So you are just a step away from launching your website (ofcourse based on WordPress platform) BUT dazzled on the way on thinking that what WordPress plugins you will be requiring on to make your website a perfect one. Well to ease your job here, we have collected the “high rated” and “most popular” plugins for you.
Google XML Sitemaps
The plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines to better index your blog.
W3 Total Cache
The plugin will improve user experience and page speed by increasing server performance, reducing the download times and providing transparent content delivery network (CDN) integration.
WordPress SEO by Yoast
The plugin will improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast.
Better WP Security
The plugin will improve the security of any WordPress site in seconds.
Add Link to Facebook
The plugin automatically add links to published posts or pages to your Facebook wall, pages or groups and more.
Contact Form 7
The plugin can manage multiple contact forms, plus you can customize the form and the mail contents flexibly with simple markup. The form supports Ajax-powered submitting, CAPTCHA, Akismet spam filtering and so on.
NextGEN Gallery
The plugin provides a powerful engine for uploading and managing galleries of images, with the ability to batch upload, import meta data, add/delete/rearrange/sort images, edit thumbnails, group galleries into albums, and more.
Fast Secure Contact Form
The plugin will let the user send emails to a site’s admin, and also send a meeting request to talk over phone or video.
MailPoet Newsletters (formerly Wysija)
The plugin send newsletters, post notifications or autoresponders from WordPress easily, and beautifully.
Advanced Custom Fields
The plugin is the perfect solution for any WordPress website which needs more flexible data like other Content Management Systems.
WP Super Cache
The plugin generates static html files from your dynamic WordPress blog. After a html file is generated your webserver will serve that file instead of processing the comparatively heavier and more expensive WordPress PHP scripts.
Wordfence Security
The plugin is a free enterprise class security plugin that includes a firewall, virus scanning, real-time traffic with geolocation and more.
TablePress
The plugin enables you to create and manage tables, without having to write HTML code, and it adds valuable functions for your visitors.
Ozh’ Admin Drop Down Menu
The plugin lets all admin links available in a neat horizontal drop down menu. Saves lots of screen real estate!
Google Analytics for WordPress
The plugin allows you to track your blog easily and with lots of metadata.