Plug-In. Comments. Price. # Downloads. Rating. SEO. All-in-one-SEO. Venerable
plugin with automated features. Free or Pro. > 13,800,000. ****. Headspace 2 ...
Plug-In
Comments
Price
# Downloads
Rating
SEO All-in-one-SEO
Venerable plugin with automated features.
Free or Pro
> 13,800,000
****
Headspace 2 SEO
This plugin is no longer actively maintained
Free
690,000
****
WP SEO by Yoast
Robust features, well-supported. Can import from All-inone-SEO or Headspace2. To be translated into 24 languages.
Free
> 4,000,000
*****
News SEO module
Creates XML News sitemap so your content appears in Google News
Free
6,000
*****
Video SEO module
Video sitemap generator. Single, professional, & agency rates
$69 - $249
Local SEO module
Single, professional, & agency rates
$69 - $249
*****
SEO Ultimate
Can import from All-in-one-SEO. Link-cloaking capacity for affiliate sites. Support has been questioned.
Free
> 1,000,000
****
Google XML Sitemaps
Unnecessary if using WP SEO by Yoast or SEO Ultimate
Free
10,000,000
*****
SEO Friendly Images
Reports of incompatibility or other issues. Most recent update has had no problems reported so far.
Free Pro Option
> 950,000
****
Analytics Google Analytics for WP
Tracks downloads, pageviews by author, other features
Free
> 4,000,000
****
WassUp
Visitor stats without an outside Analytics program. Incompatible with most cache plugins.
Free
> 500,000
****
Free
133,000
****
> 120,000
****
WP Google Analytics Analytics 360
Integrates MailChimp data
Plug-In Clicky by Yoast
Comments Integrates Clicky Analytics. Can be used alongside Google Analytics plugins
Price
# Downloads
Rating
Free Pro version
> 140,000
*****
Social Digg Digg
Floating share bar. May slow load time?
Free
> 600,000
***
WP Social Share
Cannot change horizontal layout
Free
5300
****
Flare
Customizable; not comprehensive
Free
> 16,000
*****
FollowMe
Social icon buttons in a widget. Support up to WP 3.2.1
Free
> 100,000
****
Shareaholic Sexy Bookmarks
The ones that float up when you hover.
Free
> 1,800,000
***1/2
Twitter Feed Plugins
There are many. See references for a review article
Blackbird Pie
Embeds a Tweet in a post.
Free
> 48,000
*****
Social Networks AutoPoster
Distributes content to Twitter, FB, G+, Blogger, Tumblr, LinkedIn, Pinterest, YouTube, others - by creating apps
Free Pro version
> 301,000
****
WP to Buffer
Scheduled publishing to social accounts via Buffer
Free
> 2060
*****
TinyMCE Advanced
Adds features via drag-n-drop to built-in editor
Free
>2,250,000
****
Ultimate TinyMCE
Adds features to built-in editor
Free
> 1, 280,000
*****
CMS Tree Page View
Tree view of all pages & posts on one page
Free
> 306,000
****1/2
pageMash
Drag-n-drop ajax interface for re-ordering pages
Free
> 200,000
****
Gravity Forms
Form builder; add-ons for MailChimp, AWeber, etc.
$39-199/year
> 500,000
Core Functions
Plug-In
Comments
Price
# Downloads
Rating
QuForm
Drag-n-drop form builder
$25
> 5000
*****
Fast Secure Contact Forms
Configurable; robust. Includes Akismet and Captcha
Free
> 3,544,400
*****
Formidable Forms
Form builder; customizable html
Free or Pro
> 320,000
****
WPML
Platform for multilingual sites; manage translation tasks. Change nav, etc with language selection menu
FontPress
Unlimited fonts with visual preview
$15
> 450
*****
Widget Controller
Show/hide widgets on page by page (or post) basis
Free
> 14,500
*****
Fluid Video Embeds
Modifies YouTube & Vimeo auto-embeds to full width
Free
> 6500
****
WP-Optimize
Database cleanup and optimization
Free
> 377,000
****
P3 (plugin performance profiler)
Measures impact of plugins on load time; creates profile of performance
Free
> 112,000
****
UberMenu
Responsive; vertical or horizontal, slide/fade, hover, click
$16
> 15,290
*****
Better WP Security
Hides WP vulnerabilities; creates regular back-ups
Free
> 490,000
*****
WordPress Security
Hides some vulnerabilities
Free
> 750,000
****
Security Ninja
Check for vulnerabilities
$10 - $50
> 1600
*****
VaultPress
Daily security scans; backup; auto-restore
$5 - 15 - $40/mo
Akismet
Anti-spam with spam reports
Free - personal Paid - business
> 14,300,000
****
Defensio Anti-Spam
Filters spam, malicious content, profanity. Learns/adapts
Free
>35,950
***1/2
$29 - blog $79 - site
Security & Spam
Plug-In
Comments
Price
# Downloads
Rating
Free
> 11,900
***
BackUp Backuper
Does full c-Panel backup
WordPress Backup to Dropbox
Preschedule date/time and frequency of backup of DB and website files and store on Dropbox
Free + Premium extensions
> 396,000
****
Online Backup for WordPress
Permits encryption of backup files. Can back up to computer via e-mail, as zip file, or offers online storage
Free 100 MB storage
> 231,600
****
Backup Buddy
Backs up to AWS3, e-mail, FTP, Dropbox, etc. Restore and migration features.
