Recommended Plugins

All recommendations are purely that. We are not responsible for the quality or maintenance of the plugins listed on this page and any loss or damage they may cause you or your website. We’ve personally had good experiences with them, but it is ultimately your responsibility to maintain, protect and optimize your website. We’ll be here in the forums to help.

All plugins and services from Dev7studios (which we use ourselves) are highly recommended.

Browse All Plugins
http://wordpress.org/plugins/

Security (this list does not imply using all plugins together – this is up to you)
http://wordpress.org/plugins/bad-behavior/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/restrict-login-by-ip/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/secure-wordpress/

SPAM
Use the Akismet plugin (that comes with WP by default), get your API key here: https://akismet.com/signup/#free – you may need to choose the “Personal” option and drag the pricing slider all the way left for the free version
http://wordpress.org/plugins/stop-spammer-registrations-plugin/

Database Backup & Optimization
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-db-backup/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/

Caching (speeding up your site – if you run into trouble disable JS minification – choose only one)
http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/

SEO (choose only one)
http://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/

White Label Login/Registration
http://wordpress.org/plugins/theme-my-login/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/white-label-cms/

Improve Search
http://wordpress.org/plugins/relevanssi/

Shopping Cart
http://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-e-commerce/

Using Different Widgets on Different Pages (choose only one)
http://wordpress.org/plugins/dynamic-widgets/
http://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-logic/

Disable Commenting
http://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/

Re-order Pages, Posts, Images and Other Media
http://wordpress.org/plugins/post-types-order/

More/Different Control Over Mobile Device (ex iPhone) Design
http://wordpress.org/plugins/wptouch/

Forum
http://wordpress.org/plugins/bbpress/

Contact Form (for more advanced control than the built-in contact form)
http://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/

More recommendations will be added as we learn how you’re using the theme and your needs…