Top WordPress Plugins

A list of top WordPress plugins that I’ve actually installed & used. Some are popular; some are not – but they are all extremely useful (at least to me)!

Plugin NameRatingCategoryNo. of DownloadsPersonal Exp
Breadcrumb NavXT****Blog/Breadcrumb
Contact Form 7***Form18,418,137big No for non-developer
Contact Form****Form2,232,966
Google XML SitemapsMUSTSEO
TablePress****BE/Table
Add thisSocial
Adrotate****Ads
Advanced Custom FieldsMUSTBE/Custom Fields
Alpine PhotoTile for InstagramSocialExcellent!
Digg Digg****Social
Disqus Comment System*****Comments
Horizontal scrolling announcementOthers
Modal DialogPop-up
More FieldsBE/Custom Fields
mTouch Quiz****Quiz
Post Type Switcher****BE/Blog
Remove slug from custom post type****BE
scrolltriggeredPop-up
ShareThisSocial
Soliloquy Lite****Sliders
Subscribe2Subscription
Tabber Tabs Widget****Widget
Thank You Counter Button****Social/Likes
theme-my-loginLogin & Reg
Ultimate Tag Cloud Widget****Widget
Ultimate TinyMCE / WP EDIT****BE/Editor (Emoticons, etc.)
User Access ManagerLogin & Reg
Visual Form Builder****Form4 everyone!!
W3 Total CacheMUSTPerformance
Wordpress Popular Posts****Blog
WordPress SEO by Yoast****SEO
WP Polls****Blog/Polls
Yet Another Related Posts Plugin*****Blog
PhotoDropper***Image142,5094 Creative Commons license. Good!

WP Smush.it
Performance883,338
WP Migrate DB ProDev163,472a Must 4 dev
WordPress Backup to Dropbox833,180
Top Wordpress Plugins
* Number of downloads as per July, 2014

Note:

BE = For Back-end Usage only
MUST = the word already speaks for itself***** [5 start] = Top quality plugins, almost a must for most sites
**** [4 start] = What I’m using but may not necessary for all sites

Let me know if I’ve missed any great plugins! Thanks!!