- Affiliate marketing
- Blog
- Content management
- Content Restriction
- Email marketing
- Form builders
- Gallery, Charts, Diagrams, and Bars
- Marketplace and eCommerce
- Media library and images
- Push notifications
- Page builders
- Security
- SEO and analytics
- Site Engagement, Contests, and Surveys
- Social profile
- Social Share
- Website speed
- Others
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.
Content management
Content restriction
Marketplace and eCommerce
- Woocomerce
- Email Template Customizer for WooCommerce
- PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce
- Wholesale Suite – WooCommerce Wholesale Prices, B2B, Catalog Mode, Order Form, Wholesale User Roles, Dynamic Pricing & More
- Advanced Coupons – WooCommerce Coupons, Store Credit, Gift Cards, Loyalty Program, BOGO Coupons, Discount Rules
Media Library and Images
Security
- Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security or
- All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall
- Limit Login Attempts Reloaded
- Really Simple SSL – move your site to SSL
- Akismet Anti-spam: for spam detection and protection or
- Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk
Site Engagement, Contests, and Surveys
Others
- CookieYes | GDPR Cookie Consent & Compliance Notice (CCPA Ready)
- UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup & Migration Plugin – Backup/Restore
- SeedProd – for Landing, Maintenance, and Coming Soon pages.
- Simple Author Box
- Co-Authors, Multiple Authors, and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors
- Easy Google Fonts
- Advanced Custom Fields
- UpdraftPlus WordPress Backup & Migration Plugin – backup your site daily, automatically into Google Drive
- Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads
- Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense
- Classic Editor: basic text editor for WordPress
- Classic widgets: manage your widgets with drag-and-drop
- Headline Analyzer: improve headlines SEO when creating posts/pages
- Smush Image Compression and Optimization
- Akismet Anti-spam: for spam detection and protection
- Spam protection, AntiSpam, FireWall by CleanTalk
- WordPress Importer
- Duplicate Page: duplicate pages, posts, etc.
- Widget Importer and Exporter
- Import any XML or CSV File to WordPress
- Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress– for responsive WordPress sliders
Renix Consulting
Renix Consulting is a website design agency. We help businesses of all sizes create beautiful, functional, and user-friendly websites that represent their brand and achieve their online goals. Check out our portfolio for our previous projects.
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