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 | (82 ratings)

a3 Lazy Load by a3rev Software

updated 42 days ago

480,880 downloads

90,000 active installs

Rating: 88 / 100 (82 ratings)

3.1 / 5.0 | (12 ratings)

AccessPress Instagram Feed by AccessPress Themes

updated 37 days ago

311,691 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 62 / 100 (12 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (23 ratings)

Admin Color Schemes by WordPress Core Team

updated 1004 days ago

28,733 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (23 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (786 ratings)

Akismet Anti-Spam by Automattic

updated 95 days ago

117.6 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (786 ratings)

4.2 / 5.0 | (131 ratings)

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

updated 25 days ago

1.2 million downloads

60,000 active installs

Rating: 84 / 100 (131 ratings)

4.6 / 5.0 | (651 ratings)

Autoptimize by Frank Goossens (futtta)

updated 177 days ago

3.9 million downloads

700,000 active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (651 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (24 ratings)

Better Internal Link Search by Cedaro

updated 659 days ago

40,391 downloads

5,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (24 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (187 ratings)

Black Studio TinyMCE Widget by Black Studio

updated 207 days ago

7.3 million downloads

800,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (187 ratings)

4.5 / 5.0 | (1369 ratings)

Contact Form 7 by Takayuki Miyoshi

updated 18 days ago

91.7 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 90 / 100 (1369 ratings)

2.8 / 5.0 | (181 ratings)

Disqus Comment System by Disqus

updated 120 days ago

3.4 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 56 / 100 (181 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (56 ratings)

FooBox Image Lightbox WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 202 days ago

956,904 downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (56 ratings)

4.4 / 5.0 | (158 ratings)

FooGallery – Image Gallery WordPress Plugin by FooPlugins

updated 122 days ago

1.1 million downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 88 / 100 (158 ratings)

4.4 / 5.0 | (20 ratings)

Glue for Yoast SEO & AMP by Joost de Valk

updated 138 days ago

320,219 downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 88 / 100 (20 ratings)

3.7 / 5.0 | (42 ratings)

GZip Ninja Speed Compression by CustomWPNinjas

updated 1370 days ago

175,026 downloads

30,000 active installs

Rating: 74 / 100 (42 ratings)

4.6 / 5.0 | (35 ratings)

ImageInject by Thomas Hoefter

updated 234 days ago

78,511 downloads

9,000 active installs

Rating: 92 / 100 (35 ratings)

4.4 / 5.0 | (57 ratings)

Insert Headers and Footers by WPBeginner

updated 107 days ago

1.7 million downloads

500,000 active installs

Rating: 88 / 100 (57 ratings)

3.9 / 5.0 | (1315 ratings)

Jetpack by WordPress.com by Automattic

updated 17 days ago

93.5 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 78 / 100 (1315 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (439 ratings)

Loginizer by Raj Kothari

updated 123 days ago

3 million downloads

700,000 active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (439 ratings)

2.3 / 5.0 | (14 ratings)

Official Bitly for WordPress by Bitly

updated 1835 days ago

22,454 downloads

800 active installs

Rating: 46 / 100 (14 ratings)

2.8 / 5.0 | (29 ratings)

SEO Smart Links by Vladimir Prelovac

updated 1367 days ago

1.1 million downloads

60,000 active installs

Rating: 56 / 100 (29 ratings)

4.0 / 5.0 | (41 ratings)

SG Optimizer by SiteGround

updated 108 days ago

3.9 million downloads

400,000 active installs

Rating: 80 / 100 (41 ratings)

4.7 / 5.0 | (368 ratings)

ShortPixel Image Optimizer by ShortPixel

updated 8 days ago

1.4 million downloads

100,000 active installs

Rating: 94 / 100 (368 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (73 ratings)

Simple Social Icons by Nathan Rice

updated 597 days ago

1.2 million downloads

200,000 active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (73 ratings)

4.8 / 5.0 | (2805 ratings)

UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup Plugin by UpdraftPlus.Com, DavidAnderson

updated 3 days ago

19.1 million downloads

1 million active installs

Rating: 96 / 100 (2805 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (16 ratings)

WP SEO HTML Sitemap by Magna Technology, LLC

updated 1005 days ago

56,137 downloads

20,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (16 ratings)

4.3 / 5.0 | (1192 ratings)

WP Super Cache by Automattic

updated 31 days ago

25 million downloads

2 million active installs

Rating: 86 / 100 (1192 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (968 ratings)

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

updated 138 days ago

5.7 million downloads

700,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (968 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (20 ratings)

WPCore Plugin Manager by Stuart Starr

updated 190 days ago

52,328 downloads

10,000 active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (20 ratings)

5.0 / 5.0 | (85 ratings)

WPFront Scroll Top by Syam Mohan

updated 116 days ago

295,076 downloads

70,000 active installs

Rating: 100 / 100 (85 ratings)

4.9 / 5.0 | (22646 ratings)

Yoast SEO by Team Yoast

updated 2 days ago

128.5 million downloads

5 million active installs

Rating: 98 / 100 (22646 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