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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4.8 / 5.0 | (47 ratings)

a3 Lazy Load by a3 Revolution

updated 404 days ago

88,896 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (47 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (6 ratings)

AccessPress Instagram Feed by AccessPress Themes

updated 54 days ago

215,147 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (6 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (23 ratings)

Admin Color Schemes by WordPress Core Team

updated 518 days ago

24,397 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (23 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (753 ratings)

Akismet by Automattic

updated 14 days ago

64.3 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (753 ratings)

4.4 / 5.0 | (104 ratings)

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

updated 7 days ago

760,097 downloads

60,000 active installs

Rating: 88 / 100 (104 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (484 ratings)

Autoptimize by Frank Goossens (futtta)

updated 161 days ago

1.3 million downloads

300,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (484 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (19 ratings)

Better Internal Link Search by Cedaro

updated 173 days ago

35,487 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (19 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (181 ratings)

Black Studio TinyMCE Widget by Black Studio

updated 41 days ago

4.8 million downloads

900,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (181 ratings)

4.6 / 5.0 | (1327 ratings)

Contact Form 7 by Takayuki Miyoshi

updated 16 days ago

51.1 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (1327 ratings)

3.3 / 5.0 | (152 ratings)

Disqus Comment System by Disqus

updated 40 days ago

2.7 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 yesterday

639,491 downloads

90,000 active installs

Rating: 76 / 100 (38 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (106 ratings)

FooGallery – Image Gallery WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 10 days ago

377,592 downloads

90,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (106 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (18 ratings)

Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP by Joost de Valk

updated 48 days ago

97,348 downloads

30,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (18 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (42 ratings)

GZip Ninja Speed Compression by CustomWPNinjas

updated 884 days ago

163,692 downloads

40,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (42 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (32 ratings)

ImageInject by Thomas Hoefter

updated 163 days ago

62,556 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (32 ratings)

4.4 / 5.0 | (40 ratings)

Insert Headers and Footers by WPBeginner

updated 56 days ago

736,195 downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 88 / 100 (40 ratings)

4.1 / 5.0 | (1329 ratings)

Jetpack by WordPress.com by Automattic

updated 22 days ago

40.3 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 82 / 100 (1329 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (197 ratings)

Loginizer by Raj Kothari

updated 68 days ago

1.1 million downloads

400,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (197 ratings)

2.4 / 5.0 | (13 ratings)

Official Bitly for WordPress by Bitly

updated 1349 days ago

21,938 downloads

1,000 active installs

Rating: 48 / 100 (13 ratings)

2.8 / 5.0 | (29 ratings)

SEO Smart Links by Vladimir Prelovac

updated 881 days ago

1.1 million downloads

80,000 active installs

Rating: 56 / 100 (29 ratings)

4.0 / 5.0 | (23 ratings)

SG Optimizer by SiteGround

updated 26 days ago

747,089 downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 80 / 100 (23 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (196 ratings)

ShortPixel Image Optimizer by ShortPixel

updated 21 days ago

458,789 downloads

40,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (196 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (70 ratings)

Simple Social Icons by Nathan Rice

updated 167 days ago

1.1 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (70 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (2575 ratings)

UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin by UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson

updated 15 days ago

8.7 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (2575 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (12 ratings)

WP SEO HTML Sitemap by Magna Technology, LLC

updated 519 days ago

40,348 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (12 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (1214 ratings)

WP Super Cache by Automattic

updated 110 days ago

12.6 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (1214 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (598 ratings)

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

updated 85 days ago

3.5 million downloads

600,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (598 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (17 ratings)

WPCore Plugin Manager by Stuart Starr

updated 156 days ago

34,298 downloads

7,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (17 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (62 ratings)

WPFront Scroll Top by Syam Mohan

updated 167 days ago

112,767 downloads

30,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (62 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (12439 ratings)

Yoast SEO by Team Yoast

updated yesterday

47.4 million downloads

3 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (12439 ratings)

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Basic Blogging by musgrove

a3 Lazy Load by a3 Revolution

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