# WordPress Plugins to Supercharge Your Website

- URL: http://rachelandreago.com/wordpress-plugins/
- Author: Rachel Andrea Go
- Published: March 7, 2016
- Categories: Content

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WordPress is a leading content management system and one of the most seamless tools I’ve ever worked with. With beautiful themes, great usability for both website visitors and managers, and an ultra-customizable platform, it’s my go-to choice for websites of any kind. Here are some of the plugins I recommend installing for security, functionality, and content marketing.

![WordPress Plugins to Supercharge Your Website](https://rachelandreago.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Wordpress-plugins.jpeg)

**[All In One WP Security & Firewall](https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall/)** – A comprehensive, user-friendly, all in one WordPress security and firewall plugin for your site.

**[WP-SpamShield Anti-Spam](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-spamshield/)** – An exceptionally powerful WordPress anti-spam plugin that eliminates comment spam, trackback spam, contact form spam and registration spam.

**[WP-Optimize](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/)** – This effective plugin allows you to extensively clean up your WordPress database and optimize it without doing manual queries.

**[W3 Total Cache](https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/)** – Easy Web Performance Optimization (WPO) using caching: browser, page, object, database, minify and content delivery network support. (Don’t cache an unfinished website.)

**[Google Analytics Dashboard for WP](https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-analytics-dashboard-for-wp/)** – This plugin displays Google Analytics reports right in your dashboard. It inserts the latest GA tracking code into your pages, and gives you a good overview of how your content is doing.

**[Yoast SEO](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/)**– I love using this to optimize my content. It’s easy to use, provides actionable tips, and updates in real-time so you can check your content against SEO best practices.

**[Broken Link Checker](https://wordpress.org/plugins/broken-link-checker/)** – This plugin will check your posts, comments and other content for broken links and missing images, and notify you if any are found.

*Extra tip: [Check My Links](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/check-my-links/ojkcdipcgfaekbeaelaapakgnjflfglf) isn’t a WordPress tool, but it’s a great Chrome extension that allows you to check for broken links on your website.*

**[Title Experiments Free](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-experiments-free/)** – Split (A/B) test multiple titles for a post and discover which gets more page views. Great way to increase click through rates.

**[Editorial Calendar](https://wordpress.org/plugins/editorial-calendar/)**– This plugin allows you to view all your posts and drag and drop them to manage your blog schedule.

**[Better Click to Tweet](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-click-to-tweet/)**– Insert beautiful, customizable click to Tweet boxes into your posts to encourage social shares.

## Learn more: Content marketing + Blogging in WP

[CoSchedule](http://coschedule.com/blog/) has an awesome post on **[basic HTML lessons for WordPress users](http://coschedule.com/blog/html-cheat-sheet-for-content-marketers/) and content marketers**. I consider this a must-read for content marketers and bloggers starting out, since they go over the basic skills and formatting.

It’s all about the processes for these blogs. Here’s a **[blog writing process](http://coschedule.com/blog/blog-writing-process/)** from [CoSchedule](http://coschedule.com/), a **[writing workflow](http://blog.hubstaff.com/how-to-write-more/)** from [Hubstaff](https://hubstaff.com/), and a **[process to review web content](https://gathercontent.com/blog/reduce-time-takes-review-website-content-use-simple-process)** from [GatherContent](https://gathercontent.com/).

Have any plugins to add? Share them in the comments below.