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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4.6 / 5.0 | (51 ratings)

a3 Lazy Load by a3rev Software

updated 24 days ago

102,794 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (51 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (6 ratings)

AccessPress Instagram Feed by AccessPress Themes

updated 17 days ago

227,529 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (23 ratings)

Admin Color Schemes by WordPress Core Team

updated 552 days ago

24,781 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (23 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (759 ratings)

Akismet by Automattic

updated 48 days ago

65.7 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (759 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (108 ratings)

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

updated 9 days ago

793,010 downloads

60,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (108 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (494 ratings)

Autoptimize by Frank Goossens (futtta)

updated 5 days ago

1.6 million downloads

300,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (494 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (19 ratings)

Better Internal Link Search by Cedaro

updated 206 days ago

35,907 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (19 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (182 ratings)

Black Studio TinyMCE Widget by Black Studio

updated 75 days ago

4.9 million downloads

900,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (182 ratings)

4.6 / 5.0 | (1337 ratings)

Contact Form 7 by Takayuki Miyoshi

updated 26 days ago

54.1 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (1337 ratings)

3.3 / 5.0 | (152 ratings)

Disqus Comment System by Disqus

updated 73 days ago

2.8 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 66 / 100 (152 ratings)

3.8 / 5.0 | (38 ratings)

FooBox Image Lightbox WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 34 days ago

680,468 downloads

90,000 active installs

Rating: 76 / 100 (38 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (109 ratings)

FooGallery – Image Gallery WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 43 days ago

406,135 downloads

90,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (109 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (18 ratings)

Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP by Joost de Valk

updated 81 days ago

106,594 downloads

40,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (18 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (42 ratings)

GZip Ninja Speed Compression by CustomWPNinjas

updated 918 days ago

165,128 downloads

40,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (42 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (32 ratings)

ImageInject by Thomas Hoefter

updated 196 days ago

63,300 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (32 ratings)

4.4 / 5.0 | (42 ratings)

Insert Headers and Footers by WPBeginner

updated 90 days ago

787,711 downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 88 / 100 (42 ratings)

4.1 / 5.0 | (1347 ratings)

Jetpack by WordPress.com by Automattic

updated 20 days ago

42.7 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 82 / 100 (1347 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (223 ratings)

Loginizer by Raj Kothari

updated 23 days ago

1.3 million downloads

500,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (223 ratings)

2.4 / 5.0 | (13 ratings)

Official Bitly for WordPress by Bitly

updated 1383 days ago

21,964 downloads

1,000 active installs

Rating: 48 / 100 (13 ratings)

2.8 / 5.0 | (29 ratings)

SEO Smart Links by Vladimir Prelovac

updated 914 days ago

1.1 million downloads

80,000 active installs

Rating: 56 / 100 (29 ratings)

3.9 / 5.0 | (25 ratings)

SG Optimizer by SiteGround

updated 59 days ago

784,112 downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 78 / 100 (25 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (202 ratings)

ShortPixel Image Optimizer by ShortPixel

updated today junior

522,538 downloads

40,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (202 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (70 ratings)

Simple Social Icons by Nathan Rice

updated 201 days ago

1.1 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (70 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (2600 ratings)

UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin by UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson

updated 19 days ago

9.4 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (2600 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (12 ratings)

WP SEO HTML Sitemap by Magna Technology, LLC

updated 553 days ago

41,450 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (12 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (1226 ratings)

WP Super Cache by Automattic

updated 144 days ago

12.9 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (1226 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (632 ratings)

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

updated 119 days ago

3.6 million downloads

600,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (632 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (18 ratings)

WPCore Plugin Manager by Stuart Starr

updated 189 days ago

35,369 downloads

8,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (18 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (64 ratings)

WPFront Scroll Top by Syam Mohan

updated 200 days ago

117,924 downloads

30,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (64 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (13370 ratings)

Yoast SEO by Team Yoast

updated 19 days ago

51.2 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (13370 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