WP Foundational Stack [2025 Update] by wesellis
A reliable set of foundational plugins for most WordPress builds. Includes essentials for SEO, security, performance, backups, forms, analytics, email deliverability, and key utilities like ACF, redirection, and admin enhancements.
WordPress.org plugins
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®)
by WP Engine
updated today
65.8 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (1420 ratings)
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security
by Mark Maunder
updated today
397.3 million downloads
5 million active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (4725 ratings)
Admin Columns
by Codepress
updated today
2.9 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1640 ratings)
Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes
by Pär Thernström
updated yesterday
10.5 million downloads
300,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (444 ratings)
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI
by Yoast
updated yesterday
891.3 million downloads
10 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (27778 ratings)
Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed
by Google
updated 2 days ago
226.3 million downloads
5 million active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (971 ratings)
Yoast Duplicate Post
by Yoast
updated 2 days ago
36.8 million downloads
4 million active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (523 ratings)
WP Fastest Cache
by Emre Vona
updated 3 days ago
61.4 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (4190 ratings)
Contact Form 7
by Rock Lobster Inc.
updated 3 days ago
402 million downloads
10 million active installs
Rating: 80 / 100 (2143 ratings)
Limit Login Attempts Reloaded – Login Security, Brute Force Protection, Firewall
by WPChef
updated 7 days ago
75.3 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1417 ratings)
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin
by Syed Balkhi
updated 7 days ago
74.6 million downloads
4 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (4976 ratings)
Smush Image Optimization – Optimize Images | Compress & Lazy Load Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | Image CDN
by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform
updated 14 days ago
61.8 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (6025 ratings)
Akismet Anti-spam: Spam Protection
by Automattic
updated 21 days ago
382.6 million downloads
6 million active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (1150 ratings)
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin
by David Anderson / Team Updraft
updated 21 days ago
149.3 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (8229 ratings)
Intuitive Custom Post Order
by hijiri
updated 79 days ago
2.9 million downloads
400,000 active installs
Rating: 88 / 100 (138 ratings)
Admin Menu Editor
by Janis Elsts
updated 93 days ago
7.5 million downloads
400,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (307 ratings)
Redirection
by John Godley
updated 221 days ago
63.3 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 88 / 100 (681 ratings)
SVG Support
by Benbodhi
updated 281 days ago
12.4 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (352 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.