Wordpress Plugins NOT To Install
Everyday there’s a new a post with ‘My Favourite Plugins’ etc, so I thought I’d be a bit different and create a list of the Wordpress plugins NOT to install.
Over, the last couple of weeks I’ve had a few big traffic spikes that have caused my Wordpress installation problems. Upgrading to the next highest tier with PowerVPS didn’t solve the problem, and even despite having 2 caches running, my site was slowing down and even shutting down at times.
I discovered that the cause of my problems were certain plugins, and after removing them my CPU load returned to manageable levels. Unfortunately, not before I’d missed out on a significant number of new readers.
Here are the plugins I’d recommend removing or disabling if your server is starting to strain:
The free translator plugin by the same developer that I was using was causing major problems for my server under load, so I spent $30 on the new premium version as it promised performance improvements. The premium Translator Plugin Pro did translate pages faster, but it still killed my server so I had to turn it off after 5 minutes. I haven’t had much joy getting my money back which is a shame…
UPDATE: Angsuman very kindly took a look at my blog and optimised the plugin, as well as giving me many other useful tips. I now thoroughly recommend this plugin.
Luckily I found the free Global Translator Plugin which does the same job without killing my server.
- Gravatars
These plugins seem to be resource drains because they are constantly pinging the server to see if new images are available. Use with caution
Despite singing this plugins praises, under load it was causing me major problems. I think what was happening was that because of the high load my site was under, the list of posts generated by Readers Posts was constantly changing which meant that my APC/WP-Cache2 caching combo wasn’t working as every page load was unique.
I don’t know why, but this plugin was causing problems. Use with caution.
Are there any other plugins that have caused you problems, or do you have any performance tips you want to share?
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Comment by Everton on 20 March 2007:
the problems with angsuman’s plugin seem to be quite common. Although I’ve got my version running a bit better, it’s the first plugin I turn off when my server gets busy.
It also suffers from Google blocking sites that do a lot of translations, although that’s not Angsuman’s fault but it is annoying when it happens to something you’ve paid for.
Comment by Raymond.CC on 20 March 2007:
Angsuman’s Translator Plugin Pro has caused my webserver to crash few times a day. I’ve emailed Angsuman and still waiting for respond. Hopefully will fix the high load problem so I can continue to use this plugin.