This is a selection of the best WordPress plugins for 2019.
Akismet Anti-Spam
This is the best way to stop spambots posting constant spam on your website. Having spam on your site cheapens it and makes it look unprofessional. This plugin protects your website without much need for intervention.
Website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/.
Anti-spam
A way to further prevent spam on your website, without requiring a Captcha. This is better than using Recaptcha, which is annoying and slow.
Website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/anti-spam/.
SSL Insecure Content Fixer
This plugin fixes mixed content errors that can prevent a WordPress website from being fully secure when setting up a TSL 3.0 certificate to allow a green padlock on a website, this is very important and this is how to fix it.
Website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/ssl-insecure-content-fixer/.
Years Ago Today
A plugin that adds a dashboard widget that lists all posts that were made on a this day in the past. So if you visit your dashboard on Friday, it lists all posts made on that day in past years. Very useful way to look back on old posts and see if they need improvement.
Website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/years-ago-today/.
WP-Syntax
This is a very good plugin for a website that posts sample code, i.e a programming blog. This allows colorful <pre> tags to colorize code.
Website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-syntax/.
WP LaTEX
This is a good WordPress plugin for the display of mathematical equations on a WordPress blog. This would be perfect for a website showcasing math for a school for example.
Website: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-latex/.
MathJax-LaTeX
Another WordPress plugin for displaying LaTEX mathematical equations in a WordPress blog.
John, we launched Hide My WP Ghost Lite on WordPress directory as a WordPress security plugin.
https://wordpress.org/plugins/hide-my-wp/
It’s easy, free and has a lot of security features. Please review it and let me know what you think about it.
Thanks, John