Delivered at a local WordPress Meetup, this talk covers 40 of the most popular free WordPress Plugins listed on the WordPress.org Plugin Directory.

1. 40+
Insanely
Popular
WordPress
Plugins
Chris
Burgess
chrisburgess.com.au
@chrisburgess

2. https://wordpress.org/plugins/

3. Before
We
Start…

4. Keeping
it
lean…

5. Selecting
good
plugins,
look
out
for…

6. Maintenance
+
Backups

7. Maintenance
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/maintenance/

8. WP
Optimize
–
400,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-­‐optimize/

9. WP
DB
Manager
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-­‐dbmanager/

10. Updraft
Plus
–
500,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/updraftplus/

11. BackWPup
–
400,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/

12. Backup
to
Dropbox
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-­‐backup-­‐to-­‐dropbox/

13. Security

14. Wordfence
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/

15. iThemes
Security
(formerly
Better
WP
Security)
–
600,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-­‐wp-­‐security/

16. Limit
Login
Attempts
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/limit-­‐login-­‐attempts/

17. Spam

18. Akismet
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/

19. Really
Simple
CAPTCHA
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/really-­‐simple-­‐captcha/

20. Debug/Troubleshooting

21. WordPress
Debug
Bar
–
30,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/debug-­‐bar/

22. P3
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/p3-­‐profiler/

23. Performance

24. W3
Total
Cache
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-­‐total-­‐cache/

25. WP
Super
Cache
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-­‐super-­‐cache/

26. Ecommerce

27. WooCommerce
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/

28. Membership

29. Members
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/members/

30. Search

31. Yoast
SEO
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-­‐seo/

32. All
in
One
SEO
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-­‐in-­‐one-­‐seo-­‐pack/

33. Google
XML
Sitemaps
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-­‐sitemap-­‐generator/

34. Google
Analytics
by
Yoast
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-­‐analytics-­‐for-­‐wordpress/

35. Redirection
–
400,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/redirection/

36. Social

37. Simple
Social
Icons
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/simple-­‐social-­‐icons/

38. Events
Calendar
–
200,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/the-­‐events-­‐calendar/

39. Content

40. WordPress
Importer
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-­‐importer/

41. Community

42. BuddyPress
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/buddypress/

43. bbPress
–
200,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/

44. Widget

45. Widget
Logic
–
300,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-­‐logic/

46. Image
Widget
–
400,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/image-­‐widget/

47. Sidebars

48. Custom
Sidebars
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-­‐sidebars

49. UX/Design

50. Regenerate
Thumbnails
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/regenerate-­‐thumbnails

51. Tiny
MCE
Advanced
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/tinymce-­‐advanced/

52. Easy
Google
Fonts
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/easy-­‐google-­‐fonts/

53. Commenting

54. Disqus
–
200,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/disqus-­‐comment-­‐system/

55. Contact/Data
Capture

56. Contact
Form
7
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-­‐form-­‐7/

57. Contact
Form
DB
–
300,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-­‐form-­‐7-­‐to-­‐database-­‐extension/

58. Imagery/Galleries

59. Next
Gen
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/nextgen-­‐gallery/

60. Meta
Slider
–
500,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ml-­‐slider/

61. EWWW
Image
Optimizer
–
200,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/ewww-­‐image-­‐optimizer/

62. Responsive
Lightbox
–
100,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/responsive-­‐lightbox/

63. Email

64. MailChimp
for
WordPress
–
300,000+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/mailchimp-­‐for-­‐wp/

65. Others

66. JetPack
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/

67. Advanced
Custom
Fields
–
1
million+
downloads
https://wordpress.org/plugins/advanced-­‐custom-­‐fields/

68. Thanks!!
Chris
Burgess
chrisburgess.com.au
@chrisburgess