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Wordpress: Which plugins do you use?

Hello, fellow WordPress bloggers! I've been using WP for over 4 years now and I just realized I've been using (mostly) the same plugins all this time.

So, I wanted to ask you which plugins do you use? Any favorites? And, do you have any plugins that you've had a really bad experience and do NOT recommend at all?

I've always tried to keep it minimal with plugins. But on some forums, I read that there are bloggers who use 30+ plugins. (and I'm shocked) How many plugins do you have in total?

My current plugins

  • Yoast SEO: Amazed by how much they offer! (I set it up a few days ago, so I don't have any visible results yet)
  • I recommend this: Simple heart button at the end of blog posts. Such a tiny thing, but keeps me motivated.
  • Jetpack: Downloaded this when I first moved to WP, I've been very happy with it but lately I'm a bit skeptical if it's necessary or not (also have some speed concerns as well)
  • Smush it: for image optimization
  • Really Simple SSL
  • Mailchimp for WP (for newsletters. But I didn't like RSS elements. So I'm doing it manually each time)
  • Site Kit by Google (Analytics, Adsense etc.)
  • WP-Optimize (because my hosting is not optimized for WP, I had serious speed problems)
  • LiteSpeed Cache
  • Elementor (I only use it for About & Contact pages)
  • Health Check

Even looking at these, I feel like half of them are unnecessary. I only keep them because I don't have the time nor the knowledge to keep it optimized.

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    I use ConveyThis plugin to convert my WP into English, Spanish, German, French, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Korean and other languages. With its help, my startup GGLOT has received 50% of revenues from foreign countries.

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      That's really interesting. Is it better than WPML?

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        Take a look also at TranslatePress, they have nice UI and it felt quite straight forward and intuitive(compared to WPML) to do translations for my site.

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    The best plugins for WordPress in SEO optimization are rightfully topped by the site, which is designed to help you publish high-quality, search-engine-optimized content. Since the SEO environment is constantly changing, it's essential to have a great plugin on hand to help you stay on top of things. With its unique system, Yoast SEO clearly shows you how your content will interact with search engines. In addition, it evaluates the readability of your text, so not only the search engines will be happy, but the readers too. I would advise you to check out the video WordPress to google sheets, which explains How to Link WordPress to Google Sheets. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpFhWzPxIBk

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    too many. i've been using wordpress for over a decade and i'm just using a few features out of jetpack... that's it. i don't have any of the other ones, but, i've tried all of them.

    keeping things less bloated is important: https://john.do/on-routine-maintenance/

    even yoast is heavy. so, i removed that too.

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    • Elementor Pro
    • Happy Forms
    • If-so (testing)
    • WooCommerce
    • LearnDash
    • MooSend for email
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