Plugins

Firewall and Security

BBQ Firewall
Super fast firewall plugin for WordPress.

IThemes Security
One of the best plugins for security and protection.

Sucuri Security
A security “toolset” for security integrity monitoring, malware detection and security hardening.

Wordfence
A comprehensive WordPress security plugin that includes firewall, malware scan, blocking, live traffic, login security & more.

General Utility

Classic Editor
Classic Editor is an official plugin maintained by the WordPress team that restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress editor and the “Edit Post” screen.

Classic Widgets
Classic Widgets is an official plugin maintained by the WordPress team that restores the previous (“classic”) WordPress widgets settings screens.

Disable Comments
Remove comments and protect site from spam.

Really Simple SSL
It’s SSL and it’s really simple.

Database

Duplicator
Duplicator successfully gives WordPress users the ability to migrate, copy, move or clone a site from one location to another and also serves as a simple backup utility.

Updraft Plus
The world’s highest ranking and most popular scheduled backup plugin.