useful but no must by Athletia
some plugins i found useful in various projects but aren't a must-have
WordPress.org plugins
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
by Automattic
updated 2 days ago
222.7 million downloads
5 million active installs
Rating: 78 / 100 (1582 ratings)
EWWW Image Optimizer
by Exactly WWW
updated 9 days ago
21.7 million downloads
800,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (1017 ratings)
Smush – Lazy Load Images, Optimize & Compress Images
by WPMU DEV
updated 10 days ago
28.7 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (5522 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools (previously TinyMCE Advanced)
by Automattic
updated 12 days ago
28.7 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (317 ratings)
Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin for WordPress by MonsterInsights
by MonsterInsights
updated 23 days ago
92.8 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (2295 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Clean, Compress, Cache.
by David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft
updated 34 days ago
18.4 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1399 ratings)
Admin Columns
by AdminColumns.com
updated 36 days ago
1.8 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1386 ratings)
Embed Plus for YouTube – Gallery, Channel, Playlist, Live Stream
by Embed Plus for YouTube Team
updated 36 days ago
5.4 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (507 ratings)
White Label CMS
by www.videousermanuals.com
updated 44 days ago
1.5 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (93 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 102 days ago
362,191 downloads
30,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (33 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 171 days ago
1.6 million downloads
60,000 active installs
Rating: 70 / 100 (389 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 179 days ago
2.8 million downloads
300,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (247 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 1577 days ago
111,720 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (36 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 2041 days ago
665,113 downloads
30,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Video.js – HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
by Dustin Lammiman, Steve Heffernan
updated 2546 days ago
219,834 downloads
9,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 2805 days ago
65,779 downloads
2,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 3001 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by J. Michael Ambrosio
updated 3574 days ago
6,797 downloads
700 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.