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 yesterday
424.1 million downloads
4 million active installs
Rating: 74 / 100 (2162 ratings)
Admin Columns
by AdminColumns.com
updated 3 days ago
2.6 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1611 ratings)
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by MonsterInsights
updated 8 days ago
198.4 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (2977 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
by David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft
updated 17 days ago
41.6 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2343 ratings)
EWWW Image Optimizer
by Exactly WWW
updated 20 days ago
38.3 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (1714 ratings)
White Label CMS
by www.videousermanuals.com
updated 59 days ago
3.7 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (111 ratings)
Smush Image Optimization – Optimize Images | Compress & Lazy Load Images | Convert WebP | Image CDN
by WPMU DEV
updated 64 days ago
55.9 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (5988 ratings)
YouTube WordPress Plugin by Embed Plus
by Embed Plus YouTube Plugin Team
updated 79 days ago
7.7 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (564 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Automattic
updated 181 days ago
34.3 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (343 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 495 days ago
410,679 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (33 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 1437 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 1445 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (260 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 2844 days ago
112,174 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (35 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 3308 days ago
686,677 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Video.js – HTML5 Video Player for WordPress
by Dustin Lammiman, Steve Heffernan
updated 3812 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 4071 days ago
72,000 downloads
1,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 4268 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by J. Michael Ambrosio
updated 4841 days ago
7,638 downloads
400 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.