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 8 days ago
438.2 million downloads
4 million active installs
Rating: 74 / 100 (2269 ratings)
Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades
by Embed Plus for YouTube Plugin Team
updated 25 days ago
7.9 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (567 ratings)
Shortcode Widget
by Gagan Deep Singh
updated 28 days ago
413,524 downloads
20,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (33 ratings)
Admin Columns
by AdminColumns.com
updated 31 days ago
2.7 million downloads
100,000 active installs
Rating: 98 / 100 (1617 ratings)
MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)
by MonsterInsights
updated 35 days ago
210.9 million downloads
3 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (3018 ratings)
EWWW Image Optimizer
by Exactly WWW
updated 37 days ago
39.5 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (1737 ratings)
WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance
by TeamUpdraft, DavidAnderson
updated 40 days ago
44.2 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (2388 ratings)
White Label CMS
by www.videousermanuals.com
updated 61 days ago
3.9 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 170 days ago
56.3 million downloads
1 million active installs
Rating: 96 / 100 (5998 ratings)
Advanced Editor Tools
by Automattic
updated 288 days ago
34.5 million downloads
2 million active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (346 ratings)
P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
by GoDaddy.com
updated 1544 days ago
1.7 million downloads
50,000 active installs
Rating: 68 / 100 (409 ratings)
Velvet Blues Update URLs
by VelvetBlues.com
updated 1552 days ago
3.3 million downloads
200,000 active installs
Rating: 92 / 100 (260 ratings)
Better WordPress Minify
by Khang Minh
updated 2608 days ago
687,815 downloads
10,000 active installs
Rating: 84 / 100 (137 ratings)
Per page add to head
by Erik von Asmuth
updated 2951 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 3919 days ago
221,856 downloads
6,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (26 ratings)
WPDBSpringClean
by WPSolutions-HQ
updated 4178 days ago
72,000 downloads
1,000 active installs
Rating: 90 / 100 (51 ratings)
WP System Health
by Heiko Rabe
updated 4375 days ago
79,798 downloads
7,000 active installs
Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)
Ambrosite Body Class Enhanced
by J. Michael Ambrosio
updated 4948 days ago
7,781 downloads
300 active installs
Rating: 100 / 100 (5 ratings)
Custom plugins
There are no custom plugins in this collection.