We last posted about WordPress Plugins here in 2017 so it’s time to do a refresher.
This is great if you’re setting up a site for the first time, and want to have everything safe and secure so you can maintain your site worry-free.
- Askimet Anti-Spam – This is the GOAT of all plugins. Something you should have enabled on any WP site to prevent unecessary spam. If anything, it’s the first plugin you should have activated to protect your site from the get-go!
- JetPack – another out the box must have. Additional layer of security for your site.
- Classic Editor – If you’re not a fan of the new style Gutenburg and prefer editing your posts and pages using the TinyMCE editor, this is what you’re looking for.
- Contact Form 7 – a simple and no frills contact form for your site with CAPTCHA integration. On every site we configure we implement this over the standard out the box contact form. Reduce spam, and stay secure.
- Really Simple SSL – activate SSL on your site in the simplest way possible. This does require your site to have a valid SSL certificate applied, or active Let’s Encrypt functionality (all our new hosting packages feature this out the box).
- Site Kit by Google – great new plugin developed by Google to get your site linked in to Analytics, AdSense, and Search Console. Improving by the day with new features and functionality.
- UpdraftPlus – Backup/Restore – nothing worse than making changes to your site and / or it getting hacked and you not having a backup. Schedule automated backups for your site’s database and files on a regular basis.
There are several others that we use, so if you would like to know more please do get in touch or comment on this post 🙂
If you would like help getting these setup and working on your own site, get in touch with us through our contact form.