5 Popular WordPress Plugins You Need to Ditch Now!

Posted by Ileane under Social Media
From http://basicblogtips.com 4836 days ago
Made Hot by: maplesummit on August 30, 2011 5:21 pm

We all want to speed up our blogs and one of the easiest ways to do that is by removing WordPress Plugins that impact load speed, and provide little value for our readers. Personally I have nothing against any of

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Written by Patricia Worth
4817 days ago

Yeah. Gotta agree with you on Zementa. Firefox drops it right there into the post area. So since plugins slow your blog down, no need to do that for sure.

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Written by BizRock
4831 days ago

Very useful and great for everyone who use WordPress CMS in their blogs or websites! Thanks for introducing us with these plugins!

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Written by MrsZeus
4832 days ago

Ileane, thanks for sharing!

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Written by clickfire
4832 days ago

Great negative energy and I agree with all those. It's funny how some plugins are so hot for a year or so until everyone suddenly grows cold to it and you ask yourself why did I think ever that plugin was so cool?

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Written by Ileane
4832 days ago

Emory, I agree. We fall victim to the plugin hype :)

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Written by JanetG
4832 days ago

I wholeheartedly agree on the Facebook comments. How annoying those are!

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Written by Ileane
4832 days ago

Hi Janet. I was on a blog yesterday that only had Facebook comments!! I need to pull them to the side and have a little talk *lol*

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Written by jewel3000
4835 days ago

Very revealing post. I only use one of those "old school" WP plugins (Askimet)... thanks for letting me know there's something better I should look into!

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Written by Ileane
4832 days ago

GASP is an excellent alternative to Akismet.

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Written by businessavante
4835 days ago

Hi Ileane.

Not being a blogger myself, I can't comment on the plug-ins, but there is a caveat with the share bar. When it's used properly, everything's happy, but many times it obscures the text - and I'm quite sure this isn't the author's intent. If you use the share bar, please make sure that it works on all browsers, and at least up to 150% magnification (for old people like me). What good is it to put all that work into the article if the text is obscured?

Duncan

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Written by Ileane
4832 days ago

Duncan, it seems that the theme has more control over this than the plugin. But that's an excellent point. Thanks!

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