Plugins are small applications that enhance a specific set of functionality on the WordPress blog publishing platform. Today I will be presenting you with the top applications to help you improve the performance and security of your blog:
- Akismet
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet Web service to see if they look like spam or not.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/
- Wordfence Security
Wordfence Security is a free enterprise class security and performance plugin that makes your site up to 50 times faster and more secure.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
- WP Super Cache
A very fast caching engine for WordPress that produces static html files.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-super-cache/
- WP-Optimize
Simple but effective plugin allows you to extensively clean up your WordPress database and optimize it without doing manual queries.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-optimize/
- W3 Total Cache
Improve load times, enable HTTP compression, optimized progressive render, prioritize local browser or CDN cache over a new request from your site
http://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
- Captcha
This plugin allows you to implement super security captcha form into web forms.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/captcha/
You can search for additional plugins online at: https://wordpress.org/plugins/browse/popular/