useful but no must by Athletia
some plugins i found useful in various projects but aren't a must-have
WordPress.org plugins
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
by David Anderson / Team Updraft
updated yesterday
59.3 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2603 ratings)
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
by Automattic
updated 3 days ago
502.8 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 76 / 100 (2405 ratings)
Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN
by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform
updated 4 days ago
68.5 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (6050 ratings)
EWWW Image Optimizer
by Shane Bishop
updated 9 days ago
48.9 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1836 ratings)
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by chriscct7
updated 16 days ago
274.9 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (3147 ratings)
White Label CMS
by Video User Manuals
updated 37 days ago
4.8 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (113 ratings)
Admin Columns
by Codepress
updated 77 days ago
3.3 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1651 ratings)
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades
by embedplus
updated 127 days ago
8.6 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (572 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 145 days ago
439,338 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (34 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Andrew Ozz
updated 249 days ago
35.3 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (354 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 2118 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 2126 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (260 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 3181 days ago
694,005 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 3524 days ago
112,174 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (35 ratings)
Video.js – HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
by Dustin Lammiman, Steve Heffernan
updated 4493 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 4752 days ago
72,000 downloads
1,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 4948 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by ambrosite
updated 5522 days ago
8,931 downloads
200 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.