In this article, you can read what the best WordPress plugins are to install by default. From the literature on WordPress and from my own experiences, I give you this list of the most popular WordPress plugins with the least risk and the most impact.
Read which free WP plugins are Evergreens! With this top list, you know at least which WordPress plugins you need to install in 2018. Try to install between 5 and 15 plugins, so your loading time does not increase too much. Although…for better performance are also plugins available!
10 best standard WordPress plugins 2017/2018
How to install plugins, automatically changes within WordPress. But you can find additional explanations, read the plug-in installation explanation from the developer. Anyway, what are the standard WordPress plugins that you almost always need? This is our favorite list:
- WordPress SEO by Yoast This is a must install-plugin. Available free and premium. (makes content findable, SEO advice within WordPress)
- Akismet (standard in WordPress, is against spam)
- Jetpack by WordPress.com (optimization)
- Wordfence Security (security)
- Contact form 7, in combination with the Google service: recaptcha (sign up). Also read about alternative forms plug-ins such as Ninja forms and Fast Secure Contact Form.
- Really Simple CAPTCHA (with contact form, against spam responses)
- WP Super Cache (for fast loading times of your website) and Cloudflare (free plan).
- Google XML Sitemaps (evict if SEO by Yoast plugin already does this for you)
- Social Warfare for floating social media buttons that are not disruptive, so your website visitors can easily share your WordPress messages on Facebook, Linkedin, Twitter etc. So social media part buttons plugin. Tip: turn off the Facebook share button if you do not need it, because it saves WordPress load time if contact request with Facebook is not necessary).
- Yet Another Related Posts Plugin (internal linking between posts goes automatically, gives more site visit), do you also want thumbnails for the titles? Then use the Yuzo related post plugin.
Thank you for reading The Best WordPress plugins of 2017-2018 | Part I. Tomorrow we will be back with:
Top 10 WordPress plugins to improve your website’s loading speed
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