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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4.7 / 5.0 | (59 ratings)

a3 Lazy Load by a3rev Software

updated 138 days ago

122,797 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (59 ratings)

4.1 / 5.0 | (7 ratings)

AccessPress Instagram Feed by AccessPress Themes

updated 131 days ago

244,383 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 82 / 100 (7 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (23 ratings)

Admin Color Schemes by WordPress Core Team

updated 665 days ago

25,970 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (23 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (801 ratings)

Akismet by Automattic

updated 29 days ago

81.4 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (801 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (112 ratings)

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

updated 63 days ago

865,718 downloads

60,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (112 ratings)

4.6 / 5.0 | (534 ratings)

Autoptimize by Frank Goossens (futtta)

updated 112 days ago

2.1 million downloads

400,000 active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (534 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (20 ratings)

Better Internal Link Search by Cedaro

updated 320 days ago

37,168 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (20 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (186 ratings)

Black Studio TinyMCE Widget by Black Studio

updated 18 days ago

5.8 million downloads

900,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (186 ratings)

4.5 / 5.0 | (1400 ratings)

Contact Form 7 by Takayuki Miyoshi

updated 61 days ago

62.4 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 90 / 100 (1400 ratings)

3.2 / 5.0 | (158 ratings)

Disqus Comment System by Disqus

updated 187 days ago

2.8 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 64 / 100 (158 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (43 ratings)

FooBox Image Lightbox WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 148 days ago

722,532 downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (43 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (118 ratings)

FooGallery – Image Gallery WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 66 days ago

532,125 downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (118 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (18 ratings)

Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP by Joost de Valk

updated 195 days ago

134,142 downloads

50,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (18 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (43 ratings)

GZip Ninja Speed Compression by CustomWPNinjas

updated 1032 days ago

169,171 downloads

30,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (43 ratings)

4.6 / 5.0 | (35 ratings)

ImageInject by Thomas Hoefter

updated 310 days ago

65,672 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (35 ratings)

4.5 / 5.0 | (43 ratings)

Insert Headers and Footers by WPBeginner

updated 204 days ago

947,191 downloads

300,000 active installs

Rating: 90 / 100 (43 ratings)

4.1 / 5.0 | (1400 ratings)

Jetpack by WordPress.com by Automattic

updated 15 days ago

52.7 million downloads

4 million active installs

Rating: 82 / 100 (1400 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (290 ratings)

Loginizer by Raj Kothari

updated 31 days ago

1.8 million downloads

500,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (290 ratings)

2.4 / 5.0 | (13 ratings)

Official Bitly for WordPress by Bitly

updated 1497 days ago

22,065 downloads

1,000 active installs

Rating: 48 / 100 (13 ratings)

2.8 / 5.0 | (29 ratings)

SEO Smart Links by Vladimir Prelovac

updated 1028 days ago

1.1 million downloads

70,000 active installs

Rating: 56 / 100 (29 ratings)

3.9 / 5.0 | (28 ratings)

SG Optimizer by SiteGround

updated 30 days ago

1.2 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 78 / 100 (28 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (241 ratings)

ShortPixel Image Optimizer by ShortPixel

updated 21 days ago

660,197 downloads

50,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (241 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (70 ratings)

Simple Social Icons by Nathan Rice

updated 314 days ago

1.1 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (70 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (2681 ratings)

UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin by UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson

updated 21 days ago

11.5 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (2681 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (15 ratings)

WP SEO HTML Sitemap by Magna Technology, LLC

updated 666 days ago

45,039 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (15 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (1288 ratings)

WP Super Cache by Automattic

updated 7 days ago

17.6 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (1288 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (738 ratings)

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

updated 233 days ago

3.8 million downloads

600,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (738 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (18 ratings)

WPCore Plugin Manager by Stuart Starr

updated 303 days ago

38,903 downloads

8,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (18 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (67 ratings)

WPFront Scroll Top by Syam Mohan

updated 314 days ago

134,413 downloads

40,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (67 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (16188 ratings)

Yoast SEO by Team Yoast

updated 5 days ago

70 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (16188 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 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