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40+  Insanely  Popular  WordPress  Plugins  

Chris  Burgess  chrisburgess.com.au  @chrisburgess  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/  

Before  We  Start…  

Keeping  it  lean…  

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/  

Security  

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/  

Spam  

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/  

Performance  

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/  

Ecommerce  

WooCommerce  –  1  million+  downloads  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/  

Membership  

Members  –  100,000+  downloads  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/  

Search  

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/  

Social  

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/  

Content  

WordPress  Importer  –  1  million+  downloads  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-­‐importer/  

Community  

BuddyPress  –  100,000+  downloads  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/  

bbPress  –  200,000+  downloads  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/  

Widget  

Widget  Logic  –  300,000+  downloads  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-­‐logic/  

Image  Widget  –  400,000+  downloads  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-­‐widget/  

Sidebars  

Custom  Sidebars  –  100,000+  downloads  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-­‐sidebars  

UX/Design  

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/  

Commenting  

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/  

Email  

MailChimp  for  WordPress  –  300,000+  downloads  

https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-­‐for-­‐wp/  

Others  

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  


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