Top 5 Must-have Plugins For WordPress

Jetpack

Jetpack is packed with features and is indeed a must have for your business website. It offers analytics about your website traffic, security features, makes website management easy and even helps improve the performance of your website. Now, that’s what you call an all-in-one plugin.

Yoast SEO

There are several SEO plugins available on WordPress, but Yoast is the best of them all. It offers complete control. You can manage meta descriptions, page titles for every page and blog post on your site. When it comes to SEO for your WordPress website, Yoast is the best. 

UpdraftPlus

UpdraftPlus is a plugin that helps with backups of your website. Imagine, what can happen if your website is hacked or the server crashes. If you do not have a back-up, your website will disappear forever. You will lose a lot – clients, sales, your efforts of years. You will have to work from scratch.  UpdraftPlus is the highest ranked plugin for website backup. You can set up recurring backups and even have them stored in Dropbox, FTP and many other sources.

Wordfence Security

You must keep your WordPress website secure at all times to ensure it performs to its potential at all times. Wordfence Security helps keep your website secure from malware and viruses. On the first install, it will scan your website for virus and malicious code, and thereafter it will carry out a wide range of operations to keep your site secure. It also keeps away known attackers and prevents unauthorised access.

WP Super Cache

The plugin generates static HTML files from dynamic WordPress blogs. Once this is done, your server will present this file instead of the heavier PHP scripts. This helps create a website that’s superfast.

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