Recommended Plugins

The following plugins are recommended for Wordpress:

Wordfence - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
- Firewall for Wordpress, blocks excessive hits, brute force attacks on login pages, and other features.
W3 Total Cache - https://wordpress.org/plugins/w3-total-cache/
- Caches content so that Wordpress loads faster
BackWPup - https://wordpress.org/plugins/backwpup/
- You can never have to many backups
WP Mail SMTP- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-mail-smtp/
- This plugin is for sending mail from Wordpress via SMTP authentication. You would use the same settings that you use for mail clients, though a mailbox for this purpose is recommended.
Disable Comments - https://wordpress.org/plugins/disable-comments/
- This plugin is to stop spammers from posting comments on your site's content and thus using your time to delete them / moderate them.
WordPress SEO by Yoast - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/
Pretty Link Lite (mainly for marketing type sites) - https://wordpress.org/plugins/pretty-link/

The above, besides Pretty Link, are installed by us when a wordpress install is requested.