There are some excellent threads related to building tips and plugin recommendation. I would recommend using any plugins that helps you find the ones you can properly get a better understanding on how it works. SBS is a decent plugin to use it has a lot of advanced features including sizing and resizing objects.
You should definitely choose different plugins you just need to find the ones that are most needed in your case. Try to not install a bunch of random plugins that aren’t needed in, most plugins are used to get things done easier for certain developers I would recommend checking out this previous discussed threads since it provides variety of plugins.