Comments on: The Plugin Rule

By: London Web Design

London Web Design — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 11:56:07 +0000

I strongly agree with Jeff Starr’s word. This is really a great rule. I think people will definitely found benefit from it. Thanks for sharing such a great and informative post with us. Keep blogging.

By: Shirley

Shirley — Fri, 02 Jan 2009 05:20:00 +0000

Yeh, this is a great rule. Plugins can drastically slow down a WP website, as well as make it more vulnerable to ‘attack’. Additionally, if you just install a plugin, you can’t really control how well it is positioned or even its appearance. And finally, plugins complicate upgrades. So unless I am feeling especially lazy, I generally code all of my special features.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 18:29:11 +0000

As developers and programmers, we are prone to implementing our on code solutions versus plugins and add-ons. That does not keep us from using a plugin or add-on now and then and modifying it to meet our needs. Most standard CMS plugins are ongoing development projects by their developers anyways.

By: Benjamin DiGregorio

Benjamin DiGregorio — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 09:10:25 +0000

Hacking the theme is always the best option unless of course you can get a theme custom-designed for your site. Too many sites these days load unusually slow because of the number of plugins they have generating additional requests!

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Freelance Friday: My Writing Week 50 | Thord Daniel Hedengren — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:18:58 +0000

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By: Jeff Starr

Jeff Starr — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:24:14 +0000

Good points. Unfortunately, users lacking in coding knowledge quickly realize the limitations of WordPress when plugins are not used. On my next project, I am planning on running the latest WordPress with no plugins whatsoever and push its functionality as far as possible. Thank goodness for functions.php.