18 Best Free WordPress Plugins For Your Website - Ones I Use NOT Some Cheesy List

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18 Best Free WordPress Plugins For Your Website - Ones I Use NOT Some Cheesy List

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WPCrafter.com WordPress For Non-Techies

5 жыл бұрын

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@Fitzach12 5 жыл бұрын

How in God's name is there 3 (at time of commenting) thumbs down? The effort this man put in to bring free content to help us all is endless. As always, thanks Adam

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the backup! Yea I attract trolls because I have opinions.

@tessaohfashion 4 жыл бұрын

They could be dyslexic or they accidentally hit the dislike. That's the only plausible reason! Thank you for sharing your expertise!

@SorakaOTP462 3 жыл бұрын

He is getting dislikes because technically this content isn't "free", he's making money out of this as you can see he even puts ads on his youtube videos. "Who cares, his content is still free" you might ask, well still not really since you potentially giving your money away to an ad on his video thus losing your money. Anyway the point is he's not doing this for charity or out of good will.

@dennymcevoy 3 жыл бұрын

Possibly competitors being jealous of this great channel.

@WalterZelhofer 3 жыл бұрын

@@SorakaOTP462 what's wrong with putting food on the table? You speak as if making money while helping others is a bad thing, when in fact that's keeps economies going.

@Muhammad.Hussain.Vlogger 4 жыл бұрын

1. Elementor Page Builder 01:07 2. Gutenberg Blocks : Altimate Adons for Gutenbarg 01:40 3. WP Forms 02:59 or Caldera Form 04:28 4. WP Mail SMTP by WPForms 04:43 5. WordFence 05:27 or iThemeSecurity 05:50 6. SEO by Yoast 06:10 or Rank Math 06:48 7. Updraft Plus 08:53 8. Imagify Image Optimizer 10:17 Robin Image Optimizer 11:51 9. WP Fastest Cache 13:24 WP Rocket 14:38 10. Autoptimize 14:48 PerfMaters 15:18 11. WooCommerce CartFlows 16:35 Kadence 17:26 12. Code Snippet 18:07 13. AntiSpam Bee 18:54 14. Upgrades Easy Theme and Plugin 19:43

@emersoncreative4586 5 жыл бұрын

I've been following Adam for quite some time. I love how he goes back and revisits topics over time. What an amazingly valuable resource we have. THANKS AP !!!!

@VerdiHeinz 5 жыл бұрын

So happy to see our plugin (Code Snippets) in you list. Can't wait to show you v3.0 free and pro!

@jodorgu8640 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this plugin. Been using it forever.

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Our? That is yours Verdi? Or you have a fork / improvement coming? I would page for a code snippet library. I mean really, isin't that all that many plugins are, code snippets.

@carolinecarolan4048 4 жыл бұрын

The most useful plugin youtube video I have seen Adam, so well done and thanks for the recommendations!

@greghyatt1601 5 жыл бұрын

Adam, another smash hit of a video! I’m going to be taking a dive into the SEO plugin you brought to light that isn’t Yoast! I’m excited to see how they perform! Super stoked to find out more about the new block for EP blocks for Gutenberg!

@montgomerydoug 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent video Adam...If I could suggest 1 thing when you're doing "Top10" type videos... Many of the plugins we will know about...others we won't...if you put time-stamp links in your description to jump to the ones people don't know about..it would make watching videos more efficient and valuable. Thanks for all you do.

@fatherfinger 5 жыл бұрын

YOU DO IT!

@montgomerydoug 5 жыл бұрын

@@fatherfinger Not even sure how to reply to that one...Go ahead... Explain...

@fatherfinger 5 жыл бұрын

@@montgomerydoug this bald guy doesn't work for you! THE NERVE! IT WAS YOUR PETITION, LAZY ASS! YOU DO IT! TAKE YOUR TIME AND DO IT!

@paulg2337 5 жыл бұрын

Very great information again as usual Adam. When Rank Math is ready to go with their upgraded version, please make a video. I currently use SEOpress and haven't had any issues requiring support. However, I'm always looking to use the best tool. Thanks for all you do for the Wordpress community and beyond.

