useful but no must by Athletia
some plugins i found useful in various projects but aren't a must-have
WordPress.org plugins
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by chriscct7
updated today
229.9 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (3060 ratings)
Smush Image Optimization – Optimize Images | Compress & Lazy Load Images | Convert WebP & AVIF | Image CDN
by WPMU DEV - Your All-in-One WordPress Platform
updated 2 days ago
59.3 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (6014 ratings)
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
by Automattic
updated 23 days ago
455.3 million downloads
4 million active installs
Rating: 74 / 100 (2321 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
by David Anderson / Team Updraft
updated 25 days ago
49.2 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2470 ratings)
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades
by embedplus
updated 29 days ago
8.1 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (569 ratings)
EWWW Image Optimizer
by nosilver4u
updated 42 days ago
41.9 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1777 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Andrew Ozz
updated 55 days ago
34.7 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (350 ratings)
White Label CMS
by Video User Manuals
updated 57 days ago
4.2 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (111 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 188 days ago
420,211 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (34 ratings)
Admin Columns
by Codepress
updated 191 days ago
2.7 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1630 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 1704 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 1712 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (260 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 2768 days ago
690,556 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 3111 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 4079 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 4338 days ago
72,000 downloads
1,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 4535 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by ambrosite
updated 5108 days ago
8,035 downloads
300 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.