We’ve been working with WordPress for over 9 years. In that time we’ve tried and tested many, many plugins, and if there’s one thing we’ve learnt, is that most plugins are built for the average joe – though they generally do a decent job, the downside is that they sacrifice speed for ease-of-use and extra functionality that makes their plugin look great but in reality wouldn’t be used by most people.
I won’t elaborate on the pros and cons of the plugins listed below, but suffice to say we will NEVER use them in our clients websites:
- General plugins:
- Slider Revolution (oh how I hate thee)
- Jetpack
- Contact Form 7
- Redirection
- Hello Dolly
- Polylang
- Google Analytics Dashboard Plugin for WordPress by MonsterInsights
- Security plugins
- Wordfence Security – Firewall & Malware Scan
- Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening
- All In One WP Security & Firewall
- Really Simple SSL
- Page builders
- WPBakery Page Builder (previously known as Visual Composer) and all its addons
- Muffin Builder
- Divi Builder
- Page Builder by SiteOrigin
- Image compressors
- Smush Image Compression and Optimization
- EWWW Image Optimizer
- Imagify
- Caching & Speedup
- WP Super Cache
- WP Fastest Cache
- W3 Total Cache
- Autoptimize
- WP-Optimize
- Fast Velocity Minify
There are more that I can’t remember right now, I’ll add them here as I see them. Meanwhile if you need help to maintain your site or do a tuneup, we at Pixl are more than happy to help! Simply reach out via our Contact Page.
