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WordPress Plugins
Free and premium plugins for affiliate marketers, content creators, and developers. Lightweight, privacy-respecting, and actively maintained.
Featured Plugin
Dynamic Month & Year Into Posts
Drop-in shortcodes for dynamic dates so your content stays fresh without edits. Perfect for evergreen pages, marketing pages, and internal links that should never look outdated.
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25 Plugins & Tools
GT Page Blocks Builder
A standalone section builder for WordPress. Write HTML, CSS, and JavaScript in a dedicated editor with live preview. Saves directly to Gutenberg with zero frontend overhead.
Download FreeGT Link Manager
Track, cloak, and manage all your affiliate links from one dashboard. Auto-inserts nofollow and sponsored attributes. Built for publishers who run hundreds of affiliate partnerships.
View PluginGT Extensions for FluentCart
Custom extensions for FluentCart that I built for my own digital store. Adds missing features around checkout, product display, and license management.
View PluginHTML to GenerateBlocks Converter
Paste any HTML and get clean GenerateBlocks V2 markup with inline styles and attributes preserved. Handles nested layouts, responsive classes, and custom CSS.
View ToolCore Forms
A lightweight form plugin that gives you full HTML control. Built for developers who don’t want drag-and-drop dictating their markup.
Buy PluginFunctionalities
All-in-one WordPress optimization toolkit. 15+ modules for performance, security, SEO, and content management. Zero frontend bloat.
Download FreeBlock Editor Enhancements
Adds block-level controls like visibility toggles, custom locking options, and sidebar improvements that WordPress should’ve shipped by default.
GitHubACF Blocks Plugin
The registration engine behind product boxes, comparison tables, FAQ accordions, and 25+ custom blocks on this site. Handles field groups, render templates, and block styles.
ACF Blocks Library
Ready-to-use block templates for reviews, CTAs, callouts, and content upgrades. Pairs with the ACF Blocks Plugin for a full content publishing toolkit.
GitHubInteractive Related Posts
Displays related content as interactive cards with thumbnails and reading time instead of boring text lists. Reduces bounce rate by keeping readers engaged.
GitHubRank Math → SEOPress FAQ Migrator
Moves FAQ blocks cleanly so you can switch SEO plugins without losing structured content.
GitHubRank Math → Kadence Importer
Migrates Rank Math SEO metadata, breadcrumbs, and content analysis data into Kadence-compatible formats without manual re-entry.
GitHubGutenTooler
Batch-edits block attributes across posts, copies blocks between pages, and adds keyboard shortcuts for common Gutenberg formatting tasks.
GitHubExtend Gutenberg Toolbar
Adds heading anchors, inline code formatting, mark/highlight, and superscript/subscript controls to the block toolbar.
GitHubMD Icons Gutenberg
Makes the Marketers Delight icon font available as an inline block, toolbar option, and CSS class inside the block editor.
GitHubRelated Posts Drop-in (MD)
A template-based related posts display built specifically for Marketers Delight layouts. Inherits theme typography and spacing automatically.
GitHubBeautiful Recent Posts Widget
A nicer recent-posts widget so your sidebar doesn’t look like 2009.
GitHubBlog Post Star Ratings
Lightweight 1-5 star ratings with Schema.org aggregate rating markup. No user accounts, no AJAX overhead, just clicks and rich snippets.
GitHubWooCommerce Shipped Status Email
Adds a “Shipped” order status with automatic email notifications so customers know exactly when their order is on the way.
GitHubEasy Featured Image Manager
Bulk-manage featured images from the post list screen. Set, remove, or replace thumbnails without opening each post individually.
GitHubSimple Cookie Notice
A 2KB cookie consent bar. No settings page, no bloat, no tracking. Just a dismissible notice that respects GDPR basics.
GitHubAMP for Marketers Delight
AMP compatibility layer for Marketers Delight. Google deprecated AMP as a ranking signal, so this plugin is archived. Use Core Web Vitals optimization instead.
