WordPress – Useful Plugins

I’ve had this blog for a few months now, and during that time I installed and uninstalled a lot of plugins. I am sharing here a list of plugins that I found useful.

1. Jetpack
   I use it to monitor if my website is working. Any time it’s down, I get an email. That’s how I knew that there were some issues with memory.
2. Site Kit by Google
   For insights on how well my website is performing and what are people searching for when they visit my website.
3. Simple Social Icons
   The simplest plugin to add social icons: Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter, etc.
4. Taxonomy List Widget
   On the right side of this website, you see a list of my most popular tags. This is displayed by Taxonomy List Widget.
5. UpdraftPlust – Backup/Restore
   I use it for backups before any major changes on my website.
6. WordPress Popular Posts
   To show my 10 most popular posts in the side panel.
7. Akismet Anti-Spam
   Even my website has a problem with spam — mostly people posting links to their online stores. This plugin stops all that.
8. FooGallery
   For when I need to show a gallery of images. I tested many gallery plugins and this is the only one that worked how I wanted.
9. Really Simple SSL
   Awesome plugin, saved me hours of work. I was trying to fix SSL by editing files on the server — I really didn’t know what I was doing. This plugin fixed everything automatically.
10. Jetpack: Related Posts
    I wanted to show related posts under each entry. I thought it was going to be complicated, but with this plugin, it took all of 15 seconds.