40+ Insanely Popular WordPress Plugins
Chris Burgess chrisburgess.com.au @chrisburgess
https://wordpress.org/plugins/
Selecting good plugins, look out for…
Maintenance + Backups
Maintenance – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/
WP Optimize – 400,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-‐optimize/
WP DB Manager – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-‐dbmanager/
Updraft Plus – 500,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/
BackWPup – 400,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/
Backup to Dropbox – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-‐backup-‐to-‐dropbox/
Wordfence – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
iThemes Security (formerly Better WP Security) – 600,000+ downloads https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-‐wp-‐security/
Limit Login Attempts – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-‐login-‐attempts/
Akismet – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/
Really Simple CAPTCHA – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-‐simple-‐captcha/
Debug/Troubleshooting
WordPress Debug Bar – 30,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-‐bar/
P3 – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/p3-‐profiler/
W3 Total Cache – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-‐total-‐cache/
WP Super Cache – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-‐super-‐cache/
WooCommerce – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/
Members – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/
Yoast SEO – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-‐seo/
All in One SEO – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-‐in-‐one-‐seo-‐pack/
Google XML Sitemaps – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-‐sitemap-‐generator/
Google Analytics by Yoast – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-‐analytics-‐for-‐wordpress/
Redirection – 400,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/
Simple Social Icons – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-‐social-‐icons/
Events Calendar – 200,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-‐events-‐calendar/
WordPress Importer – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-‐importer/
BuddyPress – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/
bbPress – 200,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/
Widget Logic – 300,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-‐logic/
Image Widget – 400,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-‐widget/
Custom Sidebars – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-‐sidebars
Regenerate Thumbnails – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-‐thumbnails
Tiny MCE Advanced – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-‐advanced/
Easy Google Fonts – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-‐google-‐fonts/
Disqus – 200,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-‐comment-‐system/
Contact/Data Capture
Contact Form 7 – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-‐form-‐7/
Contact Form DB – 300,000+ downloads https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-‐form-‐7-‐to-‐database-‐extension/
Imagery/Galleries
Next Gen – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-‐gallery/
Meta Slider – 500,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-‐slider/
EWWW Image Optimizer – 200,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-‐image-‐optimizer/
Responsive Lightbox – 100,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-‐lightbox/
MailChimp for WordPress – 300,000+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-‐for-‐wp/
JetPack – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/
Advanced Custom Fields – 1 million+ downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-‐custom-‐fields/
Thanks!!
Chris Burgess chrisburgess.com.au @chrisburgess