@kurleykath. 3 жыл бұрын

"I find the limits a little too LIMITINNNG" hahaha loved that Awesome content, as always. Thank you!!!

@Amber-pl6xv 5 жыл бұрын

Great job of explaining the plugins. My favorite plugin is yoast seo :) Thank you so much for the info!

@grammarshouse4850 5 жыл бұрын

Loved it !!! so much info!!!! My website is running so smoothly now. Thank you !

@hannujaatinen 5 жыл бұрын

Great list! I would definitely add WP Rollback to this list. Downgrading a plugin (and finding previous versions) is not easy, but WP Rollback makes it super easy.

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

That is a really good one and something that should be natively integrated into WordPress if you ask me.

@hannujaatinen 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, finding previous versions is a major pain

@just_jimmy 4 жыл бұрын

17:06 make more money, with the traffic that it already has. Such a great and honest sentence. Correct usage of words. Thanks for all the resources.

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jimmy.

@praneethkumar1188 3 жыл бұрын

1. Elementor. 2. Gutenberg blocks. 3. WP forms. 4. Caldera forms. 5. Smdp forms. 6. Word fence. 7. Rank math. 8. Updraft. 9. Smush. 10. Cache. 11. Asset cleanup. 12. 13. 14. 15.

@mukeshbisht7103 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this helpful & wonderful video. I really appreciate your hard work. One of my favorite plugin is SearchIQ. I like the analytics part, it allows to see which queries are the most searched and get the most clicks. We can also highlight the search term, can assign color, autocomplete, facet and more great features. That’s a great user experience and something that could turn those visitors into regular visitors.

@fernandatv 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, what about a brokenlink checker and a dofollow/nofollow links? Do you use these? What do you suggest?

@CorneliusBenton 5 жыл бұрын

I use Imagify with WP Rocket. The owner of Imagify. Great Video!

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Same combo that I am using and it's working our fantastic.

@johnbauer7360 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your list, Adam, really helpful, please add/make image editing tools to your list.

@YourGuitarGuide 5 жыл бұрын

Like all of your video's very informative and I love your honesty. 👍

@LABOROFLOVETV 5 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! Brilliant! Still waiting on that Cloudways video you promised. Your personal step by step set up. I know you got another classic in you. :) Very Best Regards, Long time Fan

@PaulPhillipsUK 5 жыл бұрын

Very clear as usual but what about AMP compatibility for all these plugins? Could you please do a new AMP video with everything that's happening in AMP? You're very right about companies with a business model

@AliBellinchouse 5 жыл бұрын

What free plugins are you all using for CDN, code shrinking, speed measurement and update management? Thanks for the video Adam. This is a super useful one. See so many "Best wordpress plugin" posts and this is way more useful than they seem to be.

@dougwintersbks 4 жыл бұрын

Your tutorial style(and diction) is brilliant. Can I use the BLOG section of my website to index my podcast? Thanks so much. Any thoughts from the community?

@scotimages 4 жыл бұрын

What an incredible list you have provided! Many Thanks

@successwithjays 4 жыл бұрын

Hey Adam, great video. I'm just starting a free wordpress site. Can you tell me if it's just better for me to get my own hosting and domain another words a paid wordpress site? If so do you have a video for this topic? Thanks. 👍

@garygleeson247 5 жыл бұрын

Great video, I have heard of most of these and use some of these already and will check out the others. Thks

@CreationCove 5 жыл бұрын

Which one would you suggest? SEO Press or Rank Math?

@albertchung7641 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this list!

@iancampbell4582 5 жыл бұрын

You are missing MAINWP for site utilities....fantastic...saves hours each day.

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Yes that’s a great one. I have a full tutorial on it.

@DraXkor 5 жыл бұрын

How does it compare to WPManage?

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

@@DraXkor Never heard of that one.

@DraXkor 5 жыл бұрын

@WPCrafter.com Oh, I wanted to say ManageWP, sorry. It’s pretty common as far as I know - especially since they got bought by GoDaddy

@montgomerydoug 5 жыл бұрын

@@DraXkor ManageWP is pretty good but has it's challenges...I expect more now the Nodaddy bought them. Looking for an alternative.

