This document discusses important considerations for choosing WordPress plugins. It notes that plugins can expand a site's functionality but can also bloat the site and slow it down if too many are installed. The document recommends only installing essential plugins and checking that plugins are actively updated, have many downloads, and have support available. It also advises checking that plugins don't significantly increase page load time or fail to fit with the site's overall design.

1. Significance of choosing Plug-ins
for the WordPress site – Things to
consider

2. Plug-ins are basically tools to expand the
functionality of the Wordpress website.
Each user can tailor the site to their
specific needs with the help of custom
functions and features that plug-ins offer. In
other words plug-ins add specific bits of
functionality to the website.
Plug-ins can be easily added from the
Wordpress admin interface.

3.  Points to consider when
choosing a Wordpress plug-
in:

4. • Do you really need it?

5. • It’s good to maintain the number of plug-ins
installed to minimum, as they can bloat the
website and slow it down. While there’s no
recommended limit for the number of plug-
ins to be installed on the website, it is not
advisable to do so. Some plug-ins can even
clash with the theme and other installed
plug-ins and cause a lot of hassle. Only
essential plug-ins should be downloaded.

6. • How recently has the
plug-in been updated?

7. • This facilitates to recognize whether the plug-
in is still actively being developed or not. It is
not advisable to download plug-ins that has
not been updated s for months. Such plug-ins
are more than likely to conflict with newer
versions of Wordpress or be vulnerable to
attacks.

8. Have a look at the number of downloads.
It is obvious that something very specific
will have fewer downloads than the
generic ones. But as a thumb rule, the
more downloads you see, the better the
plug-in is said to be.

9. What’s the support
availability like?

10. One might need less support for the plug-in
than the theme; however, it’s still nice to
know that the support is available,
whenever needed. It is definitely something
to consider, whether the developer has a
separate forum or ticketing system set up
for that particular plug-in – and the number
of queries solved in the last 12 months.

11. Is the plug-in likely to
slow down the website?

12. The only way to find this out will be to install
it and see. But the plug-ins that are pulling
in content from the external sources (e.g.
Facebook, Twitter widgets, etc.) can
increase the page load time significantly. It’s
good to examine the plug-in before using it.

13. Will it fit with the rest of
the blog?

14. Before choosing a plug-in it is beneficial to
know if it’s going to fit with the rest of the
blog. Make a list of things that a certain blog
would be needing and decide to install a
plug-in on the same basis, also see how is
it going to affect the visitors.

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