A few days ago, when we give a customer to optimize its corporate website, we found that the site uses a lot of WordPress plugins. WP plug-ins can extend the functionality of the site; however, if used properly, will bring some negative impact to the site. In this article, WPChina.org 'll tell you about why WordPress sites should try to avoid using too much WP plugin?
As of the end of June 2015, WordPress plugin directory official has 38,528 free plug-in, you can almost achieve the needs of most sites. The question is whether it is necessary to these plug-ins are added to your website? Obviously, the answer is no. Excessive WordPress plugin installation, will bring some bad effect on your website:
Too many plug-ins will lead to slower site
This is the most obvious use of WordPress plug-in disadvantage. This is because whenever site visitors when you open a web page, you use most of the plug-in will increase once the server access request. If your number of plug-ins too, increase access request impact on the speed of the web, it will be more obvious.
In this regard, we recommend that you: Try to streamline the use of plug-ins, and turn off unnecessary repetition WordPress plugin .
Some plug-ins are not safe
This situation is particularly evident in previous years; even some very good features plug-ins, may also exist loopholes in security. Now, WordPress plugins directory plugins official quality has been significantly improved, but security vulnerability may still exist. For example, some time ago XSS vulnerability affects many famous plug-ins .
We recommend that you choose the WordPress plugin, try to select the directory downloaded from the official WP plug-in, plug-in here at the time of initial submission and updates, go through the official audit, relatively speaking, the security higher.
Too many plug-ins, inevitably conflict with each other
This is also the problem of WordPress users often frequently encountered, and most headaches. Because plug-ins such problems arising from the conflict, it is often difficult to find and resolve. We answer WP host professional user questions, the most common advice is: please close all your plug-ins, check if the problem still remains . In many cases, these problems will go away, because the problem is due to the plug-in is not compatible or conflicts arising.
Free plug-in can not guarantee that has been updated
This is a free plug-in disadvantages, the authors do not guarantee will continue to update. So, you are now free plug-in use, may not be compatible with future new version of WordPress, you should be mentally prepared for this. Of course, some of the plug-in charge, if sales is not very good, too, may stop updating. Thus, the more the number of plug-ins you use, the greater the dependence of these plug-ins.
Therefore, when you use WordPress to build personal websites, corporate websites, trade website, please be careful not to use too many WordPress plugin. WordPress plugin try to be concise, without plug-ins also try to delete it immediately, without leaving a security risk.