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 7 days ago
234.7 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (3071 ratings)
Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth
by Automattic
updated 8 days ago
459.8 million downloads
4 million active installs
Rating: 74 / 100 (2325 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
by David Anderson / Team Updraft
updated 15 days ago
50.1 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2485 ratings)
EWWW Image Optimizer
by nosilver4u
updated 30 days ago
42.5 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1787 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 51 days ago
59.7 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (6017 ratings)
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades
by embedplus
updated 78 days ago
8.1 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (569 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Andrew Ozz
updated 104 days ago
34.8 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (350 ratings)
White Label CMS
by Video User Manuals
updated 106 days ago
4.2 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (111 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 237 days ago
422,820 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (34 ratings)
Admin Columns
by Codepress
updated 240 days ago
2.7 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1632 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 1753 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 1761 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (260 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 2817 days ago
691,433 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 3160 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 4128 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 4387 days ago
72,000 downloads
1,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 4584 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by ambrosite
updated 5157 days ago
8,102 downloads
300 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.