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10-14-2009, 03:14 AM
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| HyperActive Warrior  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: , , USA.
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|  Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
Akismet All in One SEO Pack Broken Link Checker Contact Form 7 Google XML Sitemaps MobilePress Plugin Central Privacy Policy Recently Popular Recently Popular Widget Search Meter SEO Friendly Images ShareThis Sociable Zyblog Edition StatPress Ultimate Google Analytics What Would Seth Godin Do Wordpress Automatic Upgrade WordPress Database Backup WP-EMail WP Security Scan WP Super Cache Yet Another Related Posts Plugin __________________________________________________ ________________________ Are "all" of these plugins necessary, and if not, which ones should I *remove*? |
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10-14-2009, 03:23 AM
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| Mass Desire Engineer War Room Member  Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: United Kingdom
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
Depends what functions you need, but as a general rule it's best to keep plugins at a minimum. The more plugins, the more potential exploits that could arise for people to target.
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10-14-2009, 03:38 AM
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member  Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Guadeloupe (Caribbean Sea)
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
The are essentials. Make sure you get those right from the start: All in One SEO Pack WordPress Database Backup As for the other, no rush... Franck |
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10-14-2009, 03:41 AM
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| HyperActive Warrior Join Date: May 2005 Location: , , United Kingdom.
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
Yeah I dont use too many plug ins as there is so many that if you where to use them all you would never stop.
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10-14-2009, 03:43 AM
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Yeah... and activate akismet - very useful :-) and do a good blog too! I have a few others... but as it was said it depends on what you plan to do with your blog, how you run it and what's the purpose of it. Marian |
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10-14-2009, 03:45 AM
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
Depends why you wanted them in the first place. I have a blog hosted with godaddy and have removed some as performance was poor, on the other hand I have blogs with hostgator and no performance issues. If they slow your site down you will lose custom, so dump the ones you don't need. BTW, anyone else experiences slow response time with godaddy?
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10-14-2009, 03:47 AM
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
I can never understand why anyone would want to host with godaddy, they are terrible. no wonder your blog is underperforming Askimet is a must for definite Quote:
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10-14-2009, 04:33 AM
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
Hey everybody, since I want to use my website as more of a "site" instead of a *blog*, which plugins would y'all recommend I delete from my list? Would I need "Askimet" since I don't plan on users commenting on my site?
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10-14-2009, 04:38 AM
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
I would recommend these as essentials - All in One SEO Pack WordPress Database Backup Google XML sitemap Get these first. John Burton |
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10-14-2009, 05:12 AM
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
I agree with a few of the others - keep plugins to a minimum. Every extra plugin is an extra possibility for something to go wrong, particularly at WordPress upgrade times. Another risk is that the plugin author stops supporting it - again, problems at upgrade time. Some plugins definitely slow performance - they're generally ones that have to access other sites for information to do their job - like Share This, or Related Sites plugins, for example. Cheers, Martin. |
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10-14-2009, 05:18 AM
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
Personally, i am using only couple plugins. That's why i don't see any point to use of them. I will recommend you the next ones: Akismet All in One SEO Pack Sociable Zyblog Edition |
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10-14-2009, 05:23 AM
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| Advanced Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: London, United Kingdom.
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
I got to the stage where I was suffering from a disease called "pluginitis" , where I was constantly looking around for for the next great plugin. I had dozens installed and they were causing me a lot of hassle. I ended up uninstalling all but a handful and started concentrating on good content. The result was my traffic improved massively and running the site was so much easier too. I now run a minimalist set up. |
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10-14-2009, 07:39 AM
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How many plugins do you need before its considered a security risk? LOL And if you have plugins installed but not activated - is this also a security risk? | |
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10-14-2009, 09:03 AM
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10-14-2009, 11:48 AM
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| HyperActive Warrior War Room Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: UA
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
yeap... plugins are not everything. Install couple and that's it. Concentrate more on content at your web page and on getting traffic to it |
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10-14-2009, 12:35 PM
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
Always stick with SEO related plugins first, After all your blog need traffic to keep it alive right? so SEO plugins is very needed on every blog you have, Thus combine with unique articles + SEO techniques.., NO BLOG WILL DEFEAT YOURS! Regards, Vaan |
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11-15-2009, 02:12 AM
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11-15-2009, 02:19 AM
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| Senior Warrior Member War Room Member  Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Japan
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| Re: Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?
A suggestion: Figure out your outcome and then go for the minimum essentials. Plugins slow the loading time of your blog among other things that's not to your advantage. Craig |
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