Are You Using Too Many WordPress Plugins?

When I first started out, I was.  I must have had between 70-100 active plugins.  Not anymore.  I found out the hard way that:

  • Some plugins mess up your blog
  • Some plugins make your host’s server crash or bog it down, causing them to shut down your site
  • Some plugins may be stealing PageRank
  • Some plugins…who knows what they are doing for someone else, unbeknownst to you
  • Some plugins seem to bring more spam
  • Some plugins sound great but are not that good
  • Some plugins are outdated
  • Some plugins are no longer updated or supported
  • Some plugins slow down how fast your page loads – in fact too many plugins do this
  • Finally, some plugins conflict with other plugins and cause errors and SEO issues where your site does not index properly, display properly, nor post on schedule

Stop the plugin madness!  Also, be careful, you don;t know what the code is doing or how clean it is!  How secure is it?  Does it create a vulnerability?

How Many WordPress Plugins Should You Use?

Stick to no more than 50 active plugins at the absolute max and use the web of trust to find out how trustworthy a plugin is…don’t be on the bleeding edge of technology unless you’re willing to lose your whole site to test a plugin!

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