We believe in less is more and aim to reduce the number of plugins we use. This list is the best of the best.
View our recommend free plugins on our profile on the WordPress repository
Also check out the slow wordpress plugins
Themes
- Divi (paid)
Plugins used on most of our sites
- All In One WP Security & Firewall
- Gravity Forms (paid)
- Site Kit by Google
- ManageWP Worker – Allows us to upgrade and manage lots of sites using ManageWP
- UpdraftPlus (freemium)
Useful Plugins
- Email Encoder – hide from spam
- Divi Accessibility
- Duplicate Page
- G-Forms hCaptcha – alternative to captcha that google uses to track users
- Monarch – Social Media Sharing Plugin – integrates with Divi (paid)
- Popup Maker
- Post Types Order
- Redirection
- ShortPixel – Image Optimizer – reduce large images (free/paid)
- TablePress
- Export All URLs
- WP-PageNavi – improves archive navigation
- WP Help – for documentation only displayed in backend
- Yoast SEO
Development plugins
- Admin Menu Editor
- Advanced Custom Fields (free) or ACF Pro (paid)
- ACF Theme Code for Advanced Custom Fields
- A-Z Listing – Show your posts, pages, and terms alphabetically
- Better Search Replace
- BulkPress – Import terms and posts
- Custom Post Type UI
- FacetWp (paid)
- search-filter
- List Custom Taxonomy Widget
- MapPress Maps for WordPress (free) or MapPress Pro (paid)
- Media Sync – relink media fiels
- Post SMTP Mailer/Email Log
- Post Types Order
- Widget Logic
- Post Type Switcher
- Taxonomy Switcher
- Term Taxonomy Converter
Code Plugins
Cache Plugins
- WP Fastest Cache – Simple
- Litespeed Cache – Advanced (requires server side installation)
- W3 Total Cache – Advanced (for when litespeed not available)
