At WPBeginner, our goal is to level the playing field for small businesses, so they can grow and compete with the big guys.
We do this by focusing on three key areas: Tools, Teams, and Training.
- Tools – We build extremely powerful tools that are affordable and easy to use to help level the playing field.
- Teams – We offer world-class support from real people. Our team members go the last mile to ensure our customers’ success every day.
- Training – We offer in-depth training and tutorials to help small businesses get maximum ROI from their online presence.
Since we help so many small business owners and non-techy WordPress users, we have a unique understanding of user’s pain points and what they need to build a successful website.
This is why our founder, Syed Balkhi, decided to create, invest, or partner in many premium WordPress plugins because we simply needed it for our own business. This also provides our solutions unique advantage compared to other premium WordPress plugins in the industry.
Below are the key benefits of using premium WordPress plugins that are created by Syed + team:
- Easy to Use – We build our plugins from a users-first mindset. This is why our plugins are the easiest to use.
- Quality Code – We have some of the best WordPress developers in the world working in our team to ensure superior code quality.
- Performance Optimized – We pay extra attention to website speed. Our plugins are the fastest in their categories.
Over 25 million smart website owners are using our premium WordPress plugins to grow their businesses.
Here’s a complete list of the premium plugins built by Syed Balkhi and various teams.
Premium WordPress Plugins by Our Team
Here’s a complete list of premium WordPress plugins that are led or advised by WPBeginner founder Syed Balkhi.
- OptinMonster – Instantly grow your email list, get more leads, and increase sales with the #1 most powerful conversion optimization toolkit in the world. Includes powerful website personalization features, A/B testing, and more.
- WPForms – Drag & Drop WordPress form builder. Over 2000+ pre-made form templates to create contact forms, payment forms, online surveys, registration forms, and more. Trusted by over 6 million website owners.
- MonsterInsights – The most powerful WordPress analytics plugin. Set up proper analytics tracking so you can see the stats that matter to grow your business with confidence. Trusted by over 3 million website owners.
- AIOSEO – The best WordPress SEO plugin to help you improve your website’s SEO rankings. Includes our advanced SEO optimizer, sitemaps, schema markup for rich snippets, local SEO, and more. Trusted by over 3 million website owners.
- SeedProd – Create completely custom WordPress themes and layouts without writing any code. Drag & Drop WordPress page builder with 300+ templates, personalization tools, and more. Trusted by over 1 million website owners.
- WP Mail SMTP – Fix WordPress email deliverability issues. The most popular WordPress SMTP plugin with email logs, email reports, open & click tracking, and the ability to control all aspects of WordPress mail. Trusted by over 3 million websites.
- Smash Balloon – World’s leading social media feed plugins for WordPress. Easily create customizable social media feeds for Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Over a dozen feed layouts & templates. Trusted by over 1.75 million websites.
- Duplicator – Popular WordPress backup & migration plugin. Over 1,500,000+ smart website owners use Duplicator to make reliable and secure WordPress backups to protect their websites.
- Thrive Themes Suite – Popular growth suite for WordPress, including tools like WordPress quiz maker, WordPress course creator, landing page builder, drag & drop theme customizer, popup plugin, and more. Over 22,000+ websites use the Thrive Themes growth suite to improve their conversions.
- SendLayer – Easily connect and send your website emails with our API and SMTP relay for maximum deliverability, reliability, and scalability. Works seamlessly with 1,000+ platforms.
- WPCode – The best WordPress code management plugin to help you future-proof website customization. It lets you easily add header & footer scripts, conversion pixels, custom code snippets with conditional logic, and more. Over 2 million websites use WPCode to improve their workflows.
- PushEngage – The best web push notification software in the market. Easily communicate with website visitors after they leave your website. Great for increasing traffic & sales. Over 15 billion notifications are sent each month on PushEngage.
- SearchWP – The most advanced WordPress search plugin. Completely customize your WordPress search form and search results algorithm to improve your content discoverability and increase sales. Trusted by over 50,000+ website owners.
- RafflePress – The most powerful WordPress giveaways and contest plugin. Turn your website visitors into brand ambassadors. Giveaways are the easiest way to increase traffic, get more social followers, and grow your email list … without buying any paid ads.
- Easy Digital Downloads – Top-rated WordPress plugin for selling digital products and subscriptions. Easily sell eBooks, software, music, and more, protect digital downloads, accept payments, and more. Trusted by over 50,000 website owners.
- AffiliateWP – The most popular affiliate management plugin for WordPress. Easily launch an affiliate program for your store. One-click integration with WooCommerce, WPForms, and 20 other payment plugins. Unlock a new growth channel without the middleman fees.
- WP Simple Pay – Easily accept payments online without a complex shopping cart setup. Great for simple one-time or recurring payments. Built-in support for credit card payments, ACH bank debit, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and more.
- Sugar Calendar – An event calendar management plugin for WordPress. Create events, sell tickets, sync with Google Calendar, and more. Great for churches, conferences, paid webinars, and more.
