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 |
4.4.6 126,655,535 14th September 2023 6.3.1 |
| Akismet Anti-spam: 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 |
5.3 299,841,721 13th September 2023 6.3.1 |
| XML Sitemap Generator for Google Generate multiple types of sitemaps to improve SEO and get your website indexed quickly. |
google-sitemap-generator home |
4.1.13 36,131,094 11th August 2023 6.3.1 |
| Contact Form 7 Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible. |
contact-form-7 home |
5.8 285,150,686 6th August 2023 6.3.1 |
| 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 |
3.39 38,110,234 13th September 2023 6.3.1 |
| WP Super Cache A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files. |
wp-super-cache home |
1.10.0 48,857,401 16th August 2023 6.3.1 |
| 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 |
8.19 161,890,344 23rd August 2023 6.3.1 |
| WordPress Importer Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file. |
wordpress-importer home |
0.8.1 46,935,304 28th April 2023 6.2.2 |
| si-contact-form | No info available | |
| WP-PageNavi Adds a more advanced paging navigation interface. |
wp-pagenavi home |
2.94.1 12,079,039 9th August 2023 6.3.1 |
| Jetpack – WP Security, Backup, Speed, & Growth Improve your WP security with powerful one-click tools like backup, WAF, and malware scan. Get essential free tools including stats, CDN and social sh … |
jetpack home |
12.6.1 355,169,576 21st September 2023 6.3.1 |
| 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 3,606,688 21st August 2020 5.5.12 |
| Yoast SEO Improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the Yoast SEO plugin. |
wordpress-seo home |
21.2 589,820,060 19th September 2023 6.3.1 |
| sociable | No info available | |
| Advanced Editor Tools Extends and enhances the block editor (Gutenberg) and the classic editor (TinyMCE). |
tinymce-advanced home |
5.9.2 33,096,762 14th August 2023 6.3.1 |
| W3 Total Cache Search Engine (SEO) & Performance Optimization (WPO) via caching. Integrated caching: CDN, Page, Minify, Object, Fragment, Database support. |
w3-total-cache home |
2.4.1 43,790,545 9th August 2023 6.3.1 |
| BuddyPress BuddyPress helps site builders & developers add community features to their websites, with user profiles, activity streams, and more! |
buddypress home |
11.3.1 12,019,749 24th August 2023 6.3.1 |
| gtrans | No info available | |
| vipers-video-quicktags | No info available | |
| XPoster Posts to X when you update your WordPress blog or add a link, with your chosen URL shortening service. |
wp-to-twitter home |
4.0.3 3,857,343 3rd September 2023 6.3.1 |
| 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 2,327,416 3rd November 2016 4.6.26 |
| 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 2,824,580 10th December 2014 3.7.41 |
| WPtouch Make your WordPress website mobile-friendly with just a few clicks. |
wptouch home |
4.3.53 14,099,568 24th May 2023 6.2.2 |
| Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) Advanced Custom Fields (ACF) helps you easily customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. Proudly powering over 2 million we … |
advanced-custom-fields home |
6.2.1 41,007,884 7th September 2023 6.3.1 |
| 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 12,774,690 16th August 2023 6.3.1 |
| BulletProof Security WordPress Security Protection: Malware scanner, Firewall, Login Security, DB Backup, Anti-Spam… |
bulletproof-security home |
6.9 4,240,257 9th August 2023 6.3.1 |
| WooCommerce Everything you need to launch an online store in days and keep it growing for years. From your first sale to millions in revenue, Woo is with you. |
woocommerce home |
8.1.1 271,001,887 15th September 2023 6.3.1 |
| ManageWP Worker A better way to manage dozens of WordPress websites. |
worker home |
4.9.17 18,145,130 5th April 2023 6.2.2 |
| spam-free-wordpress | No info available |
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