{"id":975,"date":"2018-11-23T17:03:04","date_gmt":"2018-11-23T14:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/?p=975"},"modified":"2021-11-30T10:47:59","modified_gmt":"2021-11-30T07:47:59","slug":"best-wordpress-plugins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/en\/blog\/best-wordpress-plugins\/","title":{"rendered":"Best WordPress Plugins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Website development and support is a very labour-intensive process. It is not enough just to build the pages and upload them to hosting. For a website to work properly and be indexed by search engines you need to optimise its loading speed, write the necessary meta tags on all pages, create contact forms and set up protection from hacking; and if the site is multilingual, that will add to your headache! Oh, and I almost forgot \u2014 the client also needs an admin page to manage the site.<\/p>\n<p>CMS WordPress exists to make life easier for developers and administrators of web resources. This wonderful CMS has a huge number of plugins that greatly simplify adding particular, necessary features to a website.<\/p>\n<p>We would like to present an article in which we describe the best plugins for CMS WordPress.<\/p>\n<p>This article will be useful both for beginners and for experienced website developers.<\/p>\n<p>The ranking in the article does not matter. Below are the plugins (free and paid) that our team uses most often when building websites.<\/p>\n<p>So, here is our hit parade:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Advanced Custom Fields<\/strong> - custom fields plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2348 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/advanced-custome-fields-uk-1024x485.png\" alt=\"advanced custom fields plugin\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/advanced-custome-fields-uk-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/advanced-custome-fields-uk-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/advanced-custome-fields-uk-768x364.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The perfect tool for creating custom fields in the CMS WordPress admin area with the option to output these fields on the pages of the site. It is easy to configure and has a wide choice of fields such as Wysiwyg Editor, Color picker, Textarea, Text, Image \u2026 You can choose any page of the site to place the additional fields, any post type, and set custom rules for how they are displayed. Those who used the regular WordPress meta fields before will truly appreciate this plugin. Hardly any client-oriented development that aims to build a convenient and clear admin panel goes without it.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ACF pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the basic version is free;<\/li>\n<li>easy to configure;<\/li>\n<li>very easy to output;<\/li>\n<li>detailed documentation with examples;<\/li>\n<li>a wide choice of fields.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>ACF cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the most useful fields such as Repeater, Options panel and Flexible content are available only in the premium version;<\/li>\n<li>unlike builders (Visual Composer) it has limited functionality, but it puts far less load on the site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/advanced-custom-fields\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Contact Form 7<\/strong> - contact form plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2352 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/contact-form-7-uk-1024x485.png\" alt=\"best wordpress plugins contact form 7\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/contact-form-7-uk-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/contact-form-7-uk-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/contact-form-7-uk-768x364.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to put a feedback form on your website? Of course! What contact page can do without one?<\/p>\n<p>Contact Form 7 is the most popular WordPress plugin, it is installed on more than a million websites (according to the WordPress repository statistics). Its user rating is 4.5 out of 5 stars.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Form 7 is completely free. It has built-in support for Ajax submission, CAPTCHA, the Akismet spam filter and many different add-ons that greatly extend its functionality.<\/p>\n<p>After the form is created a shortcode is generated that lets you insert it anywhere on a page of the site.<\/p>\n<p>On installation a \"default\" contact form is created; you can change it in the Contact Form 7 settings.<\/p>\n<p>It has a wide choice of fields and form settings, you can select several recipients and send a reply message to the person who submitted the form.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contact Form 7 pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>free;<\/li>\n<li>it has everything you need to build a full contact form;<\/li>\n<li>supports html markup;<\/li>\n<li>supports Ajax submission;<\/li>\n<li>with add-ons for this plugin you can create huge forms \\ questionnaires \\ surveys \\ tests and connect payments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Contact Form 7 cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>you need to work out the settings;<\/li>\n<li>sometimes complicates the site slightly;<\/li>\n<li>sometimes conflicts with other plugins (for example with Nextgen Gallery).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/contact-form-7\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Fondy<\/strong> - payment processing plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3795 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/platizhniy-plagin-fondy-1024x486.jpg\" alt=\"Fondy payment plugin\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/platizhniy-plagin-fondy-1024x486.