Thanks to WP Daily, I found this great list of the most popular WordPress plugins that was created by WP Template:
- Jetpack by WordPress.com ? Downloaded 5,119,121 times
- All in One SEO Pack ? Downloaded 14,138,239 times
- Contact Form 7 ? Downloaded 10,736,450 times
- WordPress SEO by Yoast ? Downloaded 4,631,244 times
- WP Super Cache ? Downloaded 4,491,800 times
- WordPress Importer – Downloaded 4,582,608 times
- Akismet ? Downloaded 14,565,082 times
- W3 Total Cache ? Downloaded 2,042,577 times
- Google XML Sitemaps ? Downloaded 10,171,968 times
- Google Analytics for WordPress ? Downloaded 4,544,661 times
- WooCommerce ? excelling eCommerce ? Downloaded 833,900 times
- NextGEN Gallery ? Downloaded 7,192,099 times
- Better WP Security ? Downloaded 614,185 times
- Ultimate TinyMCE – Downloaded 1,418,994 times
- Google Analyticator ? Downloaded 2,434,115 times
- Advanced Custom Fields ? Downloaded 832,450 times
- WPtouch ? Downloaded 4,005,737 times
- BackWPup – Downloaded 685,441 times
Just because they’re popular doesn’t necessarily mean they’re right for all situations. But it does mean they’ve been around the block and most likely live up to their advertising.
And you should check out the great infographic that WP Template created as well.