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 6 days ago
357.8 million downloads
5 million active installs
Rating: 78 / 100 (1921 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Clean, Compress.
by David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft
updated 15 days ago
33.1 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2150 ratings)
Smush – Optimize, Compress and Lazy Load Images
by WPMU DEV
updated 19 days ago
48.3 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (5931 ratings)
Embed Plus YouTube WordPress Plugin With YouTube Gallery, Channel, Playlist, Live Stream
by Embed Plus YouTube Plugin Team
updated 22 days ago
7.4 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (557 ratings)
EWWW Image Optimizer
by Exactly WWW
updated 25 days ago
33.6 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (1602 ratings)
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by MonsterInsights
updated 41 days ago
162.1 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (2702 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Automattic
updated 49 days ago
33.2 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (335 ratings)
Admin Columns
by AdminColumns.com
updated 55 days ago
2.5 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1565 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 129 days ago
398,325 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (33 ratings)
White Label CMS
by www.videousermanuals.com
updated 147 days ago
2.9 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (105 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 1071 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 1080 days ago
3.2 million downloads
300,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (259 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 2478 days ago
112,174 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (35 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 2942 days ago
681,775 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Video.js – HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
by Dustin Lammiman, Steve Heffernan
updated 3446 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 3705 days ago
70,963 downloads
2,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 3902 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by J. Michael Ambrosio
updated 4475 days ago
7,341 downloads
500 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.