@MatthewFurman 4 жыл бұрын

Great video Adam you’re amazing

@abdelonem 4 жыл бұрын

Great tutorials Adam.

@lhotse54321 5 жыл бұрын

great and useful video Adam 👍 i just like to suggest to have two different backup plugins for more security, and i use BackWPup in addition to Updraft. very solid, with free version, and you can send your backups to dropbox for free.

@shifa7474 3 жыл бұрын

Sir i face a problem showing my wordpress website i have link my database for customers to read their bill history to search from reference number but when customers goes to search bill showing in browser content blocked how will solve it

@boricua21ny 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent plugin review. Thank you Adam.

@winwinis3483 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Adam - Great video. I have heard of most of them but not tried some of them. Excellent to see them in your recommendation. looking for new form as Caldera is getting a lot of spam and no coms from developer - will check tem all out them. thanks again

@kingconsultinggroup281 5 жыл бұрын

For performance I really like Litespeed Cache. Autoptimize was great for a while until it conflicted with other plugins and caused an issue. LS Cache has been awesome from day one. Just my two cents.

@Lulu-kt6gr 4 жыл бұрын

Do you have any suggestions for a recipe formatting plug-in for food bloggers?

@caveman6685 5 жыл бұрын

Can you do a full tutorial video on how to edit your site offline without bringing it down? Then I could upload the changes after I have maintained it. Sometimes I made bigger changes to my sites and all I knew was bringing them down.

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Yea I think I should make that today because the question keeps coming up.

@nic8671 4 жыл бұрын

@WPCrafter - Do the image optimizers work when others upload their images or only only for my uploads? Thanks

@viktorbublic 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this. Great, no-nonsense list of plugins. Made me reconsider my choice of plugins. Btw, what's your oppinion on Ninja forms? I glanced at your channel but haven't seen you mention it.

@jamilbosrichannel 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much Adam.

@GigaBuzzStore 5 жыл бұрын

Just switched one of my websites from wf to ithemes security and my first impression bingo.. Need some more time for testing it. Tanks for the video ☕️☕️☕️

@PROHadFX 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Adam, there is currently an LTD for Astra Security right now. Wanted to see what your input is. Should I just stick with iTheme Security (free version) or get this deal?

@ThomasLoyd 5 жыл бұрын

Very timely video and thank you very much!

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Your welcome Thomas!

@michaelhofby 5 жыл бұрын

Adam cant you make a tutorial on dynamic website building? Create like a real estate listing website or something like that. Could be fun to see. Also i feel that dynamic content, with custom fields etc. is becoming the new thing..

@michaelhofby 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video btw :)!

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

I do have 2 videos on that. One I am using PODS and the other I am using Toolset.

@michaelhofby 5 жыл бұрын

Btw. Autooptimize caches too right..? I thought about that when you said some do one thing some do both :D

@michaelhofby 5 жыл бұрын

@@WPCrafter Okay can you make one with ACF and custom post UI perhaps , perhaps with front-end user content posting too .

@Mcpconsultancies 5 жыл бұрын

SEO Pressor plugin you should look it up

@caveman6685 5 жыл бұрын

I have not gone through your list of videos but my big big big issue is SEO. My sites are decently built and look OK, but nobody could find them. I did extremely poorly in SEO and frankly I don't know how to find the right keywords and SEO is a huge mystery to me. I hope you could direct me to some good hopefully free tools on keywords and do more teaching on SEO's. I find this area must be the killer factor that my sites have extremely low visitors.

