WordPress Developers Problems: Too Many Plugins

For many WordPress Developer Sydney  taking over existing WordPress-powered website can be quite problematic, not because of how complex the improvement they want but because of the plugins they have in their website.

The plugins are not the one at fault entirely. Yes, they are effective and powerful however, some new clients or website owners fail to understand the limitations of their websites and added plugins thinking that they need it. But who wouldn't, since there are more than 50,000 existing plugins and more are being created every day, website owners and developers will likely be too excited to try them all. But what will be the result?

Well, to be honest, each plugin has its own and pros and cons and they are all different from each other, from coding and scripts and more. So having different and many plugins in your WP website, then this will affect the site severely from security, performance, load time, and among others.

Another concern you and other website owners should think about is that not all WP plugins are "safe". This isn't because WordPress is not safe but some developers to create some that has serious vulnerability issues. Note to stay away from plugins that hasn't been updated for a very long time.

Compatibility issues is another thing to keep in mind. Some plugins may be great but not compatible with the latest WordPress Version or the current version you are using. Make sure to test it first if it works on your WP set before activating.

Some plugins can also slow down your website's performance greatly affecting user experience,. This is because those plugins requires additional JavaScript/Jquery impacting the load time speed. If your website really needs those type of plugins, then it need to be carefully tested out on a regular basis.

To conclude everything, it’s not actually the amount of how many plugins you add on your website, it's the balance that is important. Make sure to carefully check and test out the plugins. It will be better if the plugins can harmonise with each other well to avoid and slow performance for you website. If you notice that the site is slowing down, that would be a clear red flag that something is not ok, and plugins would be one of the first place to look for the solution and get WordPress Developer Sydney to fix or change or customise it.