WP Essentials is a WordPress app, with a 4.0 average rating from 1 reviews, as of July 9, 2026.
WP Essentials is a WordPress Plugin Directory app by Craig F.. With a rating of 4.0★ from 1 reviews.
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WP Essentials is a well-rated WordPress app with a limited review volume. It is listed in the Security category on WordPress Plugin Directory, which AppRanks treats as the canonical taxonomy node for ranking and competitor comparison. 1 reviews put it in the early-traction tier — useful for early-stage stores willing to be on the leading edge. Early-traction review counts are sensitive to single launch periods or feature events, so a 30-day re-check before bigger commitments often resolves whether the trend is sustained. Paid-only pricing means evaluating fit on the marketplace listing or via the developer's documentation before installing. AppRanks tracks rating, review count, pricing tier, and category position daily — the figures on this page reflect the most recent scrape from the canonical WordPress Plugin Directory listing.
Pros
- +Published by Craig F. — established developer track record
Cons
- −Limited review base (1) — ratings can shift significantly with new feedback
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How WP Essentials works
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All-in-one bundle of essential plugins and functions for all WordPress websites.
Features include: Twitter Feed
Twitter feed shortcode and widget available.
WP Essentials uses the new Twitter 1.1 API.
Filter your Twitter feed by hashtags.
Cache system prevents API call limit.
Flickr
Flickr feed shortcode and widget available.
Cache system prevents API call limit.
Comes with multiple options, including a custom image count and a ‘random image’ feature.
Google Analytics
Allows you to add multiple tracking codes to all pages of your website.
Google Maps
Easily include multiple Google Maps throughout your site either as a shortcode or a sidebar widget.
Includes options for setting the address, zoom level, custom marker, etc.
The ‘Email’ Button
The WYSIWYG editor comes with an email button for easily adding email links without any HTML knowledge.
Date Shortcode
Includes a simple shortcode for displaying today’s date.
Customise the date format to whatever you want.
Video Shortcode
Includes a simple shortcode for embedding any YouTube, Vimeo, or Facebook videos anywhere on your website.
Get Shortcode
Utulise URL query strings with a simple shortcode.
The ‘Cleanup’ function:
Sets search engine friendly permalink structure (if one hasn’t already been set)
Removes useless widgets from the dashboard
Removes superfluous meta tags from your theme head (including the WordPress version number)
Removes detailed login errors (for extra security)
The ‘User Roles’ function:
Creates a new User Role and lets you customise their access rights.
Debug Mode
For developers, enable the debug mode to include detailed PHP errors when developing your theme.
WordPress Error Reporting
WP Essentials can alert you to several potential problems that are important for when a site goes live. (Ensuring robots aren’t blocked, etc.)
Media Image Quality
Change the quality of uploaded images to your website.
Custom Image Sizes
Add your own custom thumbnail sizes for your images.
Advanced PHP Functions
Custom Excerpt function lets you override the default WordPress excerpt with additional options.
A Get Image Source function lets you get the image URL for any image uploaded to WordPress at any custom thumbnail size.
An automatic link function lets you hyperlink any web or email addresses that may otherwise be plaintext.
A Relative Time function lets you display dates and times in a relative manner (i.e. ‘5 minutes ago’).
And more…
We’re always open to new ideas and suggestions for adding new features to the plugin.
WP Essentails Premium A Premium version of this plugin is also available.
Features include:
Twitter Feed
Supports multiple Twitter accounts.
Instagram Feed
Include an Instagram feed either as a shortcode or a sidebar widget anywhere throughout your website.
Includes a caching system to protect you from reaching your API call limit.
Comes with multiple options, including a custom image count and a ‘random image’ feature.
Social Stream
Combine Twitter, Instagram and Flickr into one social stream feed.
Supports Isotope and infinite scrolling.
Login Notification
Users will be automatically emailed any time their account is used to log in.
Holding Page
Display a holding page with a custom title and message.
Password protect your settings.
Unlimited User Roles:
No restriction on the number of User Roles you can create.
The ‘Database’ functions:
Allows you to email yourself a database backup at any time.
Includes an automatic weekly backup function that emails you with full database backups.
Styling Options
WP Essentials includes functions to render LESS or SASS files directly on the server before outputting the CSS to the browser.
Choose between CSS, LESS or SASS.
Get Shortcode
Utulise URL query strings with a simple shortcode.
Category rankings
As of Jul 9, 2026- Backups#0of 8Top 1%
- Database-backups#0of 1Top 1%
- Iprogress#0of 1Top 1%
- Security#0of 635Top 1%
- Wp-essentials#0of 1Top 1%
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Competitors & alternatives
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Where WP Essentials stands in the Security category
WP Essentials ranks #0 of 635 apps in the Security category, placing it in the top 1% of the listing.
Frequently asked questions
What is WP Essentials?
WP Essentials is an app for WordPress. It currently holds a 4.0-star rating from 1 merchant review, and AppRanks has been tracking its public marketplace data on a daily refresh cycle. It is listed under the Security category on AppRanks, where you can see its current category position, review-velocity trend, and how it compares against the top alternatives in the same space. Developed by Craig F..
Who uses WP Essentials?
Currently around 20 active stores have installed WP Essentials. Its review base is still building, which usually maps to early-stage merchants and stores piloting a new workflow. It is part of the Security category on WordPress.