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    • Reid Cooper
      Reid Cooper last edited by

      Okay, I know that this is awfully subjective. But what standard plugins do you "always" use for your WordPress sites? There are some that just seem like no brainers and should be standard for most any deployment.

      Here is what I am thinking so far, would like to hear opinions of what other people use, like, whatever.

      • Breeze: by Cloudways. This handles cache, integrates with Varnish, and does minification.
      • CloudFlare: Assuming you have CloudFlare for your site, this integrates the CDN cache.
      • JetPack: Integrates with WordPress stuff.
      • Really Simple SSL: Handles SSL complexities.
      • WordFence: Can be a pain, but provides some protection, monitoring, etc.

      Is there something I should be considered for more speed? Some of these don't make sense?

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        dave_c @Reid Cooper last edited by

        @Reid-Cooper
        Not a recommendation, just what I normally use:
        KeyCDN Cache Enabler + Autoptimize. Or LSCache when using LiteSpeed/OpenLiteSpeed

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        • jmoore
          jmoore last edited by

          Lets see: Akismet anti-spam, broken link checker, disable xml-rpc, mailchimp, revision control, oembed gist, smush, and wordpress popular posts.

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            dave_c @jmoore last edited by

            @jmoore said in Standard Plugins for WordPress Sites:

            disable xml-rpc

            I protect xml-rpc and Admin from brute force attacks with some ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF) custom rules. Basically I instruct CSF/LFD to look for POST requests to xmlrpc.php & wp-login.php in the webserver log and block the source IPs after x failed attempts

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            • jmoore
              jmoore @dave_c last edited by

              @dave_c That works, nice!

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              • wrx7m
                wrx7m last edited by

                I didn't know Cloudflare had a wordpress plug-in.

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                • scottalanmiller
                  scottalanmiller @wrx7m last edited by

                  @wrx7m said in Standard Plugins for WordPress Sites:

                  I didn't know Cloudflare had a wordpress plug-in.

                  They do, it is pretty handy.

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                  • StuartJordan
                    StuartJordan last edited by

                    I use:
                    BackUpWordPress
                    Contact Form 7
                    Elementor
                    Limit Login Atempts
                    Really Simple SSL
                    Wordfence Security
                    Yoast SEO

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                    • gjacobse
                      gjacobse last edited by

                      I really want to put this into place.. but (gasp) people in the club insist on using G-sites... I feel like thermiting my computer.

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                        Baldwin_Cannon last edited by Baldwin_Cannon

                        I try to use as few different plugins as possible because of their impact on the speed of my site. And I do the connection and configuration of the SSL through https://hostovita.pl/ssl/ manually

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                        • scottalanmiller
                          scottalanmiller @Baldwin_Cannon last edited by

                          @Baldwin_Cannon said in Standard Plugins for WordPress Sites:

                          I try to use as few different plugins as possible because of their impact on the speed of my site

                          Same here, keep it as lean as reasonable.

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                          • dbeato
                            dbeato last edited by

                            I use those plugins, I don't need anything more other than some forms plugin or captcha.

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                            • Reid Cooper
                              Reid Cooper last edited by

                              Thanks guys. Seems like not too many people have plugins focused on performance. I'm surprised, seems like those things would be pretty common.

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                              • Obsolesce
                                Obsolesce @Reid Cooper last edited by

                                @Reid-Cooper said in Standard Plugins for WordPress Sites:

                                Thanks guys. Seems like not too many people have plugins focused on performance. I'm surprised, seems like those things would be pretty common.

                                When I go to my WP site, performance seems fine.

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