Frequently Asked Questions

Blacklisted Plugins

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Recently Updated: July 22, 2015 2:11 PM

Your Managed WordPress has blacklisted the following plugins, meaning you cannot install them, and if we detect them installed on your account, they will be removed.

This is not an exhaustive list of disallowed plugins. Any plugin that fits into these categories or is otherwise known to cause problems may be added to the list or disabled at any time.

Plugin name Category More info
6scan-backup Backups
6scan-protection Duplicate functionality
adminer Duplicate functionality
adsense-click-fraud-monitoring Performance
backupwordpress Backups
backwpup Backups
broken-link-checker Performance Instead, use client software on your computer or an external service
contextual-related-posts Related posts
ezpz-one-click-backup Backups
fuzzy-seo-booster Related posts
google-sitemap-generator Performance Versions < 4.0 only — Instead use Google Sitemap or WordPress SEO.
google-xml-sitemaps-with-multisite-support Performance Instead use Google Sitemap or WordPress SEO
InfiniteWP Client Security issues Versions 1.3.8 and below – vulnerability details
jr-referrer Stats
MailPoet Security issues Versions 2.6.6 and below — vulnerability details
portable-phpmyadmin Duplicate functionality
referrer-wp Stats
seo-alrp Related posts
sgcachepress Unnecessary / nonfunctional
similar-posts Related posts
statpress Stats
synthesis Unnecessary / nonfunctional
the-codetree-backup Backups
toolspack Security issues Vulnerability details
w3-total-cache Caching
wordpress-beta-tester Unnecessary / nonfunctional
wordpress-gzip-compression Duplicate functionality
wordpress-popular-posts Related posts Versions 3.1.1 and below
wp-cache Caching
wp-cachecom Caching
wp-copysafe-web Security issues Vulnerability details
wp-copysafe-pdf Security issues Vulnerability details
wp-engine-snapshot Unnecessary / nonfunctional
wp-fast-cache Caching
wp-fastest-cache Caching
wp-file-cache Caching
wp-phpmyadmin Duplicate functionality
wp-postviews Stats
wp-slimstat Stats
wp-super-cache Caching
wpengine-common Unnecessary / nonfunctional
wponlinebackup Backups
yet-another-featured-posts-plugin Related posts
yet-another-related-posts-plugin Related posts

Backups

Your Managed WordPress account already provides 30 days' worth of backups, so these plugins duplicate an existing function.

To backup your site on demand, you can use SFTP access and a database backup plugin like WP-DB-Backup or WP-DBManager.

Caching

Your Managed WordPress account already has caching built into it.

However, if your site is slow, try these suggestions:

Unnecessary / nonfunctional

These plugins don't add any value and may not work correctly on our system.

NOTE: We do not remove the Hello Dolly plugin, but we do not install it by default.

Stats

Your account does not work with these plugins because they negatively impact your websites' performance because they send many requests to your database and can prevent site caching.

However, you can use any service that records and stores your stats off-site. These include Chartbeat (paid), Google Analytics (free), Jetpack (free), MixPanel (free), and Segment.io (free).

Duplicate functionality

These plugins duplicate functionality in various parts of our system.

Related posts

These plugins increase database load by using inefficient queries, poor caching, or poor scaling on large sites.

However, you can use any service that handles the relationship logic off-site like outbrain or Jetpack.

Security issues

These plugins have associated security issues identified in the More info column.

Performance

These plugins don't perform well, in general, especially on large sites.