Plugins
We use wordpress everyday and use wordpress for many different clients, projects, and more. We’ve see a lot of great plugins to help add some great functionality or design to wordpress. So we compile here a list of our favorite plugins. We’ve sorted them by category so you can quickly find what you are looking for and add it to your blog. We are always finding new and better plugins so check back often to see updates. Enjoy!
Advertising
- WP125
Easy management of 125×125 ads on your blog. Ads can be run for a specified number of days, and will automatically be taken down. Track clicks too.
Appearance
- Admin Help
Admin help menu creates an admin help menu where you can post html to provide help to your clients. - Content Aware Sidebars
Manage an infinite number of sidebars. Make your WordPress site even more dynamic and boost SEO by controlling what content the sidebars should be displayed with. Creating flexible, dynamic sidebars has never been easier, and no code is needed at all as e - TinyMCE Advanced
Enables the advanced features of TinyMCE, the WordPress WYSIWYG editor. - White Label CMS
Allows customization of dashboard and logos, removal of menus, giving editors access to widgets and menus plus lots more.
Backup
- BackupBuddy (Paid)
By far the best backup plugin for wordpress. BackupBuddy is the only complete solution for WordPress backups. Backup, Restore, Migrate.
Calendar
- All-in-One Event Calendar
By far the best Calendar plugin for Wordpress. An event calendar system with month and agenda views, upcoming events widget, color-coded categories, recurrence, and import/export of .ics feeds.
Coming Soon Plugins
- Custom Coming Soon Page
This plugin shows a ‘Custom Coming Soon’ page to all users who are not logged in and the Administrators see the fully functional website. - underConstruction
Creates a ‘Coming Soon’ page that will show for all users who are not logged in (More simple than the other option)
eCommerce
- Cart66 Lite
Sell digital products and/or physical products with the Cart66 WordPress ecommerce shopping cart plugin. - Jigoshop – WordPress eCommerce
A feature packed eCommerce plugin built upon WordPress core functionality ensuring excellent performance and customisability. - WooCommerce
Transform your WordPress website into a thorough-bred online eCommerce store. Delivering enterprise-level quality & features whilst backed by a name you can trust. Say hello to WooCommerce.
Forms
- Gravity Forms (Paid)
By far the best contact form creator for Wordpress. Contact Forms for WordPress Just Don’t Get Any Easier than Gravity Forms
Links
- WP Render Blogroll Links
Create a links page with a simple shortcode / tag. No additional templates needed.
Manage Users
- Capability Manager
The Capability Manager plugin provides a simple way to manage role capabilities. Using it, you will be able to change the capabilities of any role, add new roles, copy existing roles into new ones, and add new capabilities to existing roles. You can also - Menu Editor
Admin Menu Editor lets you manually edit the Dashboard menu. You can reorder the menus, show/hide specific items, change access rights, and more.
Maps
- Google Maps Shortcode
This plugin allows you to add a google map into your post/page using shortcodes. You can see examples by going here: http://gis.yohman.com/gmaps-plugin/ - SimpleMap Store Locator
SimpleMap is a powerful and easy-to-use international store locator plugin. Though you can use it for much more things than just a store locator.
Photos
- NextGEN Gallery
NextGEN Gallery is a full integrated Image Gallery plugin for WordPress with dozens of options and features.
SEO
- All in One SEO Pack
Automatically optimizes your WordPress blog for Search Engines (Search Engine Optimization).
Shortcode
- Google Maps Shortcode
This plugin allows you to add a google map into your post/page using shortcodes. You can see examples by going here: http://gis.yohman.com/gmaps-plugin/ - Hana Code Insert
Easily insert any complicated HTML and JAVASCRIPT code or even custom PHP output in your WordPress article. Useful for adding AdSense and Paypal donation code in the middle of the WP article. You can manage multiple code entries. - Jetpack by WordPress.com
Supercharge your WordPress site with powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users. - Shortcodes Pro
Shortcodes Pro allows quick and easy creation of WordPress shortcodes and TinyMCE rich editor buttons from the comfort of the WordPress interface. Works Great. You just enter [do action="your_custom_shortcode"]
Social Networking
- Jetpack by WordPress.com
Supercharge your WordPress site with powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users. - Social Media Widget
Adds links to all of your social media and sharing site profiles. Icons come in 3 sizes, 4 icon styles, and 4 animations. - Twitter Tools
Twitter Tools is a plugin that creates a complete integration between your WordPress blog and your Twitter account.
Stats
- Jetpack by WordPress.com
Supercharge your WordPress site with powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users.
Video
- Jetpack by WordPress.com
Supercharge your WordPress site with powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users. - TubePress
Displays gorgeous YouTube and Vimeo galleries in your posts, pages, and/or sidebar. Please visit http://tubepress.org for more info!
Weather
- Weather and Weather Forecast Widget
Get the most beautiful weather info on your WordPress site using Weather Underground or Worldweatheronline!
Do you know of some great plugins that you don’t see listed on our list? Post it below in the comments.
