Pick your plugins carefully – this list will help get started
A curated index of tested and recommended plugins optimized for the theme stack. Includes compatibility guidelines for performance tuning, structural SEO, image processing, and multilanguage support without bloat or script conflicts.
Accessibility Checker
Accessibility Checker helps you spot and fix accessibility issues as you edit, giving clear guidance, so your site becomes easier for all visitors to use and stays aligned with accessibility standards.
Admin Columns
Extends WordPress list views with custom columns, allowing editors to easily sort, filter, and edit content directly from the dashboard overview. Great for featured images and alt texts.
Block Visibility
Gives you fine‑grained control over when blocks appear by using conditions like user roles, dates, screen sizes, and query rules. A clean way to tailor content visibility without extra plugins or custom code.
Blocksy Companion
An extension to the Blocksy theme with tight integration to WooCommerce, MailPoet and PolyLang, a flexible and accessible mega menu, GDPR-friendly local fonts and dark/light mode.
Code Snippets
The Code Snippets plugin for WordPress makes it easy to add, manage, and organise custom PHP code snippets without editing your theme files directly. Very handy during prototyping.
Embed Privacy
Improves GDPR compliance by blocking external embeds such as YouTube, Vimeo, and Spotify until the user actively accepts data sharing via consent. With Embed Privacy, we avoid cookie pop-ups.
EWWW Image Optimizer
Automatically optimises images or PDFs upon upload and in bulk, reducing file sizes and improving loading times. We aim for a page size of less than ½ MB, and effective compression is key.
FluentSMTP
With FluentSMTP, we send emails from WordPress via authorised SMTP connections. This minimises the risk of being considered spam, and we can log the traffic to ensure that all emails arrive.
GenTime
GenTime shows the server‑side page generation time in the WordPress admin bar, giving quick insight into PHP and database performance. A tiny tool for spotting slowdowns during development.
Independent Analytics
GDPR-compliant web analytics without cookies, with real-time statistics, reports, and referral data directly in WordPress. Independent of external services like GA. Matomo is also an option.
Include Mastodon Feed
Displays posts from a Mastodon account or hashtag directly in WordPress using the platform’s API, offering a lightweight, privacy‑friendly way to show federated content
Lightbox for Gallery
This WordPress plugin adds a lightweight Lightbox to Gallery and Image Blocks, automatically loading baguetteBox.js for a modern, dependency-free, and minimalist JavaScript Lightbox experience.
LiteSpeed Cache
Improves WordPress speed and performance by implementing server-side caching for faster loading and lower load. We prioritise JS and CSS files being fetched externally so that they can be cached.
Loco Translate
Enables translation of WordPress themes and plugins directly in the control panel with a built-in editor. Translations can be exported to other websites. We translate all texts, including aria labels.
Plugin Report
Plugin Report generates an exportable overview of all installed plugins, including versions, authors, and update status. A quick way to audit, document, and share our WordPress setup.
Pods
A flexible framework for creating and managing custom post types, fields, and taxonomies through a UI, perfect for building structured, content‑rich WordPress sites without custom database code.
Polylang
Enables you to create and manage multilingual websites by attaching translations to posts, pages, categories, and custom content types. We support all 24 official languages of the European Union.
Real Custom Post Order
Lets you manually reorder posts, pages, and custom post types via drag‑and‑drop, giving you simple, direct control over content order without relying on complex query tweaks.
Simple Custom CSS
The Custom CSS & JS plugin for WordPress allows you to add and manage custom CSS and JavaScript for both the frontend and backend (block editor) without changing theme or plugin files.
SimpleTOC
Generates a clean, lightweight table of contents block from your headings automatically, offering a no‑frills way to improve navigation without extra configuration or bulky styling.
The Icon Block
Adds a simple Gutenberg block for inserting crisp SVG icons from several bundled sets, giving you lightweight, scalable visuals without relying on external icon libraries or custom markup.
The SEO Framework
Provides automated, lightweight SEO meta generation with smart defaults, schema support, and clean UI controls, helping you optimise pages efficiently without ads, clutter, or intrusive upsells.
UpdraftPlus
UpdraftPlus creates scheduled backups of files and databases and stores them remotely. It also lets us restore sites easily, keeping WordPress recoverable with minimal effort.
User Switching
User Switching lets us instantly swap between user accounts from the admin bar without logging out. It’s a fast, secure way to test roles and permissions during development.
Wordfence Security
Wordfence adds a firewall and malware scanner to protect WordPress from attacks, blocking malicious traffic and monitoring file changes. A solid free security layer that keeps our site safer by default.