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Sure I have several SEO videos on my channel. Just visit my channel page kzfaq.info and search for SEO

@thebibleproof 5 жыл бұрын

Great suggestions. I am using your free Cartflows ;)

@yangnaifen 5 жыл бұрын

Hi WP Crafter, Firstly I want to thank you so much for your videos, they have been amazingly helpful, so clear and easy for a non tech person such as myself to start getting my head around WP sites. I have a question or suggestion for a video, my problem is I run a recruiting site with WP Job Manager and when someone wants to buy a job ad on our site the system is not very intuitive and doesn’t look very beautiful so we lose a lot of sales, do you have any videos that show how to edit the appearance of WP Job Manager or similar and integrate a sales funnel into it?, if not thought I would let you know as it may be a good video topic for many of us? Best wishes and keep up the amazing work,

@dating-reality 4 жыл бұрын

Hello, I am very impressed with your videos but I need your help to find a plugin that I can use for decimal qualities for e-commerce shop so that any buyer can input values like 0.50kg to 2kg of products

@sportstv3929 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video was helpful

@andrewwallo6813 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam! I was wondering if you could do reviews on WPEverest form builder, WP User Frontend Pro, and also Youzer Addon for BuddyPress?

@Pikopika10191 4 жыл бұрын

Guys am new to woocommerce, is plug-in for WordPress works with woocommerce too, am very confused?

@XoliMaleko 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Adm, thank you for the amazing videos. Quick question, what software do you use for Screencasting?

@ALIIKRAM1990 5 жыл бұрын

Yes good question i would also like to know the answer if he feels comfortable .. but i hope he will not expose it .. 🤞

@hameedferozvlog5600 3 жыл бұрын

Adam predicted it in Apl 2019.. Now Rank math is a hot topic and most people are choosing it over Yoast plugin.

@godofthebible 4 жыл бұрын

Adam, if you're using Elementor, what use do you have for Gutenberg blocks? Can they be used at the same time? When would you use Gutenberg vs. Elementor? Thank you!

@EricaDyson 5 жыл бұрын

A great summary and very useful indeed.

@UniversalDesignz 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam it would be interesting to see a comparison of SEOpress vs rank math

@PermacultureHaven 5 жыл бұрын

Thx a lot! Very helpful! Cheers from Australia!

@ahmedd.masoud6809 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Adam. What about an updated version of this video ?? 2020 version. Or even call it 2021 version. 😎👍

@MDC885 5 жыл бұрын

What do you think about the Assets Clean Up plug in?

@flywithartse 5 жыл бұрын

I'm using wpvivid for free backup plugin.. I m not sure how good it is but work fine for me :)

@HP-vt7pt 5 жыл бұрын

Such an informative video as a usual :) RankMath! wanna see the review too. Also, what do you think about WP Hide & Security Enhancer plugin?

@sakhiullahfazal2387 5 жыл бұрын

You are doing a great work, keep it up

@dawoodrehman3943 4 жыл бұрын

Great energy, Great tutorials

@user-vi2ig2cp8q 5 жыл бұрын

This video really helped me! Thank you!

@kathydoyle3588 5 жыл бұрын

Code Snippets plugin!! Wow thanks for the share- this is great!

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Yea thats a great one.

@jakastrojansek5983 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. Can you please tell me what kind of recorder and editor do you use?

@xaviernegrete7920 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice video, I was wondering if you could use elementor to customize product pages that you have already created? Also, you recommend Rank Math or Yoast for a beginner at free version?

@s3xiibiishliyah 5 жыл бұрын

hey Adam, what do you think of sg optimizer? thank you for your videos it is helping me build out the website i want and make sure its safe and runs good.

@thekartikahuja 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video Adam! My malcare & blogvault limit is up, i am finding new security and backup plugin. Ithemes Security and Updrafts is what I have seen you mention multiple times - what would you suggest to an agency - paid or free version of both of them?

@bikassolanki8105 3 жыл бұрын

Please make videos on plugins at the level of coding. Explain how our data & stuff gets hacked due to plugins.

@jodorgu8640 5 жыл бұрын

Great video Adam 👍

@jooliver2996 5 жыл бұрын

Great Job on that video by the way - very informative

@paritoshpandya2598 4 жыл бұрын

Which are the best plugins for 2020 ? Specially for Divi .

@VishalKumar-yt6me 5 жыл бұрын

Sir can i add employee portal in my wordpress website? Please help

@BloggingGuideBangla 4 жыл бұрын

Sir, please suggest me a safe wordpress backup plugin .... Which plugin you are using for backing up ur site... ?

