useful but no must by Athletia
some plugins i found useful in various projects but aren't a must-have
WordPress.org plugins
Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN
by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform
updated 2 days ago
64.9 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (6034 ratings)
EWWW Image Optimizer
by nosilver4u
updated 2 days ago
45.6 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1823 ratings)
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by chriscct7
updated 3 days ago
260.1 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (3125 ratings)
Admin Columns
by Codepress
updated 3 days ago
3.1 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1650 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
by David Anderson / Team Updraft
updated 9 days ago
55.1 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2567 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 12 days ago
433,032 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (34 ratings)
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
by Automattic
updated 31 days ago
484.8 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 76 / 100 (2384 ratings)
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades
by embedplus
updated 32 days ago
8.5 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (570 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Andrew Ozz
updated 116 days ago
35.2 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (352 ratings)
White Label CMS
by Video User Manuals
updated 337 days ago
4.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (114 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 1985 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 1993 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (260 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 3048 days ago
693,106 downloads
8,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 3391 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 4360 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 4618 days ago
72,000 downloads
1,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 4815 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by ambrosite
updated 5388 days ago
8,478 downloads
300 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.