GitHubFix Charset
Fixes mojibake and character encoding issues after database migrations, imports, or hosting changes. Run once, delete after.
GitHubReduce WordPress Comments Spam
Reduces comment spam without turning your site into a CAPTCHA circus. Uses honeypot fields and timestamp validation instead.
GitHubFront-End WP Editor Hook
A compatibility shim that keeps front-end editing working across WordPress core updates. Hooks into the right filters so visual editors don’t break.
GitHubWhat I Actually Run
Plugins on This Site
This site serves 50,000+ monthly visitors with these 8 plugins active. Every one earns its spot.
Block editor layout builder. Clean, lightweight, no page builder bloat
E-commerce for digital products
Privacy-friendly analytics (no Google Analytics)
Lessons Learned
Plugins I Stopped Using
Knowing what to remove is just as important as knowing what to add. These are plugins I used for years but eventually replaced.
The best WordPress setup in 2026 uses the block editor, not a page builder. It uses Rank Math, not Yoast. It uses FlyingPress + Perfmatters, not WP Rocket alone. And it runs 8-12 well-chosen plugins, not 30+. Every plugin you add is technical debt.
Plugin Guides by Category
What I Recommend (and Why)
SEO Plugins
You need exactly one SEO plugin. My recommendation is Rank Math. It handles everything Yoast does, plus built-in schema, redirects, and analytics integration. The free version is good enough for most sites.
Performance Plugins
Performance deserves its own cluster. The short version: FlyingPress for caching + Perfmatters for code optimization.
Page Builders
I’ve used Elementor, Beaver Builder, Divi, and the native block editor extensively. For most sites in 2026, the block editor with GenerateBlocks or Kadence Blocks is the right choice.
Security Plugins
Most WordPress security issues aren’t plugin problems. They’re hosting problems, password problems, and update problems. A security plugin isn’t a substitute for good practices.
Email & Marketing
Email is still the highest-converting marketing channel. For WordPress-native email, I recently reviewed MailerPress. For most users, Kit or Mailchimp is still the better choice.
My Own Plugins
I’ve built and maintain several WordPress plugins for content blocks, link management, section building, and digital downloads.
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
How many WordPress plugins is too many?
There’s no magic number, but I aim for under 15 active plugins. Quality matters more than quantity. Five poorly coded plugins cause more problems than fifteen well-built ones. The issue is usually plugin overlap, not plugin count.
Should I use Yoast or Rank Math for SEO?
Rank Math. It includes features that Yoast charges extra for (redirects, schema, content analysis). The free version of Rank Math is better than Yoast Premium. I switched all my sites to Rank Math in 2022 and haven’t looked back.
Do I need a page builder plugin?
In most cases, no. The WordPress block editor with GenerateBlocks or Kadence Blocks handles everything most sites need. Page builders like Elementor are fine for client sites where you need visual drag-and-drop editing, but they add significant performance overhead.
Are premium plugins worth paying for?
Some, yes. Rank Math Pro, FlyingPress, and Perfmatters all pay for themselves through better performance and SEO. A $99/year plugin that saves you 5 hours of work or improves conversions by 2% is an easy ROI. But many premium plugins are just premium-priced, not premium-quality.
Do plugins slow down my WordPress site?
Poorly built ones do. Every plugin adds PHP execution time, and many load CSS/JS on every page whether needed or not. The fix isn’t fewer plugins, it’s better plugins. Tools like Perfmatters let you disable plugin assets on pages that don’t need them. I run 8 plugins on this site and still hit sub-second load times.
What should I do when two plugins conflict?
Deactivate one at a time to isolate the conflict. Check if both plugins hook into the same WordPress filter or action. Most conflicts happen because two plugins try to modify the same output (meta tags, schema, scripts). Pick the one that does it better and remove the other. Plugin overlap is the number one cause of conflicts I’ve seen across 800+ client projects.
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