We believe in less is more and aim to reduce the number of plugins we use. This list is the best of the best.
Also check out the article on slow wordpress plugins
Themes
- Divi (paid)
Plugins used on most of our sites
- All In One WP Security & Firewall
- Gravity Forms (paid)
- Site Kit by Google
- ManageWP Worker – Allows us to upgrade and manage lots of sites using ManageWP
- UpdraftPlus (freemium)
Useful Plugins
- Amelia – meeting scheduler (pro)
- Email Encoder – hide from spam
- Email Log
- Duplicate Page
- G-Forms hCaptcha – alternative to captcha that google uses to track users
- Justified Image Grid – WordPress Gallery (paid)
- Popup Maker
- Redirection
- Scriptless Social Sharing
- TablePress
- WP-PageNavi – improves archive navigation
- WP Help – for documentation only displayed in backend
- Yoast SEO
- Zotpress – Integrate Zotero for academic research management
Content
- Export All URLs
- Media Sync – relink media files
- Media Cleaner (free/paid) – Eliminate unused and broken media files
- Post Types Order
- Post Type Switcher
- ShortPixel – Image Optimizer – reduce large images (free/paid)
- WP All Import Pro/Export (pro)
- WP Bulk Delete
Taxonomy
- A-Z Listing – Show your posts, pages, and terms alphabetically
- BulkPress – Import terms and posts
- FacetWp (paid) – taxonomy filter
- Taxonomy Switcher
- Term Taxonomy Converter
Development
- Admin Menu Editor
- Advanced Access Manager
- Advanced Custom Fields (free) or ACF Pro (paid)
- ACF Theme Code for Advanced Custom Fields
- Better Search Replace
- Code Snippets
- Complianz | disable third party cookies
- Head, Footer and Post Injections
- Search Filter
- MapPress Maps for WordPress (free) or MapPress Pro (paid)
Cache
- WP Fastest Cache – Simple
- Litespeed Cache – Advanced (requires server side installation)
- W3 Total Cache – Advanced (for when litespeed not available)