WordPress is an Opensource Content management system used widely to develop websites. This CMS is easily customizable using available plugins and themes. Some of them are free. We will discuss some essential plugins to manage a website. The developer should be careful to choose the plugins. Otherwise, these new plugins and themes will affect website speed and performance.
Below are Essential Plugins for WordPress that really help you so much in managing and improving performance as well as the security of WordPress.
1. Sitemap Generator Plugin – Once it is configured, it will automatically submit new pages to Google through the sitemap.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/
2. SEO Plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/ Yoast SEO – https://yoast.com/wordpress/plugins/seo/
3. Caching Plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
4. Image Optimization Plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-smushit/
5. Website Optimization
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/
6. Custom CSS, JS, Custom Code Plugin
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-css-js/
7. Security Plugin
All In One WP Security & Firewall – https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/
The above Essential Plugins for WordPress are free and easy to install. Just one click is required.