- TrustPulse – Leverage the power of social proof to instantly increase site conversions by up to 15%. Automatically show real-time purchase notifications and other website activity notifications to increase trust, conversions, and sales.
- WP Charitable – Top-rated donation and fundraising plugin for WordPress. Over 10,000+ non-profit organizations and website owners across the world use Charitable to create fundraising campaigns and raise more money online.
- UserFeedback – Optimize each user’s experience by collecting feedback with interactive surveys. This plugin offers easy installation, unlimited questions, simple reporting, and powerful integrations with analytics tools.
- Envira Gallery – Create beautiful, responsive photo and video galleries in minutes. The plugin gives you a drag & drop builder, pre-built gallery templates, social media integrations, and more.
- Imagely – The best photo gallery plugin to customize, manage, and sell your photos like a pro. Offers plugin extensions for photo proofing, print fulfillment, auto tax calculations, and more.
- Photocrati – The original and best WordPress theme just for photographers. Get beautiful designs, blogging, galleries, and eCommerce in a single package, built with SEO in mind.
- Soliloquy – Create beautiful responsive sliders in minutes with this powerful WordPress plugin. It comes with a drag & drop builder, slider templates, dynamic sliders (for Instagram images, testimonials, etc.), fullscreen lightbox mode, a product slider, and more.
- Beacon – Build professional lead magnets, opt-in forms, and libraries of gated content. You’ll get tools for every part of the lead magnet life cycle.
- BuddyBoss – This is an all-in-one online community and social learning platform for WordPress. It gives you unlimited members, courses, groups, events, admins – and possibilities!
Premium WordPress Plugins in WPBeginner Growth Fund
Here’s a complete list of premium WordPress plugins that Syed Balkhi invested in as part of our WPBeginner Growth Fund. Syed also serves as an advisory board member for these plugin companies.
- MemberPress – The best WordPress membership plugin. Easily create a membership site to sell online courses, paid newsletters, or other premium content. Comes with email marketing integrations, advanced content protection, and more.
- Uncanny Automator – The #1 no-code WordPress automation plugin. Easily connect WordPress to 1000+ other business apps to save time, reduce errors, and improve your workflow. It’s like Zapier for WordPress without the high costs.
- Pretty Links – The most popular link shortener plugin for WordPress. Easily create branded affiliate links for podcasts, YouTube videos, email, and more. Trusted by over 300,000+ websites.
- Formidable Forms – The most advanced WordPress form builder for developers. Great for creating quizzes, calculators, directories, advanced payment forms, and more. Trusted by over 300,000+ websites.
- Wholesale Suite – Easily add wholesale capabilities to WooCommerce. Features include special wholesale pricing, order minimums, custom wholesale order forms, approval systems, and more.
- Advanced Coupons – The most powerful coupons & loyalty plugin for WooCommerce. Add BOGO deals, shipping coupons, URL coupons, schedule coupons, a custom loyalty program, and more.
- Thirsty Affiliates – The best affiliate link cloaking plugin for WordPress. Includes automatic keyword linking, geolocation-specific redirects, Amazon API importing, high-speed htaccess redirects, and more.
- UncannyOwl – The most powerful eLearning addons for LearnDash. Includes Uncanny Toolkit, learning groups, enrollment codes, continuing education credits, and more.
- Easy Affiliate – All-in-one affiliate program plugin for WordPress. Comes with an affiliate dashboard, eCommerce integrations, one-click payouts, and more. It’s an alternative to AffiliateWP.
- WP Tasty – A collection of plugins for food bloggers, including Tasty Recipes, which is recipe cards for WordPress, Tasty Roundups, which lets you create sleek roundups, and more.
- Nutrifox – Easily create, customize, and embed nutrition labels on your website. The most powerful nutrition label maker for bloggers and website owners.
- MemberMouse – The enterprise-level membership plugin for WordPress. Easily sell products, subscriptions, and memberships. Get beginner-friendly features to protect content, manage members, and maximize revenue.
- HeroThemes – The best WordPress customer support plugins. These include Heroic Inbox, Heroic KB Plugin, KnowAllTheme, and the Heroic FAQs plugin. These tools help you easily manage your help desk, knowledge base, and FAQ pages.
- WishList Member – A powerful membership plugin that securely protects your digital downloads, online courses, & content. It offers easy setup, unlimited membership levels, recurring payments, a seamless course creator, easy member management, and more.
- WC Vendors – Easily create your own thriving marketplace with the original WooCommerce multi-vendor plugin. Supports physical goods, digital products, services, subscriptions, second-hand sales, and more.
- Seahawk Media – The best white-label WordPress professional service marketplace. Offers custom web design, site optimization, hacked site repair, SEO, and more.
- AdTribes – WooCommerce product feeds made easy. Create perfect product feeds for advertising platforms, shopping networks, and comparison sites. Supports Google Shopping, Facebook Feeds, and more.
You may also want to see our expert list of the must have WordPress plugins for business websites.
A lot of beginner readers always want to know what’s the difference between free vs premium plugins. To help answer that question, we have created a comprehensive guide on when is it worth buying a premium WordPress plugin.
You may also want to check out our step-by-step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.