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 | (56 ratings)

a3 Lazy Load by a3rev Software

updated 78 days ago

111,926 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (56 ratings)

4.1 / 5.0 | (7 ratings)

AccessPress Instagram Feed by AccessPress Themes

updated 71 days ago

237,071 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 82 / 100 (7 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (23 ratings)

Admin Color Schemes by WordPress Core Team

updated 605 days ago

25,280 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (23 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (781 ratings)

Akismet by Automattic

updated 16 days ago

74.1 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (781 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (111 ratings)

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

updated 3 days ago

840,975 downloads

60,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (111 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (523 ratings)

Autoptimize by Frank Goossens (futtta)

updated 52 days ago

1.9 million downloads

300,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (523 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (19 ratings)

Better Internal Link Search by Cedaro

updated 260 days ago

36,490 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (19 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (186 ratings)

Black Studio TinyMCE Widget by Black Studio

updated 15 days ago

5.3 million downloads

900,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (186 ratings)

4.5 / 5.0 | (1372 ratings)

Contact Form 7 by Takayuki Miyoshi

updated yesterday

58.7 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 90 / 100 (1372 ratings)

3.2 / 5.0 | (155 ratings)

Disqus Comment System by Disqus

updated 127 days ago

2.8 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 64 / 100 (155 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (41 ratings)

FooBox Image Lightbox WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 88 days ago

701,728 downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (41 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (113 ratings)

FooGallery – Image Gallery WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 6 days ago

483,712 downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (113 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (18 ratings)

Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP by Joost de Valk

updated 134 days ago

120,499 downloads

40,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (18 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (42 ratings)

GZip Ninja Speed Compression by CustomWPNinjas

updated 971 days ago

167,107 downloads

30,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (42 ratings)

4.6 / 5.0 | (34 ratings)

ImageInject by Thomas Hoefter

updated 250 days ago

64,496 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (34 ratings)

4.5 / 5.0 | (43 ratings)

Insert Headers and Footers by WPBeginner

updated 143 days ago

861,756 downloads

300,000 active installs

Rating: 90 / 100 (43 ratings)

4.1 / 5.0 | (1377 ratings)

Jetpack by WordPress.com by Automattic

updated 17 days ago

47.9 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 82 / 100 (1377 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (255 ratings)

Loginizer by Raj Kothari

updated 13 days ago

1.5 million downloads

500,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (255 ratings)

2.4 / 5.0 | (13 ratings)

Official Bitly for WordPress by Bitly

updated 1436 days ago

22,012 downloads

1,000 active installs

Rating: 48 / 100 (13 ratings)

2.8 / 5.0 | (29 ratings)

SEO Smart Links by Vladimir Prelovac

updated 968 days ago

1.1 million downloads

80,000 active installs

Rating: 56 / 100 (29 ratings)

3.9 / 5.0 | (26 ratings)

SG Optimizer by SiteGround

updated 11 days ago

886,698 downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 78 / 100 (26 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (218 ratings)

ShortPixel Image Optimizer by ShortPixel

updated 21 days ago

579,679 downloads

40,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (218 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (70 ratings)

Simple Social Icons by Nathan Rice

updated 254 days ago

1.1 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (70 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (2641 ratings)

UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin by UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson

updated 11 days ago

9.9 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (2641 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (15 ratings)

WP SEO HTML Sitemap by Magna Technology, LLC

updated 606 days ago

43,226 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (15 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (1260 ratings)

WP Super Cache by Automattic

updated 23 days ago

14.8 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (1260 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (690 ratings)

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

updated 172 days ago

3.7 million downloads

600,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (690 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (18 ratings)

WPCore Plugin Manager by Stuart Starr

updated 242 days ago

36,971 downloads

8,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (18 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (64 ratings)

WPFront Scroll Top by Syam Mohan

updated 254 days ago

125,648 downloads

40,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (64 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (14877 ratings)

Yoast SEO by Team Yoast

updated 11 days ago

58 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (14877 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