With the right plugins, your WordPress site will run more smoothly, get more visitors, and be less likely to face problems. Discover some of the most useful plugins and find out how to use them in our new course, Essential WordPress Plugins. 

What You’ll Learn

In this course, Envato Tuts+ instructor Rachel McCollin will teach you how to install and configure free plugins for backup, security, caching, and SEO.

Here are some free lessons from this course, as a preview of what you can expect:

Why Performance Matters

In this video, you'll learn how website performance will affect your SEO and conversion rates. You'll also get some tips for enhancing performance and see an overview of the plugins you might need.

Using the W3 Total Cache Plugin

In this lesson, you’ll learn how to install the W3 Total Cache plugin to enable caching on your site. You'll find out how to configure it to ensure it works just how you need it to.

Overview of SEO

This video will give you an overview of SEO, its benefits, and some myths about it. Then you’ll see some of the top SEO plugins.

Start Learning With a Free Trial

You can take our new course straight away with a free 10-day trial of our monthly subscription. If you decide to continue, it costs just $15 a month, and you’ll get access to hundreds of courses, with new ones added every week.

This course covers some of the most useful free plugins, but you can also find thousands of premium WordPress plugins on Envato Market. And you can get personalized assistance with installing or customizing plugins from a WordPress expert on Envato Studio.