List of free plugins recommended for a successful website

Plugins extend the functionality of the WordPress web design software, making use of the right plugins will get your site doing exactly what you want it to without you writing a single line of code.

There are free and premium plugins.

WordPress has a directory of free plugins available for use in WordPress sites without any form of restriction.

You can access them here, or through your dashboard for use on your site.

The following list of plugins is the ones we recommend you use on your site, as we have made use of them ourselves and can attest to their usefulness. Enjoy.

Affiliate marketing

1. ThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin or
2. Pretty Links – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin

Blog

1. Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]
2. Editorial Calendar

Content management

1. Editorial Calendar
2. WordPress Importer
3. Duplicate Page: duplicate pages, posts, etc.
4. Widget Importer and Exporter
5. Import any XML or CSV File to WordPress
6. Disable Comments – Remove Comments & Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support]

Content restriction

1. Content control – The Ultimate User Access Restriction Plugin

Email marketing

1. Mailchimp
2. WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – The Most Popular SMTP and Email Log Plugin
3. MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation

Forms builders

1. Contact Form 7 or
2. Contact Form by WPForms – Drag & Drop Form Builder for WordPress or
3. Ninja Forms Contact Form – The Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress

Gallery, Charts, Diagrams, and Bars

1. Visualizer: Tables and Charts Manager for WordPress
2. Gallery Plugin for WordPress – Envira Photo Gallery
3. Customizable WordPress Gallery Plugin – Modula Image Gallery
4. Shortcodes Ultimate:

Marketplace and eCommerce

1. Woocomerce
   1. Email Template Customizer for WooCommerce
   2. PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce
   3. Wholesale Suite – WooCommerce Wholesale Prices, B2B, Catalog Mode, Order Form, Wholesale User Roles, Dynamic Pricing & More
   4. Advanced Coupons – WooCommerce Coupons, Store Credit, Gift Cards, Loyalty Program, BOGO Coupons, Discount Rules

Media Library and Images

1. Enable Media Replace
2. Media Library Assistant
3. Filebird:

Page Builder

1. Elementor Page Builder
2. Page Builder by SiteOrigin
   1. SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle

Push Notifications

1. OneSignal – Web Push Notifications or
2. Web Push Notifications by PushEngage: WordPress Push Notifications to Supercharge Your Engagement

Security

1. Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security or
2. All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
3. Limit Login Attempts Reloaded
4. Really Simple SSL – move your site to SSL
5. Akismet Anti-spam: for spam detection and protection or
6. Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk

SEO and Analytics Plugins

1. Site Kit by Google
2. Yoast SEO or
3. All-in-One SEO or
4. Rank Math SEO
5. Broken Link Checker
6. WP Statistics
7. Redirection
8. XML Sitemap Generator for Google
9. MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy)

Site Engagement, Contests, and Surveys

1. Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers

Social profile

1. Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Best Social Feed Plugin for WordPress

Social Share

1. AddToAny Share Buttons or
2. Shared Counts – Social Media Share Buttons or
3. Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons

Website speed

1. LiteSpeed Cache or
2. WP Super Cache or
3. WP Fastest Cache or
4. W3 Total Cache
5. Autoptimize or
6. WP-Optimize – Cache, Clean, Compress.
7. Imagify – Optimize Images & Convert WebP | Compress Images Easily or
8. EWWW Image Optimizer

Others

1. CookieYes | GDPR Cookie Consent & Compliance Notice (CCPA Ready)
2. UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup & Migration Plugin – Backup/Restore
3. SeedProd – for Landing, Maintenance, and Coming Soon pages.
4. Simple Author Box
5. Co-Authors, Multiple Authors, and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors
6. Easy Google Fonts
7. Advanced Custom Fields
8. UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup & Migration Plugin – backup your site daily, automatically into Google Drive
9. Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads
10. Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense
11. Classic Editor: basic text editor for WordPress
12. Classic widgets: manage your widgets with drag-and-drop
13. Headline Analyzer: improve headlines SEO when creating posts/pages
14. Smush Image Compression and Optimization
15. Akismet Anti-spam: for spam detection and protection
16. Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk
17. WordPress Importer
18. Duplicate Page: duplicate pages, posts, etc.
19. Widget Importer and Exporter
20. Import any XML or CSV File to WordPress
21. Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress– for responsive WordPress sliders