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/platizhniy-plagin-fondy-300x142.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/platizhniy-plagin-fondy-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/platizhniy-plagin-fondy-1536x729.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/platizhniy-plagin-fondy-2048x973.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you need your clients to be able to pay on your website? The Fondy payment module will close that question.<\/p>\n<p>The Fondy plugin lets you accept payments from clients all over the world and in more than 100 different currencies. Fondy also has its own anti-fraud system that automatically declines fraudulent transactions.<br \/>\nThe Fondy developers have made plugins for any payment scenario. WooCommerce, WooCommerce Subscription, Paid Membership Pro, Restrict Content Pro<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>\u00abFondy payment gateway for WooCommerce\u00bb - is used to accept online payments by bank card. An excellent option for eCommerce projects;<\/li>\n<li>\u00abWordPress + WooCommerce Subscription\u00bb - suits websites that use WooCommerce;<\/li>\n<li>\u00abWordPress + Paid Membership Pro\u00bb - suits websites that use Paid Membership Pro;<\/li>\n<li>\u00abWordPress + Restrict Content Pro\u00bb - suits websites that use Restrict Content Pro.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Fondy pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>installing and configuring the plugin takes 15 minutes;<\/li>\n<li>has its own anti-fraud system;<\/li>\n<li>lets you accept payments from all over the world and in more than 100 different currencies;<\/li>\n<li>excellent support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fondy cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>during our work with the Fondy payment system we have not found any downsides yet;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fondy.ua\/uk\/cms\/wordpress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>All In One WP Security &amp; Firewall<\/strong> - website security plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2355 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/all-in-one-security-1024x485.png\" alt=\"best wordpress plugins all in one security\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/all-in-one-security-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/all-in-one-security-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/all-in-one-security-768x364.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Need to be sure your website won't be hacked?<\/p>\n<p>CMS WordPress itself is a fairly secure system, but it is possible to add extra protection.<\/p>\n<p>A plugin for CMS WordPress that lets you protect a website from hacking is All In One WP Security &amp; Firewall. This tool will take the protection of your site to a completely new level. It has intuitive settings and a wide choice of protection options. The plugin also has a built-in \u00abSecurity Strength Meter\u00bb that shows the overall protection of the site on a scale from 0 to 205 points.<\/p>\n<p>All In One WP Security &amp; Firewall - completely free and it will not slow down the loading speed of your website.<br \/>\nFully translated into Russian.<\/p>\n<p><strong>AIOSPF pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>easy to configure and use;<\/li>\n<li>protects the admin page and the database from hacking well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>AIOSPF cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>there is no way to scan directories for malicious code;<\/li>\n<li>it is fairly easy to break the site or close it from indexing by search engines if the settings are wrong;<\/li>\n<li>poorly protects the file system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/all-in-one-wp-security-and-firewall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>All In One SEO Pack<\/strong> - website SEO plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2358 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/all-in-one-seo-1024x486.png\" alt=\"wordpress seo plugin, all in one seo pack\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/all-in-one-seo-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/all-in-one-seo-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/all-in-one-seo-768x364.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Are you planning to do SEO for your website?<\/p>\n<p>All In One SEO Pack is number one for website SEO. It lets you configure the on-page optimisation of a site flexibly. It is not as simple to set up as its competitor Yoast SEO. But since Yoast complicates a website considerably at launch and often conflicts with other plugins, we chose All In One SEO Pack.<\/p>\n<p>What opportunities will All In One SEO Pack give you? Creating a sitemap.xml, defining canonical pages, creating a robots.txt, markup for social media, precise setup of the \u00abTitle\u00bb and \u00abDescription\u00bb on the pages you need, integration with Google Search Console and much more.<\/p>\n<p><strong>All In One SEO Pack pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the basic version, which is enough for a website, is free;<\/li>\n<li>does not conflict with other plugins;<\/li>\n<li>has integration with Google Search Console;<\/li>\n<li>works perfectly with multilingual plugins.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>All In One SEO Pack cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>not simple to configure;<\/li>\n<li>fewer additional modules than the Yoast SEO Plugin.