$75 - $100 $150
Wp Time Machine
Backs up DB, files, htaccess to any remote storage
Free
> 40,800
****
BackWPup
To use Plugin with full functionality PHP 5.3.3 with mysqli, FTP,gz, bz2, ZipArchive and curl is needed.
Free Pro version
> 612,000
****1/2
W3 Total Cache
Up to 80% bandwidth savings via minify and HTTP compression of HTML, CSS, JavaScript and feeds
Free
> 1,880,000
****½ rated as broken
WP SuperCache
Caches some plugins in addition to pages
Free
> 4,232,000
****
Hyper Cache Extended
Supports mobile; easy to configure
Free
> 29,000
****
Quick Cache
Caches real time snapshots of posts, pages, links, etc
Free
> 409,000
****1/2
Free Pro version
> 80,800
****
Free
> 7,008,600
****
Cache
Image Galleries & Sliders Slide Deck 2/ Slide Deck 2 Lite Responsive
Free version not actively supported. Pro version is, with configurable slider themes - $49 - $99 - $149
NextGen Gallery
Manage & display galleries. Extensions available.
Plug-In
Comments
Price
# Downloads
Rating
Justified Image Grid
Aligns thumbnails in justified grid. Responsive.
$20 - $100
2285
*****
Slider Revolution
Responsive. Transitions. Customizable.
$15 - $75
5553
*****
Global Gallery
Responsive. Four lightboxes. Watermark. Drag-n-drop
$16 - $80
>790
****
JackBox lightbox
Responsive. Retina-ready graphics. Social sharing enabled - individual images can be shared
$16 - $80
> 287
****
Foobox
Responsive. Built-in social sharing. NextGen compatible
Lightbox evolution
Lightbox floats atop web page
$18 - $90
> 2296
*****
Titan Lightbox
Responsive. Supports YouTube, Vimeo, Instagram, etc
$18 - $90
> 103
****
Lightbox Plus Colorbox
Uses WP jQuery gallery to create overlay w/ image title
Free
>792,000
****
WP Smush.It
WP API for Yahoo Smush.It image compression service. Underlying Smush.It service is spotty
Free
> 402,222
****
Broken Link Checker
Configurable. Checks links in posts, pages, comments However, increases size of DB
Free
> 1,646,800
****
WP Link Validator
Real-time analysis without processing from DB
$16 - $80
12
Not rated yet
$27 - $47 - $97
Link Analysis
Comments CommentLuv
Integrates with TwitterLink; e-mails commenters when they get a direct link; increases comments
Free version Pro $67- $97
> 669,000
****
Disqus
Comments are indexable. Privacy concerns. Pulls Gravatar based on e-mail address. Overrides Akismet, other plugins. Comments stored on Disqus servers
Free
> 987,000
****
Plug-In
Comments
Price
# Downloads
Rating
Livefyre Comments 3
Integrates comments from Twitter & FB into comment stream on WP; can embed from Flickr, Instagram, YouTube, etc. Moderation not possible from WP admin
Free
> 65,000
****
WebPurify Profanity filter
Filters profanity from comments, replaces with **s
Free
> 2700
****
Thank Me Later
Sends thank you e-mail to commenters
Free
> 86,000
*****
Redirection
Manages redirects and tracks 404’s
Free
> 1,229,000
****
MapsMarker
Supports GoogleMaps, BingMaps, OpenStreetMaps, etc Customizable marker shapes, colors
Free
>79,500
*****
ClickDesk Live Chat
Embeds live chat button. Integrates live chat, voice chat to GoogleTalk or Skype
Free Pro version
> 69,400
****
Membership
Flexible membership options; paid membership
$19 - $39.50
> 45,700
****1/2
Get Me Cooking
Consistent format; printable recipes; supports microdata
Free or Pro
> 14,470
*****
Jetpack by WordPress
Multifunction plugin - has pros & cons
Free
> 4,770,500
****
Miscellaneous
Twitter plugins: http://www.1stwebdesigner.com/wordpress/31-useful-twitter-plugins-for-wordpress-to-choose-from/ http://www.tripwiremagazine.com/2012/08/wordpress-twitter-widget.html Review of SNAP: http://wpnuggets.com/wp-plugin-review/social-networks-auto-poster/ Video - Configuring TinyMCE Advanced http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAr9mBtUYRk Ultimate TinyMCE Demo http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-tinymce/ WPML Review http://wpnuggets.com/wp-plugin-review/wpml/ Review of Disqus http://www.writingwhitepapers.com/blog/2009/07/11/should-you-use-disqus-comment-system-maybe/ Review of Livefyre http://www.wpbeginner.com/opinion/reasons-why-we-switched-away-livefyre/ Alternatives to Smush.IT http://jasoncosper.com/smush-it-alternatives-for-wordpress/ Alternative to plugin link checker Mac: http://peacockmedia.co.uk/integrity/ PC http://xenus-link-sleuth.en.softonic.com/
