WordPress Plugins – A New Summation.

Post Published on January 28, 2013.
Last Updated on October 4, 2020 by davemackey.

Introduction

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I like to categorize and organize. So what did I do? I reviewed the first one hundred pages of plugins on WordPress’ Plugin Directory ordered by most popular. From the first number of pages I included essentially every plugin (categorized), but as I moved through additional pages, I included only those which seemed to be interesting, unique, or well-known in some way. Here is the result. I hope you find it useful as you determine what plugins you will install in your WordPress instance.

Those plugins which I use regularly I’ve bolded. Those which I have used regularly in the past I’ve italicized.

Anti-Spam

Forms

SEO

Social Media Sharing

  • Social Media Widget
  • Shareaholic2I used this before Jetpack provided social sharing.
  • Facebook
  • WP to Twitter3I used this before Jetpack provided integrating sharing to Facebook and Twitter.
  • Really Simple Facebook Twitter Share Buttons
  • AddThis4I had used this in the past, but had replaced it with ShareThis, etc.
  • NextScripts
  • Add Link to Facebook
  • WP Socializer
  • ShareThis5I used this before Jetpack provided integrated sharing.
  • Facebook  Like Button Plugin
  • Facebook Comments
  • Sociable
  • Social
  • Floating Social Media Icon
  • WP-Email

Multiple

  • Jetpack by WordPress.com

Import/Export

  • WordPress Importer

Images

  • NextGen Gallery (see also NextGEN Gallery Optimizer)
  • Lightbox Plus
  • WP Photo Album Plus
  • Gallery
  • Lightbox Gallery
  • jQuery Colorbox
  • Grand FIAGallery
  • Image Widget
  • WOW Slider
  • Easing Slider
  • Slideshow Gallery

Audio/Video

  • Viper’s Video Quicktags
  • Smart YouTube Pro
  • Blubrry PowerPress Podcasting Plugin
  • JW Player for WordPress
  • Embed Plus
  • MediaElement.js
  • WordPress Video Plugin
  • Video Embed & Thumbnail Generator
  • S0undCloud Shortcode

Administrative

  • Broken Link Checker
  • Advanced Custom Fields
  • All in One Favicon
  • WP Maintenance Mode
  • Regenerate Thumbnails
  • AdMinimize
  • Enable Media Replace
  • WP-DBManager
  • Postie
  • ManageWP Worker
  • WP-Optimize
  • Duplicator
  • Thank Me Later
  • CloudFlare
  • Duplicate Posts
  • DB Toolkit
  • Admin Menu Editor
  • OptionTree
  • WP Robots Txt
  • Use Google Libraries
  • P3 (Plugin Performance Profiler)
  • Add From Server
  • InfiniteWP Client
  • Front-end Editor
  • Plugin Organizer
  • Kontrol Developer Kit
  • Configure SMTP
  • One Click Close Comments
  • Custom Post Type UI
  • Editorial Calendar
  • Peter’s Login Redirect
  • WordPress MU Domain Mapping
  • SB Welcome Email Editor
  • Peter’s Collaboration E-mails
  • OpenHook
  • Bulk Delete
  • underConstruction
  • Co-Authors Plus
  • Simple URLs
  • One-Click Child Theme
  • wp-FileManager
  • After the Deadline
  • Peter’s Post Notes
  • User Switching
  • Advanced Excerpt
  • Ultimate Coming Soon Page
  • Redirection
  • WP Mail SMTP

Statistics

  • Google Analytics for WordPress6I still use this on occasion, but WordPress stats included in Jetpack are usually sufficient for me.
  • Google Analytics
  • Google Analyticator
  • WP-SlimStat
  • WP-PostViews

WYSIWYG Editor

  • Ultimate TinyMCE
  • TinyMCE Advanced
  • Black Studio TinyMCE Widget
  • CKEditor for WordPress

Performance

Add-On Functionality

  • BuddyPress
  • bbPress
  • WP-Ecommerce
  • WooCommerce
  • The Events Calendar
  • Ready! eCommerce Shopping Cart
  • Events Manager
  • Polldaddy Polls & Ratings
  • WP-Polls
  • All-in-One Event Calendar
  • eShop
  • Connections
  • Link Library
  • Another WordPress Classifieds Plugin
  • Ajax Event Calendar
  • Calendar
  • JigoShop
  • Mingle Forum
  • WordPress Poll
  • easyReservations
  • GigPress
  • WP-CRM
  • CataBlog
  • WP-Invoice
  • Participants Database
  • Q and A
  • Business Directory Plugin
  • Booking Calendar
  • wpsc Support Tickets
  • ClickDesk Live Support
  • Quick Chat
  • Event Organiser
  • Seriously Simple Podcasting
  • RSVP Plugin
  • ComicEASEL
  • Webcomic
  • Yet Another Photoblog
  • WordPress Simple PayPal Shopping Cart
  • WP Symposium
  • Job Manager
  • WP-Property
  • Gravity Forms Directory

