GSD Site Builder Platform Plugins
Required Plugins
Below is a list of plugins that are required for all sites on the GSD Site Builder platform. Site owners and vendors may not remove or disable these plugins.
| Plugin | Description |
|---|---|
| ACF Content Analysis for Yoast SEO | Ensure that Yoast SEO analyzes all Advanced Custom Fields 5.7+ content including Flexible Content and Repeaters. | By Thomas Kräftner, ViktorFroberg, marol87, pekz0r, angrycreative, Team Yoast | View details |
| Advanced Custom Fields PRO | Customize WordPress with powerful, professional and intuitive fields. | By Delicious Brains | Visit plugin site |
| Advanced Custom Fields: Gravityforms Add-on | Advanced Custom Field with which we can select Gravityforms. Original version by Danny van Holten. | By Say Hello GmbH | View details |
| Authorizer | Authorizer limits login attempts, restricts access to specified users, and authenticates against external sources (e.g., Google, LDAP, or CAS). | By Paul Ryan | Visit plugin site |
| Gravity Forms | Easily create web forms and manage form entries within the WordPress admin. | By Gravity Forms |
| GSD Blocks | Holds some overrides for the default gutenberg blocks | By Tank Design | Visit plugin site |
| Gutenberg | Printing since 1440. This is the development plugin for the new block editor in core. | By Gutenberg Team | View details |
| ManageWP – Worker | We help you efficiently manage all your WordPress websites. Updates, backups, 1-click login, migrations, security and more, on one dashboard. ManageWP service that focuses on website management. | By GoDaddy | View details |
| MonsterInsights Pro | The best Google Analytics plugin for WordPress. See how visitors find and use your website, so you can keep them coming back. | By MonsterInsights | Visit plugin site |
| NS Cloner – Site Copier | The amazing NS Cloner creates a new site as an exact clone / duplicate / copy of an existing site with theme and all plugins and settings intact in just a few steps. Check out NS Cloner Pro for additional powerful add-ons and features! | By Never Settle | View details |
| NS Cloner Pro | Adds powerful add-ons to the NS Cloner Core | By Never Settle | Visit plugin site |
| Simple History | Plugin that logs various things that occur in WordPress and then presents those events in a very nice GUI. | By Pär Thernström | View details |
| Simple Sitemap | HTML sitemap to display content as a single linked list of posts, pages, or custom post types. You can even display posts in groups sorted by taxonomy! | By David Gwyer | View details |
| Siteimprove Plugin | Integration with Siteimprove. | By Siteimprove | View details |
| SVG Support | Upload SVG files to the Media Library and render SVG files inline for direct styling/animation of an SVG’s internal elements using CSS/JS. | By Benbodhi | View details |
| User Switching | Instant switching between user accounts in WordPress | By John Blackbourn & contributors | View details |
| WP Pusher | Pain-free deployment of WordPress themes and plugins directly from GitHub. | By WP Pusher | Visit plugin site |
| Yoast Duplicate Post | The go-to tool for cloning posts and pages, including the powerful Rewrite & Republish feature.| By Enrico Battocchi & Team Yoast | View details | Documentation |
| Yoast SEORequired by Yoast SEO Premium | The first true all-in-one SEO solution for WordPress, including on-page content analysis, XML sitemaps and much more. | By Team Yoast | View details |
| Yoast SEO Premium | The first true all-in-one SEO solution for WordPress, including on-page content analysis, XML sitemaps and much more. | By Team Yoast | View details |
| Plugin | Description |
Recommended Plugins
Below is a list of plugins that have been pre-approved for use. They are not included in an out-of-the-box site on the Site Builder platform; however, they are recommended if site owners and vendors need these types of functionality. To add these plugins, please reach out to the GSD web staff.
| Plugin | Description |
|---|---|
| Disable Comments | Allows administrators to globally disable comments on their site. Comments can be disabled according to post type. You could bulk delete comments using Tools. | By WPDeveloper | View details | GitHub |
| MonsterInsights – Dimensions Addon | Adds custom dimension tracking options to MonsterInsights | By MonsterInsights Team | Visit plugin site |
| MonsterInsights – Forms Tracking Addon | Adds Form Tracking to MonsterInsights. | By MonsterInsights Team | Visit plugin site |
| MonsterInsights – Page Insights Addon | Adds individual page insights directly in the WordPress admin. | By MonsterInsights Team | Visit plugin site |
| MonsterInsights – Performance Addon | Adds performance tracking options to MonsterInsights | By MonsterInsights Team | Visit plugin site |
| Restrict Content | Restrict Content to registered users only. This is a simple plugin that will allow you to easily restrict complete posts / pages to logged in users only. | By iThemes | View details |
| Plugin | Description |
Request a Plugin
If you are working with a vendor who wants to add more plugins to your site, please fill in the Plugin Request Form so we can review it. You may be responsible for subscriptions costs associated with your requested plugin. Please note that all vendors must follow the Vendor Requirements and Guidelines for this platform.