@jasonlouis9140 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Adam, I hope you're doing great. Can you suggest what are the best plugins for WordPress to create a multi vendor e-commerce website ? Plugins that can allow vendors to manage their accounts on front end.

@DigitalAbdul 5 жыл бұрын

I’m waiting for your click funnel Wordpress alternative video, would it be released, if so when? Because you said it would be released tonight 4 days back and still that night has not arrived...

@dannysmith112 4 жыл бұрын

does anyone know...: would i have to install ithemes security on each subdomain also, or is it enough on the main domain?

@juancarloslopez4516 5 жыл бұрын

Hi, by any change do you know how add an image zoom?. Thanks

@enricomingiacchi202 5 жыл бұрын

thanks Adam, useful as usual. 👍

@aymanbakir 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much you are awesome! please make us a video about paid plugins they use useful and worth the money in the same categories or any other category. thank you in advance.

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

Oh that would be a good follow up to this one. Thanks for the idea.

@aymanbakir 5 жыл бұрын

WPCrafter.com WordPress For Non-Techies thank you Adam... looking forward for it

@markot2907 5 жыл бұрын

Hello, can you cover any multivendor plugins for woo commerce? Thank you.

@CarlStreet 5 жыл бұрын

Nicely done -- thank you

@thetechguy9397 4 жыл бұрын

Great Video ! Btw just need some help ! I’m looking for a plugin which will broadcast a email to all my previous clients who have purchased from my website , for example I list new stock my website every Friday 8.30pm I need some Plugin which will automatically email my clients and let them know new stock has arrived , any suggestions on which plugin will work ?

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Your email marketing service will offer scheduled emails like that. You can also try www.wpcrafter.com/mailpoet

@intentionalcannabis 3 жыл бұрын

What is best for a rewards program?

@WorkWithJuan 4 жыл бұрын

Hi, Adam big fan and subscriber. Do you know, recommend or have a tutorial on how to hide pricing in woocommerce? Thanks for all the hard work!

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

Some themes have this as an option, for example the Kadence Theme www.wpcrafter.com/kadence The only other option would be to do it with CSS code.

@WorkWithJuan 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your reply. I didn't ask the question properly. I want to hide the price until the customer has logged in / made an account. Then it will show the price. I will look into the Kadence theme and also keep an eye out on the newest video. Thanks again!

@WPCrafter 4 жыл бұрын

@@WorkWithJuan Ahh, that is different indeed. There must be a CSS code for that, but I don't know off the top of my head.

@agdigital8784 4 жыл бұрын

YOU R THE BEST!!!

@Luxxen101 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome list!

@dcsco 5 жыл бұрын

What about JetPack? It handles backups and security, and came preinstalled by my host, but I don't see it mentioned here at all.

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

If your host is providing a paid license for free, you might as well keep it. However if you are using the free version, there's much better options out there and Jetpack tends to slow your website down.

@dcsco 5 жыл бұрын

@@WPCrafter Thanks! Yes, my host only gives the free Jetpack version, so I will look for some better options, as you suggested.

@Drummer55 5 жыл бұрын

Dude, That was great!

@tandemskydiving 5 жыл бұрын

WP SMTP will it work with Elementor Pros Forms? I am getting this issue with emails going to spam.

@hiteshnotwani6050 4 жыл бұрын

best plugin for travel agency theme

@griffithjoe1 5 жыл бұрын

just curious, if you optimize your own images before putting them on your website, lets say, keeping all of your images below, at most, about 300 kb, should you still use "optimizing" plug-ins?

@WPCrafter 5 жыл бұрын

It depends on how you initially optimize it. What I have found is even if I exported optimize, there still more optimizations that can be done.

@gregistopal 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah because optimizers can also generate the WebP files that supported browsers will be served and it makes your site faster

@Financeori 4 жыл бұрын

amazing video

@mvs6380 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome recommendations as always. I think HappyForms should be on this list too. I recently started using it and been happy with it. Have you tried that out yet?