Best WP Plugins 2013

While talking about or looking for plugins, you should remember -

1> that plugins should be used only when you really need them
2> don't use tons of plugins unnecessarily
3> get the help of a web developer to avoid the use of multiple plugins
4> many SEO plugins are out of date, in the wake of the latest search industry developments or updates
5> the more plugins you use, the higher the risk of getting your site hacked

Therefore, I highly recommend you choose WP plugins really carefully. Before starting to use a specific plugin, don't forget to get some feedback from friends or colleagues who are using those plugins already.

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I am a bit surprised to see that few security plugins.

Here is mine:

For security
- WP BulletProof Security (just add a custom htaccess configuration to enable explorer caching and gzip thanks to this plugin)
- WP Better Security
- Limit Login Attempts
- Backup Creator

For SEO
- Yoast
- Easy WP SEO
- WP Social SEO Booster
- WP Optimum

For Marketing:
- Generation
- WP Clicks

Wister_fr said:

I am a bit surprised to see that few security plugins.

Here is mine:

For security
- WP BulletProof Security (just add a custom htaccess configuration to enable explorer caching and gzip thanks to this plugin)
- WP Better Security
- Limit Login Attempts
- Backup Creator

For SEO
- Yoast
- Easy WP SEO
- WP Social SEO Booster
- WP Optimum

For Marketing:
- Generation
- WP Clicks

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Thanks for the security plugins! I was just looking for some after I found out that WordPress is quite vulnerable to attacks.

You are welcome

Carreful backup your site before installing those plugins (WP Better Security can make your site crash during the installation if you use quick configuration option).

About W3 Total Cache

tpaolo said:

whaaaaaat? can you explain it better pls?

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I reckon it is now patched (and if you used a salt in your WP config the exploit won't work on your sites).

In case this is not: just add a .htaccess file with "deny from all" in W3 Total cache directories.

Thanks Nice thread.

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@aspe: You should use BulletProof (even better in pro version because it will tell you the errors in your server and apache configuration and how to solve them), Better WP security and Limit Login Attempts (very usefull those last days because of the massive worldwide bruteforce attack). There is no incompatibility between those plugins.

You should also read this great post of g0g0l: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...log-hackproof-complete-guide.html#post4821645

Wister_fr said:

@aspe: You should use BulletProof (even better in pro version because it will tell you the errors in your server and apache configuration and how to solve them), Better WP security and Limit Login Attempts (very usefull those last days because of the massive worldwide bruteforce attack). There is no incompatibility between those plugins.

You should also read this great post of g0g0l: http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...log-hackproof-complete-guide.html#post4821645

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Alright, thank you very much for the useful advice!

WP SEO Yoast is great!

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For speed - I am using WP Super Cache.

I tried W3 cache - no improvement - may be caused by my other plugins.
I tried Cloudflare - no change in speed at all.
I also tried using my host's built in caching system (netfirms) and it did provide a bit of improvement.

I highly recommend that you add a tiny bit of code to your footer to see the actual load time of your pages

<?php echo get_num_queries(); ?> queries in <?php timer_stop(1); ?> seconds.

Manually add that to the very bottom of footer.php and it will tell you how long it is taking your pages to load.

Note: if you are using a caching plugin, the time displayed is the time it took the plugin to create the page, not how long it took to load on your browser.

Known conflicts: I am using woocommerce for my store and it was blocking all of the caching programs and plugins including W3 and WPSuperCache. In order to use a caching plugin with woocommerce, use woocommerce version 2.0 rather than the latest version 2.0.10.

As soon as I deleted the latest version and installed woocommerce 2.0 (found in the developers tab) the caching programs started working again. Also noted by previous posters, WP Better Security conflicts with WP SuperCache as well.

WPSuperCache settings that seem to work for me - using PHP mode, compress pages, coarse file locking and late_init all checked.

The difference in page load times is significant - went from a load time of 2.5 to 3 seconds to less than .5 seconds.

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