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
24.8 million downloads
900,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (1164 ratings)
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by MonsterInsights
updated 2 days ago
98.3 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (2427 ratings)
White Label CMS
by www.videousermanuals.com
updated 9 days ago
1.7 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (97 ratings)
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
by Automattic
updated 9 days ago
245.3 million downloads
5 million active installs
Rating: 78 / 100 (1638 ratings)
Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images
by WPMU DEV
updated 10 days ago
32.4 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (5680 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Clean, Compress.
by David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft
updated 50 days ago
20.7 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1587 ratings)
Embed Plus for YouTube – Gallery, Channel, Playlist, Live Stream
by Embed Plus for YouTube Team
updated 55 days ago
5.6 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (521 ratings)
Admin Columns
by AdminColumns.com
updated 86 days ago
1.9 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1427 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools (previously TinyMCE Advanced)
by Automattic
updated 166 days ago
29.3 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (323 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 256 days ago
371,916 downloads
30,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (33 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 325 days ago
1.6 million downloads
60,000 active installs
Rating: 70 / 100 (398 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 333 days ago
2.9 million downloads
300,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (253 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 1731 days ago
112,174 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (35 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 2195 days ago
668,587 downloads
30,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Video.js – HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
by Dustin Lammiman, Steve Heffernan
updated 2700 days ago
220,326 downloads
8,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 2959 days ago
66,738 downloads
2,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 3156 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by J. Michael Ambrosio
updated 3729 days ago
6,874 downloads
700 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.