The Top 30 WordPress plugins are summarised in tabular form. The list of 30 plugins was created in the middle of August 2012, but the figures you see are the most recent figures.
| Plugin name and description | Plugin links | Version, total downloads, last update, tested |
|---|---|---|
| All in One SEO – Best WordPress SEO Plugin – Easily Improve SEO Rankings & Increase Traffic 🤩 The original WordPress SEO plugin. Improve your WordPress SEO rankings and traffic with our comprehensive SEO tools and smart SEO optimizations! 🚀 |
all-in-one-seo-pack home |
4.2.7.1 106,483,218 8th November 2022 6.1.1 |
| Akismet Spam Protection The best anti-spam protection to block spam comments and spam in a contact form. The most trusted antispam solution for WordPress and WooCommerce. |
akismet home |
5.0.1 265,883,777 8th November 2022 6.1.1 |
| XML Sitemaps This plugin will improve SEO by helping search enginess better index your site using sitemaps. |
google-sitemap-generator home |
4.1.7 32,043,385 29th November 2022 6.0.3 |
| Contact Form 7 Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible. |
contact-form-7 home |
5.6.4 244,872,350 19th October 2022 6.1.1 |
| WordPress Gallery Plugin – NextGEN Gallery The most popular WordPress gallery plugin and one of the most popular plugins of all time with over 31 million downloads. |
nextgen-gallery home |
3.30 36,417,580 5th October 2022 6.0.3 |
| WP Super Cache A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files. |
wp-super-cache home |
1.9.1 44,421,160 2nd November 2022 6.1.1 |
| MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) The best free Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website, so you can grow your business. |
google-analytics-for-wordpress home |
8.10.1 138,882,519 9th November 2022 6.1.1 |
| WordPress Importer Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file. |
wordpress-importer home |
0.8 42,237,033 29th September 2022 6.1.1 |
| si-contact-form | No info available | |
| WP-PageNavi Adds a more advanced paging navigation interface. |
wp-pagenavi home |
2.94.0 11,637,688 5th February 2022 5.9.5 |
| Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth Improve your WP security with powerful one-click tools like backup and malware scan. Get essential free tools including stats, CDN and social sharing. |
jetpack home |
11.5.1 303,704,916 2nd November 2022 6.1.1 |
| WP eCommerce WP eCommerce is a free, powerful plugin that empowers you to sell anything online, quickly and easily. |
wp-e-commerce home |
3.15.1 3,603,019 21st August 2020 5.5.11 |
| Yoast SEO Improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the Yoast SEO plugin. |
wordpress-seo home |
19.11 490,730,380 29th November 2022 6.1.1 |
| sociable | No info available | |
| Advanced Editor Tools (previously TinyMCE Advanced) Extends and enhances the block editor (Gutenberg) and the classic editor (TinyMCE). |
tinymce-advanced home |
5.6.0 30,509,175 3rd April 2021 5.7.8 |
| W3 Total Cache Search Engine (SEO) & Performance Optimization (WPO) via caching. Integrated caching: CDN, Page, Minify, Object, Fragment, Database support. |
w3-total-cache home |
2.2.7 37,749,211 31st October 2022 6.1.1 |
| BuddyPress BuddyPress helps site builders & developers add community features to their websites, with user profiles, activity streams, and more! |
buddypress home |
10.6.0 11,468,410 31st October 2022 6.1.1 |
| gtrans | No info available | |
| vipers-video-quicktags | No info available | |
| WP to Twitter Posts a Twitter update when you update your WordPress blog or add a link, with your chosen URL shortening service. |
wp-to-twitter home |
3.6.2 3,786,447 6th November 2022 6.1.1 |
| SEO Ultimate This all-in-one SEO plugin gives you control over meta titles & descriptions, open graph, auto-linking, rich-snippets, 404 monitoring, siloing &am … |
seo-ultimate home |
7.6.5.9 2,321,804 3rd November 2016 4.6.25 |
| seo-automatic-links | No info available | |
| Ultimate TinyMCE Description: Beef up the WordPress TinyMCE content editor with a plethora of advanced options. |
ultimate-tinymce home |
5.7 2,821,372 10th December 2014 3.7.41 |
| WPtouch Make your WordPress website mobile-friendly with just a few clicks. |
wptouch home |
4.3.44 13,643,446 25th August 2022 6.0.3 |
| Advanced Custom Fields Customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million websites, Advanced Custom Fields is the plugin W … |
advanced-custom-fields home |
6.0.5 32,892,406 18th November 2022 6.1.1 |
| BackWPup – WordPress Backup Plugin Schedule complete automatic backups of your WordPress installation. Decide which content will be stored (Dropbox, S3…). This is the free version |
backwpup home |
4.0.0 12,337,487 23rd November 2022 6.1.1 |
| BulletProof Security WordPress Security Protection: Malware scanner, Firewall, Login Security, DB Backup, Anti-Spam… |
bulletproof-security home |
6.7 4,100,954 25th October 2022 6.1.1 |
| WooCommerce WooCommerce is the world’s most popular open-source eCommerce solution. |
woocommerce home |
7.1.0 219,032,933 15th November 2022 6.1.1 |
| ManageWP Worker A better way to manage dozens of WordPress websites. |
worker home |
4.9.15 16,746,882 3rd November 2022 6.1.1 |
| spam-free-wordpress | No info available |
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