The 10 most popular WordPress plugins

WordPress plugins make it easier for you to manage your website and can add new features. Among other things, you can make your blog more secure, protect it from spam or increase its visibility.

Top 10: The most popular plugins for WordPress

To install a plugin, simply search for it using the built-in plugin store or install it manually by uploading the installation file to WordPress or via FTP.

• It has never been easier to create contact forms for your site than with “Contact Form 7”. While beginners can fall back on pre-made templates, professionals can customize and expand the forms independently.

• With the “WordPress SEO by Yoast” plugin, you can optimize your WordPress website for search engines. From breadcrumbs to XML sitemaps, there are numerous options available to you.

• Alternatively, you can use the “All in One SEO Pack”, which provides a clear dashboard, but is a little less well known and therefore tends to be less well documented in forums.

• With the page builder “Elementor” you can create individual layouts for your page without any programming. However, this is at the expense of speed.

• “Akismet” filters all comments for spam entries. To do this, the entries are compared with a huge database.

• The “reCaptcha by BestWebSoft” plugin uses security questions to prevent spam comments from being posted on your site in the first place.

• “Jetpack by WordPress.com” provides you with useful statistics about your website and simplifies the integration of social media tools, among other things.

• “Wordfence” protects your WordPress installation from hackers. The plugin continuously scans for security vulnerabilities, hides information that could be used to prepare an attack, and notifies you of unusual activity.

• With “PublishPress Co-Authors” you can assign more than one author to your posts, manage guest authors without their own WordPress account and display a short biography below the posts.

• If you want to convince your website visitors of a product and regularly arrange consultation appointments, you can automate the process with the interactive calendar from “Appointment Hour Booking”.