11 must have WordPress plugins

I’m building more and more websites and blogs on the WordPress engine.

(If you haven’t taken a look at it lately, it’s so much more than just a blogging platform.)

I’ve realized more and more that I’ve got a number of “must-have” plugins that I install as soon as I setup any site I work on — no matter what it’s for (even my local demo sites).

I’ve actually tried to cut down on many of the plugins I used to use (I no longer use Lightbox on most of my sites, rarely use social button type plugins — opting to hard code the links instead) in order to speed up page load times.

Yet, there are some that I’ve become so accustomed to using on various sites that I get lost without them.
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