 17:19 - Cons 18:01 - Pros 19:35 - Am I wrong? 20:42 - Wrapping Up