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 Shane Bishop
updated today
47.9 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1836 ratings)
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
by Automattic
updated yesterday
498.3 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 76 / 100 (2403 ratings)
White Label CMS
by Video User Manuals
updated 8 days ago
4.8 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (113 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
by David Anderson / Team Updraft
updated 9 days ago
58.5 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2596 ratings)
Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN
by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform
updated 10 days ago
67.9 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (6048 ratings)
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by chriscct7
updated 48 days ago
269.5 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (3145 ratings)
Admin Columns
by Codepress
updated 49 days ago
3.3 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1650 ratings)
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades
by embedplus
updated 99 days ago
8.6 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (571 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 117 days ago
437,984 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (34 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Andrew Ozz
updated 220 days ago
35.3 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (354 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 2089 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 2097 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (260 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 3153 days ago
693,760 downloads
8,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 3496 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 4464 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 4723 days ago
72,000 downloads
1,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 4920 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by ambrosite
updated 5493 days ago
8,854 downloads
200 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.