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Your top 5 important plugins for WordPress

by straightforward
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Hi Warriors!

Image you just installed bare WordPress web site. What are your 5 most required plugins which should be installed first of all?

And could you describe one your issue for which you can't find a plugin or quality of existing plugins for it is quite poor?
#important #plugins #survey #top #web site #wordpress
  • Profile picture of the author Uros Novak
    Very Important is All in One SEO Pack and SI-Captcha Anti-Spam. You must also install Google XML Sitemaps, GoCodes for mask your links...
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  • Profile picture of the author Onora Oz
    Akismet to kill spam
    All In One SEO Pack (there are other SEO plugins you may want to check)
    Google XML Sitemaps
    Pretty Link to cloak links
    Wordpress Database Backup
    WP Super Cache
    WP Security Scan

    These are what I install into my new WP sites as soon as possible. I'm also using some fancy stuff for decoration purposes. But it's always good not to load too many stuff.
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  • Profile picture of the author kc33
    Yarp...seo by yoast....social media plugins...gocodes...seopressor
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  • Profile picture of the author Elmar
    WordPress SEO by Yoast
    Akismet
    Select Raw HTML Snippets
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  • Profile picture of the author retsced
    Wordpress SEO by Yoast
    Shareaholic | email, bookmark, share buttons
    W3 Total Cache
    WP Smush.it
    StatPress
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    Strong Men and Women put themselves in harms way
    for the freedoms weak people give away for safety
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  • Profile picture of the author loi77
    All-in-one SEO
    Google XML sitemap
    Pretty Link Lite
    Backup WordPress
    Akismet
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  • Profile picture of the author keyideas
    I will install One SEO Pack, Sharethis plunin, capch plugin
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  • Profile picture of the author Imtiaz Rayhan
    All-in-one SEO
    Google XML sitemap
    Wordpress Database Backup
    WP Super Cache
    Akismet
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    Blogging | WordPress | Social Media > RoadtoBlogging.com
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  • Profile picture of the author straightforward
    thanks guys! anything more?
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  • Profile picture of the author Kenny Damian
    All-in-one SEO
    Google XML sitemap
    Wordpress Database Backup
    WP Super Cache
    Akismet

    These pretty sums up the primary plugins. The rest is best to read and understand the requirement or if required before installing.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberSEO
    1. Akismet
    2. WP Super Cache
    That's all I need.
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    CyberSEO Pro - the ultimate all-in-one autoblogging WordPress plugin, powered by OpenAI GPT-4, Anthropic Claude, Google Gemini Pro, Midjourney, DALL-E 3 and Stable Diffusion XL
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  • Profile picture of the author Inttellect
    Platinum SEO
    SEO Presor
    Link Manager
    Wp optimizer
    Custom Post (in sidebar)
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    No SPAM - NO Over Optimization - No Link Farm

    Certified SEO Professional - Ethical SEO along with Google Guidelines
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    • Profile picture of the author jdiaz
      Akismet - For spam control.
      All In One SEO Pack (Its great for meta description tag)
      Google XML Sitemaps - great for Google SEO
      Excerpt Everywhere - If your theme does not support it
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  • Profile picture of the author robestrong
    For me it's probably CTR Theme and Easy Install.
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  • Profile picture of the author aaaa33030
    I use 6scan and websitedefender on my wordpress blogs to keep them from being hacked by hackers.

    I also use a free link cloaking plugin that automatically cloaks all links in my blog posts
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  • Profile picture of the author davidsu
    Banned
    My 5 top must-use plugins that I use for each of my wordpress site:
    1. W3 Total Cache
    2. Wordpress SEO by Yoast
    3. WP Login Security
    4. BackWP Up
    5. VaultPress
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  • Profile picture of the author Trevor M
    In my opinion, these are the three most important plugins;

    1. All-In-One SEO
    2. Akismet
    3. Google XML Sitemaps

    - Trevor
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  • Profile picture of the author stormwebent
    Akismet
    WordPress SEO by Yoast
    WP Super Cache
    and a social media plugin depending on the needs of the site.
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  • Profile picture of the author jivens
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    limit login attempts is a good one to keep hackers out
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  • Profile picture of the author sonicadam123
    For me -

    Wordpress seo by yoast or SEO ultimate.
    WP Super cache or W3 Total Cache
    WP DBManager
    WordPress ping optimizer
    Login Lock down

    .. There really are so many though and a fair few others are really important.
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  • Profile picture of the author cijenterprises
    I needed this info
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  • Profile picture of the author superrooster
    Google XML sitemaps
    All in One SEO
    Pretty links
    W3 total cache
    A social media plugin like digg digg
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  • Profile picture of the author Galasso22
    I appreciate all of the info as well. I am confortable with Google sites but am new to WP. Also a big thanks to fellow Warrior Elizabeth Fee for helping me get comfortable with WP.
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