4 Basic Plugins That Every WordPress Site Must Have

While creating WordPress blog/site you installed or going to install plugins, but there are some basic plugins which every WordPress site must have. in this article, we will tell you 4 must have WordPress plugins.

WordPress' plugins allow users to extend the features and functionality of a website or blog. following are the most basic and also must have basic plugins for your WordPress site.


1.Akismet 

Akismet is free WordPress plugins. this plugin checks your comment and submissions done via contact form against their global database of spam to prevent publishing malicious content.
Major features in Akismet include:

Features of Akismet WordPress Plugins

• Automatically checks all comments and filters out the ones that look like spam.
• Each comment has a status history, so you can easily see which comments were caught or cleared by Akismet and which were spammed or unspammed by a moderator.
• To reveal hidden or misleading links URLs are shown in the comment body.
• see the number of approved comments for each user.
• A discard feature that outright blocks the worst spam, saving you disk space and speeding up your site.

Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/


2.WP Super Cache

this plugin generates static HTML files from your website/blog. after generating HTML file, this HTML will serve this file which loads scripts faster.

The static HTML files will be served to the vast majority of your users:

• Users who are not logged in.
• Users who have not left a comment on your blog.
• Or users who have not viewed a password protected post.

WP Super cache plugin serves cached file in three ways

• Expert - The fastest method is by using Apache mod_rewrite
• WP-Cache caching - This is mainly used to cache pages for known users, URLs with parameters and feeds.
• Simple -  super cached static files can be served by PHP and this is the recommended way of using the plugin.

Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/

3.Jetpack by WordPress.com

this plugin keeps your site secure, increase site traffic, and engage your readers.

This Plugin has two versions Free and Paid.

Free plugin includes following features

• Related posts
• Fully-customizable contact forms
• Brute force attack protection
• Site stats and analytics
• Downtime and uptime monitoring
• Email subscriptions
• Secure logins and two-factor authentication
• A high-speed CDN for your images
• Extra sidebar widgets including blog stats, calendar, and author widgets
• Simple embeds from YouTube, Google Documents, Spotify and more
• High-speed, ad-free, and high-definition video hosting
• Automatic sharing on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Tumblr, Reddit, and WhatsApp
• Sidebar customization including Facebook, Twitter, and RSS feeds
• Comment login with Facebook, Twitter, and Google
• Carousels, slideshows, and tiled galleries
• Infinite scroll for your posts

Paid version provides all the features of free version in addition to it paid version provides following features.

• Search engine optimization tools for Google, Bing, Twitter, Facebook, and WordPress.com
• Site backups, restores, and migrations
•  Advertising program that includes the best of AdSense, Facebook Ads, AOL, Amazon, Google AdX, and Yahoo
•  Malware scanning, code scanning, and threat resolution

Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/

4.bbPress

bbPress is focused on ease of integration, ease of use, web standards, and speed.

 keeping things as small and light as possible while still allowing for great add-on features through WordPress’s extensive plugin system.  bbPress is lean, mean, and ready to take on any job you throw at it.

Plugin Link: https://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/

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