What plugins do you swear by for WordPress?

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I’m curious, what are your must-have WordPress plugins? I often use Formidable Forms across multiple sites, but I’m always on the lookout for more great tools. What plugins do you always find yourself reusing?

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  • Kadence Blocks
  • UpdraftPlus
  • CAOS
  • Autoptimize
  • SEO Framework
  • Super Page Cache for Cloudflare
  • Enable Media Replace
  • Better Search Replace
  • Custom Post Type UI
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Morgan said:

  • Kadence Blocks
  • UpdraftPlus
  • CAOS
  • Autoptimize
  • SEO Framework
  • Super Page Cache for Cloudflare
  • Enable Media Replace
  • Better Search Replace
  • Custom Post Type UI

Are Kadence themes worth using?

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@Bran
I use Kadence on all my sites now. It adds the features WordPress misses, without making things overly complicated.

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Morgan said:
@Bran
I use Kadence on all my sites now. It adds the features WordPress misses, without making things overly complicated.

Do you have any examples of sites you’ve built with it?

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@Bran
Here’s one of my sites if you want to take a look.

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Morgan said:
@Bran
Here’s one of my sites if you want to take a look.

Looks great! How did you do the scroll animations?

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Drew said:

Morgan said:
@Bran
Here’s one of my sites if you want to take a look.

Looks great! How did you do the scroll animations?

Thanks! The animations are part of the Kadence Blocks Pro plugin. It’s under the ‘Animation on Scroll’ settings.

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Morgan said:
@Bran
Here’s one of my sites if you want to take a look.

The site is fast, but do you have an example with heavier visuals?

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Bran said:

Morgan said:
@Bran
Here’s one of my sites if you want to take a look.

The site is fast, but do you have an example with heavier visuals?

Most of my sites are text-focused, but the ‘Datasheets’ section on that site has heavier content. Even those load pretty quickly.

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Morgan said:

  • Kadence Blocks
  • UpdraftPlus
  • CAOS
  • Autoptimize
  • SEO Framework
  • Super Page Cache for Cloudflare
  • Enable Media Replace
  • Better Search Replace
  • Custom Post Type UI

Hey! Glad you like CAOS—it’s my project!

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@Zion
Great job on it! It’s super useful.

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I always use Kadence Blocks and WP Rocket on my projects.

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Conley said:
I always use Kadence Blocks and WP Rocket on my projects.

Solid picks! That’s pretty much all you need for most sites.

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Here’s my core setup for any project:

  • WPvivid for backups
  • WPCodeBox for scripts
  • FluentSMTP for email settings
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Litespeed Cache is a must for me. It helps all my sites hit a perfect speed score.

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I always use All-in-One WP Migration for backups.

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Our team built the Assistant plugin. It brings a lot of WP admin features to the front end, and it’s free and fast!

Assistant Plugin

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Perfmatters is a great tool for speeding up your site.

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It depends on the type of site you’re building. Not every site needs a form builder or a shopping cart.