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
Plugins used on most of our sites
- All In One WP Security & Firewall
- ManageWP Worker – Allows us to upgrade and manage lots of sites using ManageWP
- Really Simple Disable Comments
- UpdraftPlus (freemium)
Useful Plugins
- Email Encoder – hide from spam
- Duplicate Page
- Gravity Forms + Gravity SMTP (paid)
- Justified Image Grid – WordPress Gallery (paid)
- Popup Maker
- Redirection
- Scriptless Social Sharing
- SEO Engine
- 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)
- Better Search Replace
- Code Snippets
- Complianz | disable third party cookies
- Search Filter
- SiteOrigin CSS
- 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)
Plugin Optimisation
- Asset CleanUp
- Code profiler
- Plugin Load Filter – Need to test – Will test when i need it
