Hi friends, In earlier we have explained how to write own widget in WordPress and how to use/execute php code in widgets of WordPress. Now in this post I am going to explain about 10 Most popular wordpress plugins according to WordPress.org.
What is WordPress Plugin ?
WordPress are bits of software that can be uploaded to extend or expand the WordPress website.

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org by Anil Kumar Panigrahi
1. WordPress SEO by Yoast
Improve your WordPress SEO: Write better content and have a fully optimized WordPress site using the WordPress SEO plugin by Yoast.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-seo/
Present version : 1.5.3.3

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – WordPress SEO by Yoast
2. Contact Form 7
Just another contact form plugin. Simple but flexible.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-form-7/
Present version : 3.8.1

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – Contact Form 7
3. Jetpack by WordPress.com
Supercharge your WordPress site with powerful features previously only available to WordPress.com users.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/jetpack/
Present version : 3.0.1

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – Jetpack by WordPress
4. Google XML Sitemaps
This plugin will generate a special XML sitemap which will help search engines to better index your blog.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/
Present version : 4.0.6

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – Google XML Sitemaps
5. Akismet
Akismet checks your comments against the Akismet web service to see if they look like spam or not.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/akismet/
Present version : 3.0.0

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – Akismet
6. All in One SEO Pack
All in One SEO Pack is a WordPress SEO plugin to automatically optimize your WordPress blog for Search Engines such as Google.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/
Present version : 2.1.6

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – All in One SEO Pack
7. WooCommerce – excelling eCommerce
WooCommerce is a powerful, extendable eCommerce plugin that helps you sell anything. Beautifully.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/woocommerce/
Present version : 2.1.10

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – WooCommerce – excelling eCommerce
8. MailPoet Newsletters
Send newsletters, post notifications or autoresponders from WordPress easily, and beautifully.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/wysija-newsletters/
Present version : 2.6.6

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – MailPoet Newsletters
9. 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.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordfence/
Present version : 5.0.9

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – Wordfence Security
10. WordPress Importer
Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file.
Download URL : https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/
Present version : 0.6.1

10 Most Popular WordPress Plugins from wordpress.org – WordPress Importer
Nice blog I love all your posts . It is unique and straightforward .
Thanks Anil for this list. I currently use the top 3 on your list and plan to investigate a couple others. What is the difference between Yoast SEO and the All in One SEO Pack?
great effort…awesome very informative article, some of one comm plugins and some of one new for me.
The best 10 wordpress plugins is a really a nice collection. The plugins are very helpful.Anyway I have found another new collection of top 10 wordpress plugins.