Security

  • Wordfence Security
  • Bulletproof Security
  • Better WP Security
  • AntiVirus
  • Timthumb Vulnerability Scanner
  • Login LockDown
  • WordPress HTTPS
  • No Right Click Images Plugin

Customize Look & Feel

  • WP-PageNavi
  • WordPress Related Posts
  • Display Widgets
  • Yet Another Related Posts Plugin
  • List Category Posts
  • Widget Logic
  • WP Google Fonts
  • Options Framework
  • Breadcrumb NavXT
  • WP-PostRatings
  • GD Star Rating
  • Custom Meta Widget
  • Theme My Login
  • Special Recent Posts
  • Crayon Syntax Highlighter
  • MaxButtons
  • Theme-Check
  • Infinite-Scroll
  • WP No Category Base
  • Post Layout
  • Background Manager
  • Gantry Template Framework
  • Dynamic “To Top” Plugin
  • WordPress Post Tabs
  • Collapse-O-Matic
  • WP-Paginate

Membership/Roles

  • s2Member Framework
  • User Role Editor
  • Role Scoper
  • Members
  • Advanced Access Manager
  • Simple Facebook Connect
  • Google Authenticator
  • Social Login
  • WordPress Social Login
  • Social Login & Social Sharing by JanRain
  • User Access Manager
  • WP-Members

Comments

  • Disqus Comment System
  • CommentLuv7I’m not sure if I will continue using this plugin.
  • Disable Comments
  • WP Ajax Edit Comments
  • IntenseDebate Comments
  • LiveFyre Realtime Comments

Monetization

  • AdRotate
  • QuickAdsense
  • WP125
  • Adsense Insert
  • AdSense Manager
  • Affiliates
  • Ad Injection
  • Easy Adsense
  • Adsense Extreme
  • Ad Squares Widget
  • Ad Codes Widget
  • Ads Manager WP/BB
  • Amazon Product in a Post Plugin
  • Amazon Link
  • Simple Ads Manager
  • Google AdSense Plugin
  • Easy Ads
  • Paid Memberships Pro
  • AdSense Now!
  • Easy Digital Downloads
  • AdSense
  • PayPal Donations
  • WP Auto Affiliate Links
  • Adminer
  • WP-Insert

Backup

  • UpDraft Plus Backup
  • Online Backup for WordPress
  • BackWPup
  • WordPress Backup to Dropbox
  • BackUpWordPress
  • WP-DB-Backup
  • Simple Backup

Page Management

  • CMS Tree Page View
  • Post Types Order
  • Quick Page/Post Redirect Plugin
  • Exclude Pages
  • Related Posts
  • WordPress Popular Posts
  • Google Doc Embedder
  • Advanced Page Manager
  • Simple Page Ordering
  • My Page Order
  • 404-to-start

Mobile

  • UppSite
  • WordPress Mobile Pack

Newsletters

  • Wysija Newsletters
  • Constant Contact for WordPress
  • Subscribe28This has been replaced by Jetpack’s functionality.
  • MailChimp List Subscribe Form
  • Newsletter
  • Newsletter Sign-Up

Downloads

  • WordPress Download Monitor
  • WordPress Download Manager
  • WP-Filebase Download Manager

Other

  • MapPress Easy Google Maps
  • Comprehensive Google Map Plugin
  • WP Google Maps
  • Leaflet Maps Marker
  • Print Friendly and PDF Button
  • WP-Print
  • Pretty Link Lite
  • Meteor Slides
  • WPtouch
  • Page Links To
  • Social Slider
  • FeedWordPress
  • Types
  • Relevanssi
  • Advanced Code Editor
  • White Label CMS
  • Google Calendar Events
  • Groups
  • Portfolio
  • Liveblog
  • Strictly Auto Tags
  • Magic Fields 2
  • More Fields
  • Custom Field Template

Multilingual

  • qTranslate
  • Transposh WordPress Translation

PHP

  • Exec-PHP
  • PHP Code Widget
  • Shortcode Exec PHP
  • Allow PHP in Posts and Pages

Post Enrichment

Gamification

  • CubePoints
  • Achievements for WordPress

 Twitter

  • Tweetily
  • Tweetable
  • Twitter Tools
  • Xhanch – My Twitter
  • Twitter Widget Pro

 Available Elsewhere

  • CiviCRM
  • Simple:Press

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