WordPress plugins extend the functionality of your WordPress website. Valice is keenly familiar with many free and premium plugins that we have found to be reliable, stable, and well-supported.
Our Go-To Plugins 🏆
Free plugins
The plugins below are free and can be downloaded from the WordPress plugin directory.
A simple plugin that allows you to create tables. Features include ability to import from CSV/Excel, customize the styling/output, sort by your table headers.
Designed by Valice, this lightweight plugin allows you to post custom alerts to notify your website visitors of promotions, alerts, events, etc. These display at the top of the website (can be configured to display anywhere on the site) until they are dismissed by the visitor. Any new visitor who has not been to the website will see these until they are dismissed.
Designed by Valice, this simple plugin provides an interface to drag and drop your posts and custom post types in their desired order on the page. A great solution for pages that list team members, job openings, or programs.
For those who don’t want to incur the cost of a more robust accessibility solution, this plugin is the next best option. While it doesn’t guarantee that your website will comply with all accessibility guidelines but it does provides some simple tools to address some of the most common issues including contrast, link identification, image descriptions, etc. It includes a simple widget on the front end to allow users to adjust font sizes and contrast.
Use the power of Google’s text to speech API to provide audio versions of your page and post content. English and Spanish languages are supported, making this an excellent tool to enhance website accessibility.
free…sort of
These plugins offer a free version and premium version of their plugin. Typically we find the free version to be pretty limiting so it may require you to go premium.
Known to be the de-facto WordPress eCommerce solution, this plugin is developed and maintained by the same company who maintains WordPress. While it is free, most of site owners will need to license at least one or a few of their premium extensions in order for it to accomplish what is required for their store.
With more than 2 million active installs, ACF is a very reliable plugin that gives you the ability to do much more with your data than using WordPress alone. The interfaces are editor-friendly and their documentation is thorough. We list it here because ACF Pro unlocks some much-needed features including the ability to register post types and taxonomies, a “Repeater” field, and the ability to create blocks to be used within your page and post content.
Widely used and supported calendar plugin to display your upcoming and past events in calendar format. Pro addons include features like recurring events, virtual events, or taking event RSVPs or tickets.
This plugin is a great solution for websites with large or creative navigation menus. Max Mega Menu gives you some cool features like adding text, images and icons to your sub-menus. The premium version unlocks enhanced display options but we find the free version to be very effective as well.
Premium
These plugins are only available with a paid license.
A powerful but simple-to-use forms plugin for WordPress. We use this plugin for basic contact forms, waivers, dynamic registration applications, and product order forms. It’s also very extendable for custom form functionality needs.
Provides unmatched speed and performance improvements through site caching and minification. Additional configurations in the plugin are a must-have to get your site a Google Page Speed Insights passing score.
A simple yet robust plugin for growing your sales through an affiliate program. The plugin integrates with Gravity Forms, WooCommerce, and Easy Digital Downloads to create a turn-key referral program for your business.
Other Plugins We Support 🕶️
- WooCommerce extensions developed by Woo or Element Stark
- The Events Calendar extensions
- WP Forms
- Contact Form 7
- WP Mail SMTP
- Beaver Builder
- Elementor
- Comet Cache
- Social Warfare
- WP All Import
- Yoast
- MemberPress
- User Role Editor
- User Switching
- Easy Appointments
- Smash Balloon Feeds
- Mail Poet
- FacetWP
- WP Document Revisions
- Optin Monster
- Relevanssi
- Pods
- Sensei LMS
Don’t see a plugin listed? It’s not an exhaustive list. Reach out if you’d like us to evaluate a plugin, theme or make a recommendation for you.