I have an personal, opinionated list of essential plugins that should be installed in every new WordPress instance for various purposes, a few of which are: security
maintenance
performance
search engine optimisation (SEO)
legal compliance So, without further ado here's my list of essential WordPress plugins: Advanced Automatic Updates Akismet Anti-Spam All In One SEO Pack Autoptimize BackWPup EU Cookie Law Google Authenticator Google XML Sitemaps Leverage Browser Caching Limit Login Attempts Social Media Auto Publish Wordfence Security WP Super Cache
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