List of recommended plugins

On a regular basis we receive requests from WordPress users (e.g. from those who are using our popular MH Magazine WordPress theme) who would like to have some plugin recommendations for various purposes. That’s why we thought it would be a good idea to publish a list of recommended plugins and tools for your WordPress website. Keep in mind that this is only a small collection of plugins. There are countless of other plugins out there that you can use on your website.

Important: WordPress plugins are great! However, you should be aware that every plugin you install can potentially cause issues or incompatibilities and may also slow-down your website. Therefore, only install plugins that you really need and avoid adding unnecessary stuff to your website. In addition you can avoid performance issues by choosing reliable hosting for your WordPress website.

• SEO plugins and tools
• Performance optimization plugins
• Advertising plugins
• Ecommerce plugins
• Page builder plugins
• Security tools and plugins
• RSS Aggregator plugins
• Social plugins
• Contact form plugins
• Email marketing plugins
• Plugins for widgets / sidebars
• Image optimization plugins
• Video plugins
• Plugins for multilingual websites
• Miscellaneous

SEO plugins and tools

• Yoast SEO
• All in One SEO Pack
• SEMrush

More content on WordPress SEO:

• Tips to optimize your website for search engines
• Best WordPress SEO Plugins for better rankings in search engines
• How to research keywords to outrank your competition

Performance optimization plugins

• WP Rocket
• WP Super Cache
• Autoptimize

More content on site speed and website performance:

• How to optimize the performance of your WordPress website
• How important is a good performance score for your website?
• Best caching plugins to speed up your WordPress website
• Reliable WordPress hosting for fast websites

Advertising plugins

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• Advanced Ads
• AdRotate Banner Manager

More content on advertisements:

• How to place ads and banners on WordPress sites
• How to monetize your WordPress website with sponsored posts
• Google penalizes websites with intrusive popups
• How to earn Bitcoins with blogging on your WordPress website
• How to add anonymous ads to your WordPress site

Ecommerce plugins

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• WooCommerce

More content on ecommerce:

• Why you should consider WordPress for ecommerce websites

Page builder plugins

• Elementor
• Beaver Builder
• Divi Builder

More content on page builders:

• How to create a landing page with WordPress

Security tools and plugins

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• Sucuri
• Sucuri SiteCheck

More content on WordPress security:

• Ultimate guide on how to secure your WordPress website
• How to secure a WordPress website with SSL
• 9+ Best security plugins for WordPress
• 6 Possible signs that your WordPress website was hacked
• How to fix hacked WordPress websites
• How to stop spam and block spammers on your WordPress site

RSS Aggregator plugins

• WP RSS Aggregator

More content on RSS aggregation:

• How to create a news aggregator site with WordPress

Social plugins

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• Shareaholic
• Shariff Wrapper
• AddToAny Share Buttons
• Share Buttons by AddThis
• Social Media Feather

More content on social media:

• Complete guide to content curation for social media marketing
• How to use hashtags on social media to expand your reach
• How to implement social media feeds on your WordPress website
• WordPress plugins to automatically publish content on social media

Contact form plugins

• WPForms
• Contact Form 7

More content on contact forms:

• How to create a working contact page in WordPress

Email marketing plugins

• Bloom
• Thrive Leads
• MailChimp

More content on email marketing:

• How to get more subscribers for your email newsletter
• Ultimate beginner’s guide to capture leads with WordPress
• Leverage email and SMS marketing campaigns to boost your business

Plugins for widgets / sidebars

• Custom Sidebars – Dynamic Widget Area Manager

More content on widgets:

• Overview of custom widgets in MH Magazine WordPress theme

Image optimization plugins

• Regenerate Thumbnails
• Force Regenerate Thumbnails
• Video Thumbnails

More content on images and image optimization:

• How to upload optimal images for MH Magazine
• How to regenerate thumbnails after a theme change
• How to use featured images in WordPress
• 5+ Best image optimization plugins for WordPress
• 10 Free image sources for your WordPress website or blog
• 5 Tips for enhancing images on your WordPress website

Video plugins

• FitVids for WordPress

More content on videos in WordPress:

• How to embed YouTube videos in WordPress without plugins
• 6+ Best video plugins for your WordPress website
• How to add video thumbnails in WordPress
• How to get started with video marketing to promote your brand

Plugins for multilingual websites

• WPML

More content on multilingual websites:

• How to translate a WordPress theme
• How to translate WordPress themes with Loco Translate
• How to create multilingual websites with WordPress
• How to deliver content in different languages through human and automatic translations
• How to enable RTL languages in WordPress

Miscellaneous

• Shortcodes Ultimate

In case you are using other good and reliable plugins, that are worth mentioning here, please send us a message and we will consider adding them to the list.