New site, which plugins are actually essential
You only need to cover a handful of categories. More is usually noise.
support/web-en-cms/must-have-plugins-stacksteps: 4
Try this first
- SEO: one of Yoast, Rank Math or SEOPress
- Caching: one of WP Rocket, W3 Total Cache or LiteSpeed Cache (match your host)
- Backup: UpdraftPlus or via your host
- Security: Wordfence or Solid Security plus a 2FA plugin
When to bring us in
Adding WooCommerce or memberships, ask a dev to pick a tuned stack.
See also
- WordPress, plugins and theme have gone 6+ months without updatesOut-of-date WP is the number-one entry for malware. Don't just hit 'update all', back up first.
- Theme update broke the layout or threw a fatal errorThemes overwrite custom CSS on update unless you use a child theme.
- WordPress shows a blank screen after a plugin install or updateWSOD (white screen of death) is usually one crashing plugin. You isolate it.
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