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 today
36.2 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1676 ratings)
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
by Automattic
updated 8 days ago
398.6 million downloads
4 million active installs
Rating: 76 / 100 (2040 ratings)
Smush – Optimize Images | Compress and Lazy Load Images | Convert WebP
by WPMU DEV
updated 8 days ago
53.2 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (5968 ratings)
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by MonsterInsights
updated 9 days ago
182.7 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (2863 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
by David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft
updated 9 days ago
37.7 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2265 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Automattic
updated 20 days ago
33.9 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (341 ratings)
YouTube WordPress Plugin by Embed Plus
by Embed Plus YouTube Plugin Team
updated 23 days ago
7.6 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (564 ratings)
White Label CMS
by www.videousermanuals.com
updated 71 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (111 ratings)
Admin Columns
by AdminColumns.com
updated 105 days ago
2.5 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1596 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 334 days ago
406,644 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (33 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 1276 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 1285 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (259 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 2683 days ago
112,174 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (35 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 3147 days ago
684,710 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Video.js – HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
by Dustin Lammiman, Steve Heffernan
updated 3651 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 3910 days ago
72,000 downloads
1,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 4107 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by J. Michael Ambrosio
updated 4680 days ago
7,484 downloads
400 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.