Updated: May 2018
This package of recommended plugins is always changing as new and better plugins are developed. Customization and hard-coding of these plugins is available too (for busier sites).
The Essential Plugin Package Features
- Spam Protection Firewall (Clean Talk) & Zero Spam
- Alpine Tile for Instagram Integration
- Social Warfare for sharing call to actions
- Ninja Forms
- WordPress SEO by Yoast
- W3 Total Cache
- Mailchimp, Mad Mimi or ConvertKit integration
- Updraft Plus for backups
- Pinterest Buttons on images
- Genesis Simple Social Buttons
- Nofollow for Ext Link by Cybernetikz