The WHY of my favorite WordPress plugins
There are over 50,000 WordPress plugins out there. It is really difficult to find a plugin stack that works well for you. Some plugins are not compatible with the latest version of WordPress. Some plugins do redundant jobs or interfere with each other. Some plugins are hard on your webserver. This article gives an overview of plugins I work with regularly including their purpose.
I do not have all of the plugins installed on every WordPress instance of course. It totally depends on the need of each individual WordPress project. Plugins I use only very seldom are not even listed here. If time allows, it is easily possible and feasible I try to find a workaround to avoid installing too many plugins.
Akismet Anti-Spam
All in One SEO Pack
Autoptimize
BackupGuard
Better Search Replace
Breeze
Cloudways WordPress Migrator
Code Syntax Block
Compliance | GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent
Compress JPEG & PNG images (TinyPNG)
Contact Form 7
Easy Smooth Scroll Links (only Shapely)
Elementor Page Builder
Enable Media Replace
EWWW Image Optimizer (limited in free version)
Duplicator – WordPress Migration
GDPR Cookie Consent (CCPA Ready)
GDPR Cookie Compliance
Google Analytics for WordPress by MonsterInsights
Honeypot for Contact Form 7
Jetpack by WordPress.com
LuckyWP Table of Contents
Open External Links in a New Window (only Shapely)
Password Protect
PNG to JPG
Rank Math SEO
Really Simple SSL
reSmush.it Image Optimizer
Robin image optimizer
Shortcodes Ultimate
Simple Download Monitor
Smart Slider 3
Smash Balloon Instagram Feed
Smush
SSL Insecure Content Fixer
UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore *****
WebP Converter for Media
WhatsHelp Chat Button
Wonder PDF Embed
WP Server Stats
WP Smart Preloader
Recommendation by Divi support team