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/all-in-one-seo-pack\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>WPML<\/strong> - website multilingual plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2360 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wpml-ua-1024x487.png\" alt=\"multilingual plugin, wpml, best wordpress plugins\" width=\"1024\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wpml-ua-1024x487.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wpml-ua-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wpml-ua-768x366.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The only plugin in the review that has no free version. It is quite a difficult translation tool to set up, but unfortunately there is no constantly updated, high-quality alternative to it.<\/p>\n<p>One of the best WordPress plugins for adding extra languages to a website. WPML supports more than 40 languages.<\/p>\n<p>Until recently we used QTranslate X, it is free and easy to configure. However, the developers stopped supporting it 2 years ago. And at the moment our team works with WPML.<\/p>\n<p>WPML suits all kinds of multilingual websites, from blogs to online stores. It is compatible with any themes and plugins that work through the WordPress API. It gets along with Advanced Custom Fields, Contact Form 7, Visual Composer, Woocommerce, Yoast and many others. At the moment it is probably the best plugin for a multilingual website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WPML pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>compatible with any themes and plugins;<\/li>\n<li>supports 40 languages;<\/li>\n<li>broad configuration options;<\/li>\n<li>excellent support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WPML cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>paid ($ 29 - for one blog, $ 79 - for three multilingual portals, $ 159 - any number of websites);<\/li>\n<li>quite difficult to configure.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/wpml.org\/ru\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>WooCommerce<\/strong> - e-commerce plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2363 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/woocommerce-ua-plugin-1024x486.png\" alt=\"online store plugin, best wordpress plugins, woocommerce\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/woocommerce-ua-plugin-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/woocommerce-ua-plugin-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/woocommerce-ua-plugin-768x365.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Want to build an online store?<\/p>\n<p>WooCommerce is the most popular and the best plugin for building a full-featured online store on CMS WordPress. WooCommerce contains features that are very important for an online store. The basic version is completely free. There is a huge number of inexpensive extensions that can add various capabilities to the site. It has good documentation and is updated often.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WooCommerce pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a free basic version;<\/li>\n<li>good support;<\/li>\n<li>in Google there is a solution for almost any problem;<\/li>\n<li>very many extensions;<\/li>\n<li>excellent documentation.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WooCommerce cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>quite hard to integrate into a theme;<\/li>\n<li>many templates are spread across numerous directories;<\/li>\n<li>with clumsy configuration it can negatively affect the site's speed;<\/li>\n<li>expensive official add-ons.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/woocommerce\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Imsanity<\/strong> - automatic image compression plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2365 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/imsanity-plugin-1024x486.png\" alt=\"image plugin, best wordpress plugins\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/imsanity-plugin-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/imsanity-plugin-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/imsanity-plugin-768x364.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Website loading slowly? Most likely you either have caching turned off or your visual content is poorly optimised.<\/p>\n<p>To solve image optimisation problems we recommend using the Imsanity plugin.<\/p>\n<p>In the Imsanity settings you choose the maximum dimensions for images. When images are uploaded to the site it reduces their size fully automatically. Very well suited to blogs that do not need high quality images.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Imsanity pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>completely free;<\/li>\n<li>many image compression settings: size, quality, resolution;<\/li>\n<li>lets you compress both the images already uploaded and the ones you are about to upload.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Imsanity cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Google Page Speed \u200b\u200bdoes not always like the way it compresses images, even with the most \"optimal\" settings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/imsanity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>WP Migrate DB<\/strong> - database migration plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2369 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-migrate-db-plugin-1024x486.png\" alt=\"wordpress plugins, wp-migrate-db\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-migrate-db-plugin-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-migrate-db-plugin-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/wp-migrate-db-plugin-768x364.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Do you need to move a database from one hosting to another? Did you build the site on a local server and want to upload it to hosting?