Do I *Really* Need ALL of These W.P Plugins, LOL?

15 years ago

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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Franck Silvestre

15 years ago

The are essentials. Make sure you get those right from the start:

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As for the other, no rush...

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Marian 15 years ago

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.

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markshields

15 years ago

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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glide21

15 years ago

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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Kim Standerline

15 years ago

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

Originally Posted by glide21

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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14 years ago

Originally Posted by Kim Standerline

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

I agree Kim.

GoDaddy is a terrible, and I mean terrrible hosting solution.

HostGator Busines is a good Starter solution.

But just a starter solution.

Dedicated & Reseller are the Pro levels to use.

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breakdance

15 years ago

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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John Burton

15 years ago

I would recommend these as essentials -

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Google XML sitemap

Get these first.

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Abledragon

15 years ago

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.

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Martin.

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maksym

15 years ago

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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madison_avenue

15 years ago

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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JoelAnnesley

15 years ago

Originally Posted by madison_avenue

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.

I think I've ALSO suffered a similar disease

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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madison_avenue

15 years ago

Originally Posted by JoelAnnesley

I think I've ALSO suffered a similar disease

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?

I believe in being lean and mean now. Life's much simpler!

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maksym 15 years ago

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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- Vaan 15 years ago
  
  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!
  
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