# Essential Discourse Plugins
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/essential-discourse-plugins/179702
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [February 14, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/essential-discourse-plugins/179702 "2021-02-14T19:53:39Z")
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### Author:  [@Rahim](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Rahim)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2021, 7:53pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/essential-discourse-plugins/179702/1 "2021-02-14T19:53:39Z")
Hello Community,
Hope you are fine.
I am looking for the list of essential Discourse plugins?
The plugins which should be installed right after the new installation.
Regards.
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### Author:  [@justin](https://meta.discourse.org/u/justin)
#### Post date: [February 14, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/essential-discourse-plugins/179702/2 "2021-02-14T20:23:13Z")
> [@Rahim](#):
>
> I am looking for the list of essential Discourse plugins?
> The plugins which should be installed right after the new installation.
There are none! Discourse has all of the functionality you need to get started with a community right out of the box. Many folks who are used to platforms like WordPress look for plugins right away, but in a lot of cases they’re simply not necessary.
Our recommended approach is run the community for a while, and if there are features missing (like marking topics as solved, subscription support, or integrating with chat) or problems you’re looking to solve, then have a look at the #Customization > Plugin directory here.
A word of caution: plugins can wholly and entirely break your Discourse instance if something goes wrong with the code. This can happen with #official plugins, but is especially true for 3rd party plugins simply because of how the release cycle works.
If you’re looking for mere visual enhancements, check out the #Customization > Theme category, as themes will not have as broad of an impact on your site if something goes wrong.
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### Author:  [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2021, 8:23pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/essential-discourse-plugins/179702/3 "2021-03-16T20:23:43Z")
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