<\/p>\n<p>For this we recommend using the good free WP Migrate DB plugin.<br \/>\nWP Migrate DB makes moving a database much easier. It lets you specify a new domain and a new file location in the hosting directory. It creates an archive with the database for further migration.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WP Migrate pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>completely free;<\/li>\n<li>easy to use;<\/li>\n<li>with the right settings it changes the paths flawlessly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>WP Migrate cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Poorly suited to moving large databases (online stores, corporate portals).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/wp-migrate-db\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Simple Share Buttons Adder<\/strong> - social media buttons plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2371 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/simple-share-buttons-adder-1-1024x484.png\" alt=\"share buttons plugin, best plugins\" width=\"1024\" height=\"484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/simple-share-buttons-adder-1-1024x484.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/simple-share-buttons-adder-1-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/simple-share-buttons-adder-1-768x363.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Need social media buttons? Nothing could be easier.<\/p>\n<p>The Simple Share Buttons Adder plugin makes it easy to add social media \u00abshare\u00bb buttons anywhere on the pages of a website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SSBA pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>a free basic version;<\/li>\n<li>you can customise the button colours;<\/li>\n<li>choose popular social networks;<\/li>\n<li>create a shortcode and embed it anywhere on the site.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SSBA cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>not all social networks are supported.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/simple-share-buttons-adder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Autoptimize<\/strong> - website caching plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2373 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/autoptimize-ua-1024x485.png\" alt=\"caching plugin, wordpress plugins\" width=\"1024\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/autoptimize-ua-1024x485.png 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/autoptimize-ua-300x142.png 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/autoptimize-ua-768x363.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Website loading slowly? Turn on caching (image compression was covered above).<\/p>\n<p>Autoptimize is one of the most popular free caching plugins. It has plenty of settings and lets you compress scripts and styles, turn caching on and off, move scripts to the footer and combine scripts and styles.<\/p>\n<p>An alternative is WP Rocket<\/p>\n<p><strong>Autoptimize pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>completely free;<\/li>\n<li>easy to configure;<\/li>\n<li>raises the site's speed scores well.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Autoptimize cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>often breaks the site when all the options are turned on, so you need to read the documentation carefully.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/autoptimize\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Google XML Sitemaps<\/strong> - sitemap.xml generation plugin<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3034 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/google-xml-sitemap-plugin-uk-1024x487.jpg\" alt=\"google xml sitemap plugin uk\" width=\"1024\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/google-xml-sitemap-plugin-uk-1024x487.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/google-xml-sitemap-plugin-uk-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/google-xml-sitemap-plugin-uk-768x365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/google-xml-sitemap-plugin-uk-1536x731.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/esfirum.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/google-xml-sitemap-plugin-uk-2048x974.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The sitemap.xml file tells search engines about the pages of the website that are available for indexing. This file is responsible for the completeness and the speed of indexing of the site's pages.<br \/>\nGoogle XML Sitemaps is considered one of the best plugins that generate a sitemap file (sitemap.xml). It has been supported and updated by its developers for more than 9 years.<br \/>\nThe plugin supports all types of pages, both those generated by WordPress and those created by the user. In addition, it notifies all the major search engines every time you create new content.<br \/>\nWe use this plugin in 90% of our products.<br \/>\n<strong>Google XML Sitemap pros:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>completely free;<\/li>\n<li>easy to configure (excellent default settings);<\/li>\n<li>constant updates.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Google XML Sitemap cons:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>there is no separately generated xml file for images. But judging by the indexing of our images, this file is not essential.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/uk.wordpress.org\/plugins\/google-sitemap-generator\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">View the plugin<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A detailed description of the installation and setup of each plugin in this review is coming soon on our blog.<\/p>\n<p>That's probably all. 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