Basic Blogging - WordPress Plugin Collection

A set of plugins for a basic blogging site. Speed, SEO, ease of use, and versatility abound.

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4.4 / 5.0 | (75 ratings)

a3 Lazy Load by a3rev Software

updated 24 days ago

283,206 downloads

60,000 active installs

Rating: 88 / 100 (75 ratings)

4.1 / 5.0 | (7 ratings)

AccessPress Instagram Feed by AccessPress Themes

updated 154 days ago

272,027 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 82 / 100 (7 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (23 ratings)

Admin Color Schemes by WordPress Core Team

updated 848 days ago

27,528 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (23 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (879 ratings)

Akismet Anti-Spam by Automattic

updated 59 days ago

101.8 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (879 ratings)

4.2 / 5.0 | (125 ratings)

ARVE Advanced Responsive Video Embedder (YouTube, Vimeo, HTML5 Video …) by Nicolas Jonas

updated yesterday

1 million downloads

60,000 active installs

Rating: 84 / 100 (125 ratings)

4.6 / 5.0 | (613 ratings)

Autoptimize by Frank Goossens (futtta)

updated 21 days ago

3.3 million downloads

500,000 active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (613 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (24 ratings)

Better Internal Link Search by Cedaro

updated 503 days ago

38,904 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (24 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (190 ratings)

Black Studio TinyMCE Widget by Black Studio

updated 51 days ago

7 million downloads

900,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (190 ratings)

4.5 / 5.0 | (1509 ratings)

Contact Form 7 by Takayuki Miyoshi

updated 51 days ago

78.7 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 90 / 100 (1509 ratings)

3.0 / 5.0 | (177 ratings)

Disqus Comment System by Disqus

updated 48 days ago

3.2 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 60 / 100 (177 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (48 ratings)

FooBox Image Lightbox WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 46 days ago

901,134 downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (48 ratings)

4.5 / 5.0 | (143 ratings)

FooGallery – Image Gallery WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 9 days ago

892,332 downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 90 / 100 (143 ratings)

4.5 / 5.0 | (19 ratings)

Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP by Joost de Valk

updated 378 days ago

201,129 downloads

80,000 active installs

Rating: 90 / 100 (19 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (44 ratings)

GZip Ninja Speed Compression by CustomWPNinjas

updated 1214 days ago

173,526 downloads

30,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (44 ratings)

4.6 / 5.0 | (35 ratings)

ImageInject by Thomas Hoefter

updated 78 days ago

74,671 downloads

9,000 active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (35 ratings)

4.4 / 5.0 | (53 ratings)

Insert Headers and Footers by WPBeginner

updated 291 days ago

1.2 million downloads

400,000 active installs

Rating: 88 / 100 (53 ratings)

4.1 / 5.0 | (1494 ratings)

Jetpack by WordPress.com by Automattic

updated 16 days ago

73.2 million downloads

4 million active installs

Rating: 82 / 100 (1494 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (381 ratings)

Loginizer by Raj Kothari

updated 45 days ago

2.5 million downloads

600,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (381 ratings)

2.3 / 5.0 | (14 ratings)

Official Bitly for WordPress by Bitly

updated 1679 days ago

22,258 downloads

1,000 active installs

Rating: 46 / 100 (14 ratings)

2.8 / 5.0 | (28 ratings)

SEO Smart Links by Vladimir Prelovac

updated 1211 days ago

1.1 million downloads

70,000 active installs

Rating: 56 / 100 (28 ratings)

3.9 / 5.0 | (35 ratings)

SG Optimizer by SiteGround

updated 7 days ago

2.9 million downloads

300,000 active installs

Rating: 78 / 100 (35 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (332 ratings)

ShortPixel Image Optimizer by ShortPixel

updated 8 days ago

1.1 million downloads

70,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (332 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (71 ratings)

Simple Social Icons by Nathan Rice

updated 441 days ago

1.2 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (71 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (2799 ratings)

UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin by UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson

updated 14 days ago

15.4 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (2799 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (16 ratings)

WP SEO HTML Sitemap by Magna Technology, LLC

updated 849 days ago

51,821 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (16 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (1369 ratings)

WP Super Cache by Automattic

updated 125 days ago

20.7 million downloads

2 million active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (1369 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (886 ratings)

WP-Optimize by David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft

updated 14 days ago

4.9 million downloads

700,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (886 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (19 ratings)

WPCore Plugin Manager by Stuart Starr

updated 34 days ago

46,044 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (19 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (76 ratings)

WPFront Scroll Top by Syam Mohan

updated 43 days ago

228,405 downloads

60,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (76 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (20324 ratings)

Yoast SEO by Team Yoast

updated 2 days ago

97.8 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (20324 ratings)

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Basic Blogging by musgrove

a3 Lazy Load by a3rev Software

AccessPress Instagram Feed by AccessPress Themes

Admin Color Schemes by WordPress Core Team

Akismet Anti-Spam by Automattic

ARVE Advanced Responsive Video Embedder (YouTube, Vimeo, HTML5 Video …) by Nicolas Jonas

Autoptimize by Frank Goossens (futtta)

Better Internal Link Search by Cedaro

Black Studio TinyMCE Widget by Black Studio

Contact Form 7 by Takayuki Miyoshi

Disqus Comment System by Disqus

FooBox Image Lightbox WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

FooGallery – Image Gallery WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP by Joost de Valk

GZip Ninja Speed Compression by CustomWPNinjas

ImageInject by Thomas Hoefter

Insert Headers and Footers by WPBeginner

Jetpack by WordPress.com by Automattic

Loginizer by Raj Kothari

Official Bitly for WordPress by Bitly

SEO Smart Links by Vladimir Prelovac

SG Optimizer by SiteGround

ShortPixel Image Optimizer by ShortPixel

Simple Social Icons by Nathan Rice

UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin by UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson

WP SEO HTML Sitemap by Magna Technology, LLC

WP Super Cache by Automattic

WP-Optimize by David Anderson, Ruhani Rabin, Team Updraft

WPCore Plugin Manager by Stuart Starr

WPFront Scroll Top by Syam Mohan

Yoast SEO by Team Yoast