Comments on: WordPress Plugins How Many Are Too Many

By: Ray Mann

Ray Mann — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 15:50:30 +0000

Jeff

I made the classic mistake of installing plugin after plugin then one day bang my hosting account was suspended all my websites off line for over a week. I just wish I had come across your advice first I am now down to three plugins as I am now afraid to go to far.

Regards

Ray

By: Wordpress SEO

Wordpress SEO — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:11:12 +0000

Also don’t forget the more plugins you add to your site, the more code you are adding. You don’t want your pages to be too code heavey.

By: Kha Ton

Kha Ton — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:08:58 +0000

Hi Jeff,
Another great advice on plugins that I should consider to check my wordpress and remove the ones that don’t need. Great post and I love to come back and forth here to learn more.

Thanks again

Kha

By: Jeff

Jeff — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 19:34:39 +0000

I don’t know what TiTleTags is but my guess it has something to do with SEO and not tags.

By: Free Xbox 360 Elite

Free Xbox 360 Elite — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:42:33 +0000

is “SimpleTags” the same as “TiTleTags”?

as in, does it allow you to edit the Title tag?

By: Sarbjit Singh

Sarbjit Singh — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 07:12:20 +0000

Your point of view are correct, however how many plugins should be how many you Actually Need. Don’t just install everything you come across. Just try to keep the list small and keep removing the ones you don’t need anymore.

By: Pink Boutique

Pink Boutique — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 23:00:46 +0000

I’ve had a similar experience with an upgrade from hell as a direct result of bad plugins. I had the host restore the site from backup, and deleted all plugins then proceeded with the upgrade.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 16:22:49 +0000

I don’t know how many plugins WordPress can “Handle”. Again less is better.

Just like your computer too many “things” running can lower performance. Then again just like your computer may have tons of programs installed on it it won’t hurt performance if these are not always running. Plugin are similar, if the plugin needs to load each time a page/post is called for then yes it will slow down performance. If the plugin is like the computer program example and only used in the dashboard for specific, one-time tasks then the plugin won’t necessarily lower performance.

Security plugins? Did I note any in the list? No, just keep WP up to date. Plugins are one of the biggest security risk to WP in the first place. In my opinion adding a security plugin is just more of a challenge and invitation for a hacker to breach it.

By: Balisugar

Balisugar — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:54:16 +0000

how many plugins can wordpress handle ?

do too many make a blog run slower ?

How about plugins for security ?

do we need them ? Like ask apache plugin ?

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