With WordPress plugins you can easily add powerful functionality to your WP content management system without changing any WP code.
The plugin does it for you.
But every plugin you add to your site makes your website load a little slower.
If you put in more plugins than you need, then your site will load slower than it needs to.
That said, here are some plugins that are very useful:
Pagemaker
Contact Form 7
Woocommerce
Akismet
And here are 7 plugins recommended by YouTube video Top 7 Must Have WordPress Plugins – Killer! Published on Apr 27, 2015. “Check out our must have WordPress plugins for 2015! Check out more WordPress goodies at https://websitesmadeeasy.tv/” [All these plugins are, the speaker says, totally free]:
Number 7: SEO Friendly Images
WP Socializer
Contact Form 7
WordPress SEO by Yost
SumoMe [List Builder]
Google XML Site Maps
And the Number 1 Plugin is:
Google Analytics by Youst
