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WordPress plugins that belong on your website in 2022
Do you want to build a WordPress website? That’s an excellent choice. According to W3Techs, 42 percent of all websites in the world run on this Content Management System.
The popularity of WordPress is largely due to its open community of developers, who provide users with plugins. These are tools that improve the functionality of a website.
By installing the right plugins, you can optimize your WordPress website. In total, there are over 50,000 plugins available.
We’ve compiled a list of plugins we consider essential for your website!
Advanced Custom Fields PRO
With Advanced Custom Fields, you can add extra information (metadata) to a page, giving your site more value. This plugin is highly suitable for creating these fields. The PRO version offers even more possibilities. If you’re building a WordPress website, make sure your developers use this plugin.
Cost: From €49/year
Complianz | GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent
Website owners are required to inform their visitors about the use of cookies and their privacy policy. Complianz makes it easy to generate a notice displayed to visitors when they access your site. This notice can be targeted globally or tailored to specific regions and their applicable regulations.
Cost: From €49/year
Yoast SEO
This plugin, developed in the Netherlands, helps improve your SEO. It provides advice on the readability of your blog posts and whether you’ve optimally used the most important keywords. You can also easily create meta descriptions for search engines.
Cost: Basic = Free / Pro = €99/year
Wordfence Security
To ensure your website isn’t hacked, you need a WordPress security plugin like Wordfence. It protects against unwanted intrusions and large-scale attacks and inspects for malware. The plugin also identifies potential vulnerabilities in your WordPress setup and adjusts the firewall as needed to safeguard your site.
Cost: Basic = Free / Premium = from €99/year
Ninja Forms
Ninja Forms allows you to create forms easily. With a drag-and-drop interface, you can add as many fields as you like. Even beginners can handle the plugin effortlessly. It also provides various ready-made templates.
Cost: From €49/year
WP Smush PRO Image Compression
If your site has many large images, it can affect the loading speed of your web pages. Google dislikes slow websites and ranks them lower in search results. Smush Image Compression reduces the size of all images, improving loading speed.
Cost: From €60/year
WP Super Cache
WP Super Cache converts dynamic web pages into static HTML pages, making your website significantly faster. It prevents the need to fetch data from the database with every visit. WP Super Cache is more complex but also more versatile than other cache plugins, such as WP Fastest Cache.
Cost: Free
WP Mail SMTP Pro
Contact forms are usually sent using WordPress’s PHP mail function, which is often blocked or marked as spam. Using WP Mail SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) ensures your emails are delivered to the intended recipient.
Cost: From €49/year
InfiniteWP Client
InfiniteWP is especially useful if you manage multiple websites. This plugin gives you a quick overview of which websites require updates for WordPress plugins or themes. It also allows you to create backups.
Cost: From €150/year
WPML Multilingual CMS
Do you have customers not only in Belgium but also in France and Spain? The WPML plugin is a handy tool for offering your website in multiple languages.
Cost: From €99/year
Redirection
Changing the URL of a web page can have unpleasant consequences. Visitors may land on a 404 page saying the original page no longer exists. The Redirection plugin helps you prevent this by easily redirecting old URLs to new web addresses.
Cost: Free
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