useful but no must by Athletia
some plugins i found useful in various projects but aren't a must-have
WordPress.org plugins
EWWW Image Optimizer
by Exactly WWW
updated yesterday
37.6 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1701 ratings)
YouTube WordPress Plugin by Embed Plus
by Embed Plus YouTube Plugin Team
updated 10 days ago
7.7 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (564 ratings)
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by MonsterInsights
updated 16 days ago
188.7 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (2926 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
by David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft
updated 23 days ago
39.9 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2304 ratings)
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
by Automattic
updated 24 days ago
413.8 million downloads
4 million active installs
Rating: 74 / 100 (2108 ratings)
Smush Image Optimization – Optimize Images | Compress & Lazy Load Images | Convert WebP | Image CDN
by WPMU DEV
updated 36 days ago
55 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (5982 ratings)
Admin Columns
by AdminColumns.com
updated 46 days ago
2.6 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1605 ratings)
White Label CMS
by www.videousermanuals.com
updated 80 days ago
3.5 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (111 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Automattic
updated 113 days ago
34.1 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (342 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 426 days ago
409,038 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (33 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 1369 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 1377 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (260 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 2775 days ago
112,174 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (35 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 3239 days ago
685,738 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Video.js – HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
by Dustin Lammiman, Steve Heffernan
updated 3744 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 4002 days ago
72,000 downloads
1,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 4199 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by J. Michael Ambrosio
updated 4772 days ago
7,572 downloads
400 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.