What three WordPress plugins do I install on all new site builds these days?

1. Cloudflare performs as a CDN (Content Delivery Network), delivering content from the location closest to the site visitor. The free tier includes speed optimizations, DDoS attack mitigation, web traffic reports and more.
2. Jetpack is a WordPress Swiss Army knife offering downtime monitoring, brute force attack protection, lazy loading images, and many more design and marketing tools. +1 for being an official Automattic, the folks behind WordPress, offering.
3. WP Super Cache generates static HTML files from your dynamic WordPress site. Even while having its own CDN support, it compliments Cloudflare’s speed optimizations. Another +1 for being maintained by Automatticians.