Plugins

AI Engine

Most-featured AI plugin for WordPress. Chatbots, content generation, image generation, MCP server endpoints, multi-provider.

All-In-One Security (AIOS)

The most-installed free WordPress firewall and hardening plugin. Genuinely capable free tier from the UpdraftPlus team.

All-in-One WP Migration

One-click full-site export and import in the browser. The simplest way to move a WordPress site — installed on 5M+.

BackWPup

Scheduled WordPress backups to cloud storage — Dropbox, S3, FTP — with cloud destinations in the free tier.

Duplicator

Package a whole site into a portable archive + installer. The developer's favorite for cloning and moving WordPress, plus backups.

Elementor

The page builder behemoth. Drag-and-drop visual editing, free core, Pro adds widgets and theme builder.

Gravity Forms

Premium-only WordPress form plugin. Defined the category in 2008, still the go-to for complex forms.

Kadence Security

Login hardening, two-factor auth, and brute-force protection — the plugin formerly known as iThemes Security, then Solid Security.

LiteSpeed Cache

Free caching plugin from LiteSpeed Technologies. Top-tier performance when paired with LiteSpeed-hosted environments.

Rank Math

The modern WordPress SEO plugin. Free tier matches Yoast Premium feature surface, faster release cadence.

Sucuri Security

Free auditing, malware scanning, and hardening — paired with a paid cloud WAF that filters traffic before it reaches WordPress.

WooCommerce

The default WordPress ecommerce stack. Free core, vast extension ecosystem, runs roughly a quarter of all online stores.

Wordfence

Endpoint firewall and malware scanner for WordPress. Free core, paid threat intelligence feeds.

WP Rocket

Premium caching plugin. Page cache, file optimization, lazy loading, database cleanup, no free version.

WPForms

Drag-and-drop forms with deep WordPress integration. Free tier for basic forms, Pro adds conditional logic, CRM connectors, and more.

Yoast SEO

The default WordPress SEO plugin. On-page optimization, schema markup, readability analysis, premium adds AI.

AI Puffer

Comprehensive independent AI pack for WordPress — content, chat, images, forms, and embeddings across multiple providers. Formerly AI Power.

AIKit

Newer chat-style AI plugin for WordPress. Growing user base, focus on writing flow over feature breadth. Sold as a one-time CodeCanyon license.

Akismet

Comment spam protection. Free for personal use, paid for commercial. Default-installed on most WordPress sites.

All in One SEO

AIOSEO. The third major WordPress SEO plugin. Part of Awesome Motive's product portfolio.

Bertha AI

Early entrant in WordPress AI content generation. Substantial 2021-2023 user base, momentum slower since 2024.

Contact Form 7

The original WordPress form plugin. Free, minimal, solo-maintained for nearly two decades.

Jetpack

Automattic's all-in-one plugin. Backup, security, performance, image CDN, marketing, analytics, social sharing.

MonsterInsights

Google Analytics for WordPress. Connect GA4, view reports inside the WP admin, no JavaScript editing.

Smush

Image optimization for WordPress. Lossless compression, lazy loading, WebP conversion, automatic.

UpdraftPlus

Most-installed WordPress backup plugin. Schedules, remote storage, restore, migration.